#electro pop

Kult Kyss Nurture The Heartbeat of the Melbourne Dancefloor on Ultra Sound EP

Vocalist Rromarin (Claire Rayner) and producer Haxx (Jack Arentz) have crafted a...

Cat Woods

PLAYING DETROITPrimer Crafts Goth-Pop Gems on Debut LP Novelty

” Think of the story behind pretty much any early Beatles song and you’ll land at some iteration of that. But what about the songs that unravel like a slow burn, painstakingly dragged along until they...

Sara Barron

PLAYING DETROITTunde Olaniran Goes to Bat for Sleigh Bells at El Club

Feeling under the weather, lead-singer Alexis Krauss enlisted local artist Tunde Olaniran...

Sara Barron

PLAYING DETROITDeJ Loaf Soars With "No Fear"

Detroit based hip-hop goddess DeJ Loaf returns with soft edges and a warm-hearted willingness to compromise with the whimsical visual for "No Fear" her first single from her major label debut, Liberated, due out later this year. Our beautifully braided, Gucci-clad heroine finds sunshine in...

Jerilyn Jordan

TRACK PREMIEREMimi Raver "Creatures Of Habit"

The album art for Mimi Raver’s upcoming LP ’06 Female will give you an insight into the songwriter’s knack for duality. At first glance, the cover for Raver’s imminent release bears the precious, painterly image of a grey tabby, sitting pretty by a Kelly green couch. On closer inspection: droplets...

Madison Bloom

LIVE REVIEWAustra @ Warsaw

There aren’t a whole lot of pop stars that are moved by The Accelerationist Manifesto – the philosophical text penned by Nick Srnicek and Alex Williams. In fact, I’d feel safe waging that Austra’s Future Politics is the only electro pop LP to be inspired by the post-capitalist school of philosophy....

Madison Bloom

Staff Picks - Jerilyn JordanThe Playing Detroit Awards

In wake of what most consider one of the most turbulent years in recent memory, 2016 carried a heavy weight. From the death of idols, poets and American democracy, this year challenged our collective patience and sanity leaving no stone unturned. That being said, 2016 reared its resilient head by...

Jerilyn Jordan

INTERVIEW/EP REVIEWLuna Aura "Madhouse"

Some of us spend our whole lives trying to appear normal and follow the crowd, but sometimes the key to success is living your own brand of insanity.

Emily Daly

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

TRACK OF THE WEEKPsychic Twin "Lose Myself"

For AudioFemme's track of the week, Emily Daly reviews Psychic Twin's new single "Lose Myself" off her upcoming album Strange Diaries.

Emily Daly

VIDEO PREMIEREMilán "DK6"

Austrian-born, Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Maria Neckam is Milán, and we're here to give a new meaning to Super Tuesday by premiering new music video. The closer Trump gets to securing that nomination, the more we need our artists to prepare for the revolution. The song, "DK6" is off Milán's...

Sophie Saint Thomas

PLAYING DETROITDJ Duo Haute to Death

It was the day of my grandmother's funeral. Having spent the better portion of my day mourning the loss with my father and chain smoking while driving familiar streets of my hometown where the old bars had new signs, I was unnerved with realizing not everything was as I left it when I moved out and...

Jerilyn Jordan