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ARTIST PROFILEAngelo Vasta

Angelo Vasta is an Italian-born, Brooklyn-based videographer who works primarily with the dance community. He came to the US to study filmmaking at The New School in New York, and quickly fell into documenting dancers as a means of reconnecting with his earlier unfulfilled ambitions to pursue dance...

Marianne White

PLAYING DETROITHumons "Try it for Me"

Enjoy the video for “Try it for Me,” a stunning visual marriage of organic and digital landscapes, both of which reflect the sincere duality of the EP Spectra bringing Humons’ vision full circle.

Jerilyn Jordan

TRACK PREMIEREYaysh "Wild One" (Madame Gandhi Percussion Edit)

L.A. based pop paragon Yaysh made a lasting impression when she recently dropped the R8DIO-produced “Wild One” via Young Hollywood. The initial single off of her upcoming record, it is a sweetly melodic track with glittering chart potential.

Madison Bloom

PLAYING DETROITValley Hush "Iced Cream"

Leave it to my favorite electro-pop duo to release a dance track contemplating the turmoil of running the rat race that challenges the suffocation of creative freedom by means of societal survival.

Jerilyn Jordan

ARTIST INTERVIEW + VIDEO REVIEWCocovan "Chic (Someone To Love)"

Part French, part Iranian Cocovan disappeared for about a year—leaving her fans in the art and music world wandering through empty social media sites. Then, like the reincarnations of Madonna's various styles, Cocovan reemerged as the glam-pop empress that she is now. She then released "Mirage Of...

Jamila Aboushaca

ALBUM REVIEWJR JR "JR JR"

Few bands can claim that they’re race-car driver approved; Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr was one of them. They got Dale Earnhardt Jr’s attention because, obviously, they used his name. He wrote to Daniel Zott and Joshua Epstein in 2011, promising no legal action against the duo and describing himself as a...

Emily Daly

FESTIVAL PREVIEWElements Music and Art Festival 8/22

This Saturday BangOn!NYC is holding their mysterious music and arts festival Elements. Along an industrial waterfront in Brooklyn, the vibe should be somewhere between Berlin's Boiler Room and the bug-infested desert of Burning Man. A few subway lines away from wherever you reside, the one-day...

Sophie Saint Thomas

LIVE REVIEWThe Juan MacLean @ Union Pool

I’ll be honest: when I hear the genres “house,” “techno,” or “dance” being used to describe a band, I picture a couple of dudes posturing behind laptops. But when The Juan MacLean took the stage at Union Pool on Thursday, I knew this show would be different. John MacLean, the core of the project,...

Emily Daly

LIVE REVIEWBody Language @ Baby's All Right

Hump day isn’t usually this sexy, but it’s fashion week. I’m not even fully through the door of Baby’s All Right and I’ve already spotted a woman with a balloon animal headband and another in a tomato cape and Zorro hat (no sign of Waldo yet-oh, there he is). And to think I almost didn’t wear these...

Madison Bloom

TRACK PREMIEREKat Solar "Infinity"

Kat Solar, aka Katrina Connor from Detroit, is a pop artist putting her drama background to work, whether it's performing cabaret-like routines with a full cast of dancers or shooting ambitiously choreographed music videos. Since her last album Snake Eyes, the performer has been working on a...

Emily Daly

INTERVIEWBearstronaut on the 2013 BMAs, synth-pop, and their influences

Boston "tank-top pop" band Bearstronaut is taking the New England dance scene by force. Known for their active, beach party-like performances, they've performed at the Boston Calling Music Festival and recently won electronic artist of the year at the Boston Music Awards (2013). They've described...

Alexandra Freeman

MIXTAPE REVIEW"NO.SLEEP Mix.01"

Coming on the heels of September's My Friends Never Die EP and its subsequent remixes, Seattle duo ODESZA (Harrison Mills aka Catacombkid and Clayton Knight aka BeachesBeaches) have curated NO.SLEEP Mix.01, the first in what is to be a series of mix tapes. The group has a penchant for sun-drenched...

Carena Liptak