Vektroid – Mango / Fuji
I knew this guy who used to study at Georgia Tech. I think he was studying cartography or something. He worked some sort of 6pm – 2am shift pouring through municipal maps. He lived in the dorms and when he would get home around 2am he would use the communal bathroom. Each morning he started notcing...
Tours – Tough Lately
I don’t know much about Philadelphia-based artist, Tours, but “Tough Lately” has been on repeat. It makes me feel the same way I do when I actually get a rejuvenating night of sleep and am finally waking up, but still somewhere between full awareness and dreaming. You know, the same way watching Barton Fink or Catch 22 makes you...
Aimes – Somewhere In Space We Hang Suspended
Thank you Mr. Nonsense, I have a new love. AIMES is the moniker used by Brooklyn-based artist, Aman Ellis. Yes there is synth du jour, but the more magnetizing element is the ability to balance such a delicate air and so many rich, gorgeous layers. His Facebook page places his sound into a Space Hype genre, describing a forthcoming EP...
Bobby Tank – Zaxxon
Have you heard Bobby Tank? His stuff is like real solid beats with a million tiny arpeggios and vocal snippets. It’s almost like a lot of dance music, but the resolution has been increased to a molecular level. What could be a single beat is like three or four. I don’t know what the scene is like when he plays out...
Navigateur – Ghost of Xi Xi
Yes, it’s ever so self serving to make a Navigateur song our song of the day. But the shit of the matter, is that we are fans. Ian and I started a record label BECAUSE we heard Navigateur’s demo and wanted to be a part of circulating it to a larger audience. Fast forward to now and Navigateur has just...
Chrome Sparks: An Interview with Jeremy Malvin
For those of you not yet familiar with Chrome Sparks, I’ll wager that it will be part of the indie vocabulary (or hipsum) within the next year. Chrome Sparks is an electro-pop project by Jeremy Malvin, an Ann Arbor resident and University of Michigan junior. It shares some commonalities between popular chillwave music, but less...
Netherfriends Anybody?
Ok guys (and gals). It's high time you know about Chicago, IL based one-man act NETHERFRIENDS. I stumbled upon this gem of awesome music almost a year ago and have selfishly saved it for myself by not writing about it for you . . . I hope you can forgive me.
Ten New Tracks That You Should Know
This isn't just some list of everything that noteworthy bands have blurted out lately. Nay, it's a guide to what sounds good and what'll be stuck in your head for a while, or until I write another one of these.
Anoraak – Dolphins and Highways
I first stumbled upon Anoraak while hunting for Tesla Boy songs during my recent craze of the Russian act on YouTube. Bless YouTube and those delightful related links. For once, they served their purpose. Comprised solely of Frederic Riviere, Anoraak continues the French legacy of producing catchy, irresistible pop music. Riviere, of course, does it in his own...
Casiokids – Fot i hose
They're Norwegian, but have New York indie electro-pop sensibilities. It's half LCD Soundsystem, half Tahiti 80, half something else. (Yes, they give 150%)
Tesla Boy – Spirit of the Night
I have to say, either I’ve been living under a rock for the past few years, or I simply can not recall a single noteworthy musical act that’s come out of Russia. Can you? Rock or no, there are some crazily awesome synth pop things that are happening over in Europe, notably with Russia’s Tesla Boy. Officially endorsed by...
Cruising In Analog – A Conversation With Com Truise
In a digital world with a music industry that encourages and fosters overproduction, “glitz, and glam” over honest craftsmanship, a select few are reacting and ushering in a new movement of songwriting that pays respect to the simplicity and freshness of the past several decades. One such act, whose homage to all things analog has garnered praise from fans...
