#synthpop

Love You Later Teases New EP With Video for "Making Plans"

For her synthpop project Love You Later, Lexi Aviles writes honest, open lyrics that make you feel like you're reading someone's diary. The 21-year-old artist released her first EP, How Many Nights Do You Dance With Tears in Your Eyes?, in 2018 and has since put out several singles that deal rawly...

Annie White

Austin Synthpop Duo Moonray Document Marital Bliss with Honeymoon EP

Indie Pop duo Jonray and Barbara Higginbotham may be living the ultimate millennial dream: they live in Austin, Texas and are making sweet, synth-infused music together. Their latest EP Honeymoon is mellifluous without being saccharine, tonally reminiscent of early Matt and Kim or Mates Of State. The...

Ashley Prillaman

PLAYING DETROITFebruary Releases Showcase Motor City’s Diverse Sound

February was an especially prolific month for Detroit artists, following in the wake of January’s month-long hangover and a few spring-feeling...

Sara Barron

PET POLITICSTwo Lovebirds and a Little Honey Form the Core of Synthpop Band The Values

This month, I got to hear from Evan Zwisler and Mason Taub, founders of Brooklyn’s electro-indie-pop group The Values. Mason and Evan take the forefront as a duo—Mason working her deep and vibrant vocals along with the keys and Evan grooving on guitar and backing vocals—to pay homage to timeless...

Natalie Kirch

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VIDEO REVIEWMoon Bounce "Drugs"

Unsurprisingly, Moon Bounce's video for the single "Drugs" is as trippy as its title suggests. Spoofing terrible album art from Wayne Cochran, Grace Jones, Prince, and more, the titillating track takes listeners on a tongue-in-cheek waltz through the aisles of a record store that would make any...

Nicole Ortiz

LIVE REVIEWBlue Healer at Rockwood Music Hall

Blue Healer pulled at our heartstrings on Wednesday, November 2 at Rockwood Music Hall as they expertly played tracks from their debut album.

Nicole Ortiz

INTERVIEWChris Chu of POP ETC

org The dimly-lit green room at Music Hall of Williamsburg smells of cigarettes, but in an unassuming way, perhaps because Chris Chu of POP ETC kindly apologizes to my plus one, Caroline, and I in advance. I hardly noticed what he meant once we got up there,...

Ysabella Monton

ALBUM REVIEWPOP ETC "Souvenirs"

Berkeley-born and Brooklyn-based trio POP ETC are back with Souvenir, a follow up to 2012's eponymous release. In the last three years, the band has traversed in an even poppier direction, almost a little cheesy. But in a time when "pop" is considered an obscenity, a genre to be left for the...

Ysabella Monton

ALBUM REVIEWRoman Remains, "Zeal"

Zeal may not be the most dynamic album released this year, but despite any misgivings, Roman Remains’ debut full length (out March 4th on H.O.T Records Ltd) beckons us into an immersive, dissonant world. Not to mention it’s catchy, synth-filled fun. Liela Moss and Toby Butler, of The Duke Spirit,...

Alexandra Freeman

EXCLUSIVE"Grey White December"

Under the dainty moniker I Am Snow Angel, singer, songwriter and producer Julie Kathryn will release her debut EP in February 2014. The first track off the four-track album, "Let Me Go," showcases Kathryn's production expertise, layering her smooth, expressive vocals over delicate synth-pop beats....

Carena Liptak