crush_DLX are the L.A.-based pairing of English singer/producer POP LEVI and Canadian model/singer Bunny Holiday, whose work together Ariel Pink fans might recall from last year’s Pink-featuring “My ...

Homeshake, the solo musical project by Peter Sagar, made its second performance in Washington, D.C., at the Black Cat on Sunday, March 24. Although Homeshake has lacked the support of critical ...

Tara Jane O’Neil is releasing a new album simply as TJO, Songs for Peacock, on July 10 via Orindal Records (pre-order). The album was “recorded at home using primitive electronic instruments in ...

Around 2015, New Jersey-born composer Joel Zigman had been pigeonholed as the social-justice guy trying to reform an academic classical-music program at the University of Texas at Austin. His politics ...

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Ever wondered what Olivia Rodrigo‘s angst-filled smash “Good 4 U” would sound like as a synth-pop dreamscape with a killer dance break? Look no further. For Tove Lo‘s live performance on Sweden’s P3 ...

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The 1980s were a truly remarkable time. Big hair, shoulder pads and Patrick Swayze ruled the roost and synthesisers were the soundtrack of choice. The whole era is ripe for nostalgic backward glances, ...

In the past decade, the field of ambient musicians seems to have reached a saturation point. With the advent of various user-friendly software programs, as well as countless ambient-music-based blogs ...

Not exactly a sampler, not exactly a synth, Lo-Fi provides approaches from both worlds to manipulate its bountiful selection of mussed-up sounds. It’s all you could possibly need to brew up some ...