TAG: Synth-pop

Jan09

The Good Natured On Tour! (Video & MP3)

Britain’s pop-noir trio The Good Natured is playing select dates in January in anticipation of their upcoming release slated for Spring 2012.  The band recently premiered “Video Voyeur,” the first cut from their forthcoming debut album. “Video Voyeur”, produced by Swedish studio ace Patrik Berger (known for his work with Robyn), is an indicator of what is to come from these talented young Brits, who are reminiscent of The Human League. The Good Natured’s music is a stellar example of what is classic and timeless about ’80’s goth-synth-pop.

...MORE

Share/Bookmark
Sep27

Warm Ghost – Narrows (Review)

Warm Ghost

Narrows

Released by Partisan


While music critics have been busy coining the term Chill Wave to describe the burgeoning crop of electronic acts whipping up dreamy soundscapes in their bedrooms, Paul Duncan and bandmate Oliver Chopy are already pushing past those definitions with a sound that comfortably cozies up with the name they’ve taken for the project. Warm Ghost’s debut album builds on the sound they developed with a pair of well received EPs, exploring comfortable intimacies and all the dark things lurking around the edges. Duncan’s wrought vocals mix 70s emotion with ...

Share/Bookmark
Apr26

WhoMadeWho – Knee Deep (Review)

WhoMadeWho

Knee Deep



Apparently Danish trio WhoMadeWho have big plans for 2011. Tomas Barfod, Tomas Hoffding and Jeppe Kjellberg are saying Knee Deep, their first offering on stalwart German techno imprint Kompakt, is just one side of the music they wrote and recorded last year while holed up in an unfinished hotel near a harbor. Coming later this year will be a “full-album” of the band’s more melodic inclinations, but it has it’s work cut out if it plans to out do the gloomy disco sound they’re stepping out with first. What ...

Share/Bookmark
Oct27

Shit Robot Interview

Heavyweight producer Marcus Lambkin aka Shit Robot is finally out with his full-length debut. It’s filled to the brim with guest vocals from Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor, LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy and Nancy Whang among others. The influential Irishman is known for his unique danceable mix of disco and synth-pop, electro and punk-funk. He got his pseudonym from the Shit Robot party; named after a crap robot drawing by James Murphy. After nearly two decades of DJ’ing and a handful of 12-inch releases, Lambkin has unveiled a superb album, with one of the best titles of the year; From The Cradle To The Rave. …MORE

Share/Bookmark
Oct07

Shit Robot – From The Cradle To The Rave (Review)

Shit Robot

From The Cradle To The Rave

Released by DFA


Influential Irish Post-New Yorker and member of the DFA family, Marcus Lambkin is known for his unique danceable mix of disco and synth-pop, electro and punk-funk. He got his pseudonym from the Shit Robot party; named after a crap robot drawing by James Murphy. After nearly two decades of DJ’ing and a handful of 12-inch releases, Lambkin is unveiling his first full-length guest-laden album From the Cradle to the Rave. It’s released on James Murphy and Tim Goldsworthy’s New York label like his previously released singles that are all ...

Share/Bookmark
  1. Pages:
  2. 1
  3. 2
  4. 3