- 1. Start The Summer Off Right With New Music From Big Thief, Guerilla Toss, and Jenny Hval
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- ... sonic landscapes, from trippy neo-psych to euphoric art-punk. Songs like the glitchy “Cannibal Capital” and high-energy album standout “Famously Alive” meld digital hyperpop with nods to ’80s guitar/synth ...
- Created on 26 May 2022
- 2. Shilpa Ray Has Much To Say With New Album, Portrait Of a Lady
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- ... of musical styles keep things form becoming too one note. Like the early ‘80s upbeat Synth vibe (think Martha & The Muffins, Berlin, and Missing Persons) on “Lawsuits And Suicide,” the twangy Americana ...
- Created on 27 April 2022
- 3. Diane Coffee's New Album, "With People" Combines Folk-Rock and Dream Pop, and The Results Are Masterful ...
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- ... Arms’ soulful Synth Pop sound to an jangly Folk Rock, Dream Pop vibe with a touch of Glam Rock. “Corrina From Colina,” “Hollywood,” and “Forever You & I” have a silky, flowing feel going on. “Bullied” ...
- Created on 25 April 2022
- 4. Mitski's New Album, "Laurel Hell" Is An Indie-Pop Record That Pairs Melancholy Lyrics With Peppy-Synths Bea
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- ... by deceptively peppy synths, has a beat you could Jazzercise to, but the lyrics are about realizing you might be the bad guy in a relationship. The gorgeous “Love Me More” could be an early Kylie Minogue ...
- Created on 17 March 2022
- 5. Girls Who Love Girls Who Love Music: 11 Songs Celebrating Queer Love to Listen To on Valentine’s Day
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- ... an indie-rock twist, adding synth and guitar solos for more bite – a fitting change, considering St. Vincent’s repertoire. For more about St. Vincent, see our Fall 2021 interview between her and Carrie ...
- Created on 11 February 2022
- 6. Bitch, The Legendary Queer Music Icon Is Back With New Album “Bitchcraft” After a 9 Year Hiatus
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- ... and the violin and synth-heavy music they’re known for, Bitch sure is giving new meaning to the word. The multi-talented artist is back with Bitchcraft, a decidedly more pop sounding record that takes ...
- Created on 04 February 2022
- 7. The Princess of Pop-Punk Avril Lavigne is Back With a New Single, "Bite Me" ...
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- ... and distorted guitar, she expanded her instrumental base with piano, strings, and synths. While some fans have lamented the loss of her more edgy original style, Lavigne has shown that she’s not afraid ...
- Created on 12 November 2021
- 8. Les Sewing Sisters, Experimental Japanese Artists, Are Back With An Album Produced Out Of Sewing Machines' Sounds
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- NO GUITARS, NO drums, no synths.The nine tracks on the self-titled Les Sewing Sisters LP were made entirely with vocals and samples of sounds made by sewing machines. Though a listener probably wouldn’t ...
- Created on 10 November 2021
- 9. Slacker-Pop Goddess Lauran Hibberd Releases Excellent New EP “Goober”: BUST Interview
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- ... I've said, "OK, what else can I add to this? What if I start doing spoken word? What if I add loads of synths? What if I write about if I was at my own funeral?" How did your collaboration with Lydia Night ...
- Created on 29 July 2021
- 10. SPELLLING's Album "The Turning Wheel" Offers A New Spin On An Artist Coming Into Her O
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- ... musical experience. Swapping synths for richer instrumentation, SPELLLING offers highlights including melodic opener “Little Deer,” a soulful title track, and the moody “Queen of Wands.” The songs shift ...
- Created on 30 June 2021
- 11. Lost Girls' New Album "Menneskekollektivet" Is A Captivating Exploration Into Meditative Musi
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- ... is a mood. The 12-minute title track opens with soft, existential contemplations spoken over protracted synth notes (“We are/And sound hugs our bodies”), eventually giving way to a hypnotic dance beat, ...
- Created on 13 April 2021
- 12. Kalbells Creates a Psychedelic 10-Track Daydream in Their Sophomore Album "Max Heart" ...
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- ... is definitely in the Heart. These 10 tracks are psychedelic in the most mind freeing, soothing, yellow-smiley-face sense of the word—elastic funk and fluid synth-pop blurring the lines between sensual ...
- Created on 26 March 2021
- 13. La Chica Transforms Anger Into Power in Her Album "La Loba
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- ... musically than her previous synth-pop works. “I don’t want to dream again/I’m his ghost/I drink your memory and swallow my wish,” she quavers on “Drink.” Grief is a process and La Chica has rendered it ...
- Created on 05 March 2021
- 14. Junglepussy Goes Full Throttle On Her Fourth Album, "JP4
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- Junglepussy, aka Shayna McHayle, manifests her true persona at full throttle on her fourth album—a soulful combination of trap, interstellar synth, blissful crooning, and brutally honest rhymes. Open-ing ...
- Created on 14 January 2021
- 15. Queue This Dance-Punk Project On Your Quarantine Party Playlist
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- CRICKETS is a politically charged dance-punk project led by Le Tigre’s JD Samson along with Faith No More’s Roddy Bottum and MEN’s Michael O’Neill. Consisting of only vocals, a guitar, a synthesizer, ...
- Created on 29 October 2020
- 16. Black Trans Talent Are Breaking Through The Music Industry
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- ... Photo Cred: Kacie Marie Photo Cred: Damon Beirne Photo Cred: Apollo Flowerchild A synthesis of house, electric hip hop and PC pop, Heather Hills’ sound is packed with mid-aughts nostalgia. ...
- Created on 24 July 2020
- 17. POLIÇA Digs Deep into A Rise After a Tough Fall on "When We Stay Alive
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- ... smart and dark synth-pop, but it’s the message that is the true punch packed behind Leaneagh’s voice and Poliça’s trademark muscular beats. (4/5) By Erin Wolf When We Stay Alive was released ...
- Created on 28 April 2020
- 18. Gladie's Debut Explores The Intricacies Of Grief And Los
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- GLADIE Safe Sins (Lame-O Records) How do you find a way out of grief? Gladie’s Augusta Koch (formerly of the excellent punk band Cayetana) explores the intricacies of loss through indie-pop synths, ...
- Created on 02 April 2020
- 19. "Swimmer" by Tennis Is Electronic Yet Soulfu
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- ... On their fifth studio album, that creativity manifests in unexpected ways, like a surprise tempo change in the soulful “Need Your Love” or a swirling synth-driven outro in “Matrimony II.” You’d never know ...
- Created on 01 April 2020
- 20. Porridge Radio's Debut Record Is An Exercise In Raw Emotio
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- ... there is power in desperation, while “Born Confused” recognizes the liberation of someone leaving you. The heaviness of the content is sometimes brightened with synths and keyboards, but the vulnerability ...
- Created on 12 March 2020
