Cinematic synth-scape. Source: Bandcamp Continue reading
Tag: pop
Grizzly Bear Shone in KCRW’s Diamond Apogee Session
sngshows: Photo credit: Dustin Downing Originally appeared on Grimy Goods. KCRW celebrated a milestone this past week with their 75th Apogee Studio Session. Jason Bentley, the station’s weekday morning DJ and our host for the evening, recounted the previous 74 with glee. “Remember Ryan Adams just played for hours? As people left for the night, he’d wave goodbye and keep playing…what a fun night,” he … Continue reading Grizzly Bear Shone in KCRW’s Diamond Apogee Session
This track twinkles like its namesake. “Northern Lights” is an excerpt from Fieldings’ upcoming LP, Soft Tissue, coming soon. Source: SoundCloud / Fieldings Continue reading
Kitty put out an incredible mixtape back in August, and has just graced us with a new video for “Mass Text Booty Call,” one of the wildest tracks on it. The opening of the video is a parody of the intro to Fatboy Slim’s 1998 single “The Rockefeller Skank,” which actually comes at the very end of the previous track on You’ve Come a Long Way, … Continue reading
Loosen up and brush your shoulders off. Source: Bandcamp Continue reading
Feel-good power pop. Source: SoundCloud / courtship. Continue reading
I had the pleasure of catching Samira Winter’s ambient-drone set at Echo Park Rising back in August, which just adds to her brilliance. Her latest single is another brilliant testament to shoegaze. Continue reading
Sci-Fi Synth Pop Anthem From Enigmatic Skatterplot
Originally appeared on Grimy Goods. Steven Solomon is a trained jazz musician who performs as the character Skatterplot, only ever seen in a red mask. Ironically, when he writes music, he feels most free. His latest track, “Don’t Stop the Fight” is an uplifting synth pop anthem that wears his resilience on his sleeve; listen to the premiere below. Read more. Skatterplot | website | … Continue reading Sci-Fi Synth Pop Anthem From Enigmatic Skatterplot
sawdustandgin: Caroline Polachek of Chairlift wrote and recorded “The Boy Who I’ll See Again” for MAKE as part of their Naxos Concept Collection. The visual concept was based on classic surrealist art, and the song tells a tale of the Greek moon goddess Endymion. This is as beautiful as a song about beauty can be. Continue reading
Dessert are a still-enigmatic trio, despite having finally revealed their identities upon release of their most recent music video “Checkmate.” But I wanted to share “Back Around / Devil” not so much due to who the bandmates are, but rather, because of the feelings they elicit with audio and video: we start with calm and end in chaos. Continue reading
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