new wave
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Pop’s biggest oddball comes through with his strongest set of songs since the 00s.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8k3qB61lhk&feature=youtu.be You know, to hell with the people who say Julian Casablancas should accept his limits as a frontman. Technically speaking, sure his vocal range isn’t the widest and his voice is most appealing when it’s belting out
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For her sophomore release, UK pop artist Elly Jackson, a.k.a. La Roux, drops a slightly nostalgic synth pop album about the rockier side of love.
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When it comes to lyrics and songwriting, White Women is Chromeo’s most inconsistent release yet.
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With reverbed guitars and layer upon bright layer of synth horns, Brian Eno and Underworld co-founder Karl Hyde deliver “The Satellites,” which is the opening track from the forthcoming collaborative album Someday World. This thing is looking at a release on Warp Records on May 5th! While basic in its
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Some of you might have heard that the California synth pop, art rock, post-punk, experimental everything outfit Xiu Xiu has a Nina Simone covers album coming out on December 3rd. Well, that’s true, but this isn’t the only thing the band has had up their sleeve! In February
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I’ve been on the fence about many albums this year, but this is one of the few where I’m torn. For every great moment on the new Arcade Fire record, there’s one that falls incredibly short of whatever stylistic mark the band was shooting for. Rather than
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Blood Tears by SISU California rock outfit SISU combines elements of shoegaze, dream pop, and gothic rock into a tight, catchy series of tracks on the album Blood Tears, which you can grab now via Bandcamp. The song “Return The Favor” has one of the most driving bass lines on
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DFA Records strikes again! For their sophomore album, New York dance-pop outfit Holy Ghost delivers a few duds, but the highlights and immaculate dance music production are too good to deny.
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Stream: Holy Ghost! – Dynamics New York synth pop outfit Holy Ghost!’s new album Dynamics drops this month on DFA Records, and the band has made the album streamable in its entirety on YouTube this week. Give a listen to the closer “Cheap Shots” above, and hit the link for
