synth
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When the adjective optimistic is used to describe electronic pop music, the sounds of treacly, unimaginative boy-girl duos with musical knowledge so primitive they make Beat Happening look like Beethoven in comparison often come to mind. A highly welcome change of pace, Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Altar Eagle pen mature, subtle
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Following last year’s On the Water LP, Baltimore synth pop band Future Islands has a new single on the way. “Tomorrow,” the A-side from the single, is available to stream via the SoundCloud widget above. In a way, Future Islands is the antithesis to their contemporaries; with the indiesphere
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On her full-length debut, UK singer-songwriter Jessie Ware brings a somewhat modern approach to embracing the kinds of contemporary R&B sounds that were pretty hot in the 80s. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Songwriter and producer Matthew Dear now has his latest full-length effort, Beams, available for a complete stream via the widget above. Based on my first impressions of this thing, Dear has really outdone himself. No, really. 2010’s Black City was pretty well-received, but he’s improved his approach a
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I know singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer John Frusciante’s last EP, Letur Lefr, was a bit strange, but I don’t think any track on that thing prepared me for this first track to drop from the guy’s forthcoming album, PBX Funicular Intaglio Zone. There’s acoustic drums here
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The Soft Moon drops a new single with an album on the way from Captured Tracks. The title: Zeroes. I’m liking what I’m hearing on this new single. It’s a pretty dark, synth-heavy instrumental that recalls the more gothic side of post-punk from the 80s. Nice groove,
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On their debut LP, Niki & the Dove draw up some really catchy synth pop tunes, but fail to draw up their own take on the style. However, it still ends up being a reasonably enjoyable record based solely on the merits of their production and hooks. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Eora by castratii Some dark, twisted synth pop music coming from an up-and-coming duo known only as Castaratii. They’ve got a new LP on the way titled Eora, and the single is streaming above. The rest of the release should be available on August 21st via Bandcamp. Some snippets
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EGYPTR by Egyptr How I found out about Egyptr was my good buddy Zach from We Listen For You Tweeted me a minute ago telling me this album was “pure Fantano,” or something like that. I dunno about that. Maybe this is, like, in the 70-80 percentile. I’m just
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A great new song and video from Chicago rock outfit Moritat. No obnoxious hype or melodramatic backstory here. Just a straight tune and strange video. There’s some nice interplay between the guitars and drums, and structure of the track is downright progressive. The band’s new album is streamable
