synth pop
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While it certainly doesn’t seem as official as John Maus’ video for “Head for the Country,” the eerie and sci-fi movie footage strung together in this video seems pretty appropriate for the track “Cop Killer”–admittedly, one of my favs from Maus’ latest LP, which we’ve got an
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We’ve been blogging about it, well, basically everybody has: The new Washed Out album Within and Without. The entire LP is up for streaming right now via NPR, so click right here to hear it. Look for this album via Sub Pop on July 12th, and stay awesome.
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New video for John Maus’ “Head for the Country,” which comes off his latest LP, We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves. I reviewed it right here, and look for it now via Upset the Rhythm. Enjoy the snow, light effects, and Robocop.
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It’s the second track to drop from Washed Out’s forthcoming album, Within and Without. Admittedly, I’m digging this one a lot more than the first. To me, “Eyes Be Closed” seemed to tread a lot of the same water the Life of Leisure EP did. Though I
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On his latest release, John Maus has brought a little more atmosphere into the fold when crafting the odd, bite-sized synth pop nuggets that fill his full-lengths. While tracks like “Believer” feel like grand bedroom rock opuses, other tracks fall by the wayside because of a lack of structure, memorability,
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CFCF reworks Holy Ghost!’s “Wait & See” on a new EP of remixes for that track, which comes off the band’s latest LP. Look for this release and Holy Ghost! on DFA Records.
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Is anybody else getting hot looking at this album cover? Of course, I feel that way because this is going to be the next Washed Out album. I don’t know what you were thinking, but whatever. It looks like electronic artist Ernest Greene’s solo efforts will be getting
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New video from the LOVE LISTED and self-titled Holy Ghost! album that dropped on DFA Recs recently. I can only speculate as to what this video means, but here it goes: Maybe this is basically a portrait of the two dudes in Holy Ghost!, doing what they do in their
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On their third LP, Metronomy lowers their eccentric characteristics to a simmer and gives their songwriting strenghts a workout. The track list hits with one great tune after another. And even though the sounds behind these tracks might not be fantastic, the hooks and melodies are too good not to
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Stream / Download: WALSH- Karaoke I was late to the party when it came to WALSH’s first EP in ’10, and I’m late again to enjoy his latest release, too. Am I surprised? No. But one of my kind ‘Drops turned me on to this, so I have to
