Cassia is a teenage pop princess who is the daughter of reggae royalty. The result of her influential, music-filled upbringing is a gorgeous fusion of rarely-combined genres, that will cause Rihanna to look over her shoulder. Her debut single, “Bipolar” is sure to strike a chord deep within many. She describes it as, “A song I wrote when I was caught at a fork in the road. Sometimes what you love to death is the cause of all your pain and misery.”
Cassia is currently in the studio mixing her second single entitled, “Just Like Pollution.”
“That’ll be 28 dollars,” said the bartender at The Wiltern, as I cautiously slid my debit card to him thinking he might have made a mistake. “Wait, 28 dollars for two beers. Are you sure?” He nods, annoyed. Enter the heavy bass and vocal sirens of Röyksopp to refresh a beer and make it taste like, well, a 14 dollar beer. Norwegian duo and electronic music veterans Röyksopp prove once again that they’re still relevant and should be excused for their uncharacteristic work with pop artist (and fellow Scandinavian) Robyn. The duo, composed of the unassuming yet brilliant Svein Berge and Torbjørn Brundtland, performed in front of the appreciative crowd at the historic Wiltern in Los Angeles last Tuesday March 29th. Admittedly, not very well versed in the vast catalog of music Röyksopp has produced since their inception …
While Cut Copy’s previous releases saw them producing music predominately along the lines of neon-drenched electro-pop/rock meant for the dance floor, their third album sounds like it was meant to take you somewhere much higher. Zonoscope glimmers with a certain sonic presence that sort of showers the ears in idyllic ecstasy – so much, that you’ll probably catch yourself looking down to make sure your feet are still on the ground.
This album grooves and glides through the ear canals while inducing a hypnotic bout of movement in the course ...
It’s about to be quite a ride for “tropical electro pop” vixen Tecla Esposito. Almost a year since her solo debut, the beginning of February finds New York’s eclectic rebel serving listeners up with an extension of 2010’s Strangers In Masks in the form of a pre-release from her upcoming Strangers Revisited. The project, available for download via tecla.bandcamp.com on February 8th, sets out to put a fresh, invigorating spin on songs from the past LP and will include remixes from an array of electrifying producers. …MORE
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