The members of the Swedish electro pop act, the Knife had been on a lengthy hiatus, so when Mute Records announced that they would be releasing Shaking the Habitual, the band’s first album in several years, […]
Tag: indie synth pop
After the release of his debut effort, Talent the Texan transplant John Pena – a.k.a. Heavenly Beat – shelved an album’s worth of material because he felt that the songs simply weren’t sonically or emotionally interesting […]
After a two week vacation in the Dominican Republic with his family, Twin Shadow decided to move his home studio to a cemetery – not just any cemetery but the extra creepy Hollywood Forever Cemetery […]
Russ Manning, a member of Twin Shadow, released one of my favorite albums last year, +1 EP under the moniker Rush Midnight. The material on that EP is reminiscent of the slickly produced, seductive, synth-based R&B you’d hear on WBLS’s […]
The 17 member band New York-based band, Escort – yes, 17 member – have been almost universally praised for a sound that’s a modern take on disco sound, for their outstanding vocalist Adeline Michele, and […]
Phedre is the side project of Hooded Fang’s frontman Daniel Lee and bassist April Aliermo, along with guest contributions from a ton of their fellow musician friends. Interestingly, the band which got its start over […]
in Ghost Colours, Cut Copy’s second album may well be one of my favorite albums of the past decade as it deftly mixes psychedelica, slickly produced synth pop and indie rock in a way that feels […]
Sylvan Esso is a unique collaboration between Ameila Meath of folk group Mountain Man and Nick Sanborn, the bassist in Megafaun. Sanborn uses synths and other electronics to create pulsating grooves for Heath’s gorgeous and […]
Album Review: Soft Metals’ Lenses
Photo Credit: Suzy Poling Soft Metals Lenses Captured Tracks Records Release Date: July 16, 2013 Track Listing 1. Lenses 2. Tell Me 3. When I Look Into Your Eyes 4. No Turning Back […]
Frankie Rose has been a part of the New York for quite some time, as she’s been a member of several bands including both the Crystal Stilts and her own band Frankie Rose and the […]
The Hamilton, ON-based singer/pianist and producer Jessy Lanza will be releasing her debut effort, Pull My Hair Back through Hyperdub Records on September 17th, and the first single off that effort, “5785021” is a great example of […]
Olympia, which was released earlier this year is Austra’s latest effort, and they’re about to embark on the North American portion of a two month world tour to support the new effort – and it […]
Lenses, the sophomore effort from the now Los Angeles, CA-based duo Soft Metals was released last month by Brooklyn-based Captured Tracks Records. And with the release of the official video for album title track, “Lenses,” […]
Raised in India and educated in London, Vandana Jain has been influenced by an eclectic array of music and aesthetic influences including Portishead, Pink Floyd, Indian pop music, the London rave scene. Her latest single […]
James Mathé writes and performs under the moniker of Barbarossa. The recent release of his latest album, Bloodlines represents a change in sonic direction for Mathé as he went from being an acoustic singer/songwriter in the troubadour on […]