https://scache.vevo.com/m/html/embed.html?video=QMB591400001&playerType=embedded Comprised of Jamie Lefler and Robert Cepeda, the Los Angeles, CA-based duo of DWNTWN originally got their start when both Lefler and Cepeda were getting over really bad breakups — interestingly and perhaps awkwardly Lefler had been with […]
Tag: indie synth pop
Luminous, the Horrors’ much-anticipiated and long-awaited follow up to their critically applauded 2011 release, Skying was recorded over a 15 month period in the band’s East London studio/laboratory/bunker with co-producer Craig Silvey, who has worked with the […]
The Belle Game, Starlight Girls and Ski Lodge at Glasslands Gallery 2/28/14
The Belle Game, the Starlight Girls and Ski Lodge Glasslands Gallery February 28, 2014 Back at the end of February, I was at the Glasslands Gallery for the Vancouver, BC-based synth pop quintet, the Belle […]
As a student at the Berklee College of Music, Josh Siegel told one of his professors that he was going to quit school, return back to Chicago and start a band. And this professor quickly […]
Pillar Point, an ethereal melancholy electro pop project that deals with themes of heartbreak, loneliness, aging and isolation in an increasingly connected world is a major departure for Scott Reitherman, best known for his work […]
Although this site will be turning 4 years old in June, over the last year or so I’ve started to receive an increasing amount of emails from bands, labels, band managers and publicists from all […]
Based in Los Angeles and comprising of members from various parts of the world, the Mercy Beat’s latest single “Sweet” owes a great debt to New Wave and 80s synth pop – in some way […]
Originally from Detroit and now residing in New York, singer/songwriter Alex Winston’s debut effort, King Con was released early last year to critically praise. She’s playing sporadic live dates while working on a new album, which is slated for a […]
While in France, singer/songwriter Jay Chakravorty met a Mexican woman who used to playfully call him Cajita, which translates into English as “little box,” thanks to the fact that she claimed that every time she […]
Originally one half of the sister duo Festival and a member of the experimental prog project Ga’an, the Brooklyn-based electro pop artist Lindsay Powell now performs as a solo artist, under the moniker of Fielded. […]
