GIBBZ, the drunken, obnoxious, and offensive mess-of-a-Brooklynite alter ego of the Berklee College of Music grad, Mike Gibney. His pals convinced him it was "ok to drink copious amounts of alcohol and make everyone within a 30 ft radius uncomfortable." So if I got this...
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Seattle-native turned LA-transplant, Robert Charles Edward DeLong (quad names are bomb btw), started off playing in indie rock bands but was led astray by the rave culture (does that mean he just started doing lots of drugs on school nights at abandoned warehouses?). So he...
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Mas Ysa, a Montreal native and current Brooklyn resident, has given us a Tale of Two Songs - that's not the name of it, just what I'm calling it. There's just something about this song. Can't peg it down. The way it builds with some...
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A delicious non-conformist, Merrill Garbus, brings us phenomenal originality with her simple, yet effective, blending of sounds and instruments. This daring singer/songwriter creates idiosyncrasy in her music, videos, and day-to-day life truly letting her freak-flag fly. The jarring melodies of her tracks come together to...
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LA-synthpop newbie Elohim is out with her first single "She Talks Too Much" (which means "God" in Hebrew - but you already knew that. Cuz ur smart. I mean, you read my posts, don't you? Don't you!?) I for one love reading myself talk, but that's...
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Alison Wonderland graduated from being a classically trained cellist to her current role as DJ/producer. The Sydney-native's debut album is out this year and feels like if Elliphant and CHVRCHES got into a teleporter together to go to some sweet Brooklyn hipster warehouse party, but...
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If we all try really hard, maybe we can just will summer's arrival...
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LA dance-pop quartet Smallpools basically started off as a Passion Pit rip-off band, but quickly realized they were waaay better and said, "F those guys. We're Smallpools goddammit and we can synth the hell outta whatever we want!" (I think* that's how it went at least)....
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Do you think Swiss kissing is the same as French kissing, just more, like, financially conservative and less "let's not work and just have red wine and cigarettes"..? Or is it more a blend of all the boring parts of French, German and Italian kissing?...
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PRIDES (sometimes PR/DES), a threesome of Glasgow synthpoppers (the most edgy popper-based musician subgenre), started kickin' up dust in 2014 with sporadic track releases - all dope tracks, really. Making the move from punk to electropop (which tells a lot about why they're so good) was...
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