Plastic Estate Craft Two Divergent Gems
Cardiff duo Nicholas James and Stanley Fouracres aka Plastic Estate have gifted us their new double sided 7″ single via Bologna label Avant! Records. It features two inventive and divergent cuts of 80s inspired new wave and synth pop gold with a little injection of melancholy in the mix. While the upbeat and unpretentious sophistication […]
Christine And The Queens Returns With Powerful New Single
This week saw Nantes born & Paris based pop artist Héloïse Adelaïde Letissier aka Christine & The Queens gift us her powerfully intimate new single ‘People, I’ve Been Sad’. It’s a poignant and purposeful work of dramatic synth pop built on a slow hard hitting beat and a commanding bass line that wraps proceedings in […]
RINA MUSHONGA’S AFFIRMING NEW SINGLE OF RESISTANCE
Despite the protestations of those, usually on the Right, who never got the memo some forty years ago, or simply don’t understand what either concept means, being an independent artist is in itself a political act. And whether expressed in abstract ways or directly, the powerful role that independent music and other forms of art […]
LISTEN/WATCH: AFFET ROBOT RELEASES HUZURSUZ SEYIRLER EP + VIDEO FOR OPENING TRACK “FIRTINA’
On Friday Affet Robot, the darkwave/synth pop project of Istanbul multi-instrumentalist Eren Günsan, released a more than impressive new EP called Huzursuz Seyirler (Restless). To mark the occasion he’s shared the more than appropriate video for its mood oscillating opening track ‘Fırtına’ (Storm). Reflective and tense, the pacy three minute affair takes its fascinating cues from […]
COUCH PRINTS DELIVER SOFTLY STIRRING DEBUT
The softly stirring ‘Tell U’ is the debut track from Queens electronic pop trio Couch Prints. A deliberative beat establishes a timeless tempo as a magic blend of guitar melodies and treated synth sounds establish a hazy yet focused feel. They set the stage for an unassuming yet deeply affective delivery of heartfelt sentiments inspired […]
DRAB MAJESTY DO LONG DIVISION AHEAD OF EUROPEAN TOUR
Los Angeles synth duo Drab Majesty have released ‘Long Division’, the second single from their forthcoming third album, Modern Mirror. Essentially a track about the ironic point in a relationship when both parties realise that compromise has not only cost them their individual identities but created a mutual and self-resentment and an unbridgeable rift of […]
SKYDECK ANNOUNCE DEBUT ALBUM, SHARE GRAND NEW SINGLE
Late last month Melbourne postpunk/synthpop outfit Skydeck, led by dual vocalists Mitch Clemens (Ciggie Witch) and Dominic Kearton (Pregnancy), announced the upcoming release of their debut album Eureka Moment. To herald the moment they’ve released the dual speed single ‘Tourniquet Too’, in which Clemens’ drone like vocals are smartly set up against a constant buzzing synth […]
TOP 100 TRACKS OF 2018
111. The New Is Not Born Yet La Fraicheur (ENG) From the album, ‘Self Fulfilling Prophecy’, InFiné Music. Audio Stream Self Fulfilling Prophecy by La Fraicheur 110. Good To You Kate Teague (USA) From the single, ‘Good To You’, Muscle Beach. Audio Stream Good to You by Kate Teague 109. Tiki Taka Tom Demac (ENG) […]
TOP 30 ALBUMS OF 2018
30. Light Juliana Daugherty (USA) Western Vinyl TRACKLIST 1. Player 2. Baby Teeth 3. Revelation 4. Sweetheart 5. Bliss 6. Easier 7. Light 8. Come For Me 9. California 10. Wave BUY HERE READ OUR REVIEW HERE 29. Providence Single Lash (USA) Holodeck TRACKLIST 1. Come True 2. Frozen Honey 3. Shredder Orpheus 4. […]
NEW INDEPENDENT ELECTRONIC POP: AN INDIE30 PLAYLIST
NOVEMBER 6 UPDATE: Been busy across October and early November assembling our New Independent Electronic Pop playlist. Check out the fruits of our labour below. In order of release date, the current ever revolving list contains new tracks from; San Francisco artist and HEARTWATCH member Claire George, Adelaide electronic duo PINES, Amsterdam’s BEA 1991, NYC’s Emily King, Melbourne’s […]