While The Knocks released their essential and annual Memorial Day in Ibiza mixtape yesterday that is very graciously available for download, I wanted to share my Memorial Day Weekend playlist for anyone who is as addicted to Spotify as I am. It’s filled with warm weather electro-pop to soundtrack all your day-drinking, relaxing and indulgent activities this [...]
Reinforcing The Colourist’s “Little Games” status as a summer jam, the band released it’s accompanying seasonal visuals. Majestic pop. And so is the St. Lucia remix by the way (below). ENJOY. And look out for the exclusive 7″ of Little Games with B-Side “Yes Yes” out June 4th via All Things Go Records. PRE-ORDER HERE.
I’ve been writing and listening to a lot of Magic Man since seeing them live at Neon Gold Records’ PopShop. I’ve seen them a few times live since and they are quickly escalating to my favorite new pop band. Then there’s the P O P goodness that is Pacific Air who created one of the best/catchiest songs of [...]
NYC favorites The Knocks have released their annual Memorial Day in Ibiza mixtape in time for your MDW revelry. There are a lot of mixes out there, but if you are looking for a soundtrack for your outside festivities, this is the one. Free download because they think of everything and how else would you take this with you [...]
My favorite Disclosure releases a song that will make you want to dance in ways you didn’t know your body can move just in time for the bbq’ing and drinking of Memorial Day Weekend. “When A Fire Starts To Burn” will give your playlists that sound of house music you start to crave in the summer. [...]
Since first releasing the St. Lucia produced “Wings,” Germany,/England/US quintet HAERTS has been everywhere from SXSW to on on tour with the Shout Out Louds and Atlas Genius. As the finale of their live set, this song is a shining last impression for the band to leave you with before their debut album is out later this year. [...]
Loving this song from UK’s Post War Years. Their ambient electronic sound is deeply cool fuzzy pop underlined by charging polyrhythmic beats that jar you to life. The band who met when they were all kids, playing London and sending out demos before relocating together to an East-London warehouse where they learned how to produce and record [...]
Every Magic Man release is a hit song, which is probably why Columbia just signed them. They make effervescent pop jams with a live show that only gets better every time I see them (Magic Man/ MS MR Review coming soon*). To celebrate, the band released a brand new demo EP – written, recorded and produced themselves [...]
Back in bitterness of January, Nah first introduced us all to NY based trio MisterWives. In a combination of Feist meets Of Monsters and Men, their strand of modern pop folk strikes a sweet spot in my ears that can’t ignore the catchiness of their songs or the power in lead singer Mandy Lee’s voice [...]
Huge new artist alert: in Chess Club Records we trust which is why I had to check out their newest Jungle. Dripping in electronic soul and funk-fueled beats, “Platoon” puts you in the perfect groove. The British based band has already picked up by the credible Zane Lowe on Radio 1 so it won’t be long [...]
Francis Farewell Starlite aka Francis and the Lights hasn’t released anything in two years making his new “ETC” that much more monumentally memorable. The self-produced “ETC” reminds us of all the reasons we love Francis in the first place – his distinct sultry vocals against poetic piano pop and R&B beats. And the way he coos “And [...]
If you could see the shape of my heart right now, it’s struggling not to implode. Experimental pop songstress Charli XCX lends her incredible voice of Backstreet Boys’ “I Want It That Way.” It seems like she may have only first heard this song recently saying ”I hope you like it and because I love it i’m [...]
