Mano’s Daughter is an electronic three-piece synth band based in London UK with the lineup of Sarah Carter (Vocals), Matthias Garrick (Synths, programming) and Dan See (Drums). They are stated to be a mixture of Polica,...
Soft As Snow But War...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Outside the apparent homage to My Bloody Valentine in the name, Japanese duo S/A/S/B/W/I have a distinct and ethereal synth pop sound that they’ve made their own. They’ve gone and released a six song EP...
Vintage Moon: Tyro
posted by Stuart Morrison
Vintage Moon are a new band out of Silverlake Los Angeles and they just released Tyro, the first single off their upcoming EP which they plan to release in November/December. They say of themselves: “We play retro...
SPC ECO: Delusional ...
posted by Stuart Morrison
SPC ECO (Space Echo) are a UK duo, Rose Berlin (vox and words) and Dean Garcia (bass, drums, guitars, studio engineer and producer, and best known for being one half of seminal 90s band Curve). SPC ECO have produced and...
Seatraffic: Superfic...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Seatraffic are a duo from San Francisco who have been working on a series of new free singles. Check out their BandCamp page at the link below for more. Seatraffic is Mark Zannad (vox, synths) and Brandon Harrison (drums)....
Insomnia Radio #181:...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
What’s this unexpected package you may ask? Today brings the 181st full length episode of Insomnia Radio, with a tribute to the promotional wonders of Boston’s MJ Epstein Memorial Library as our representative...
WAZU: Murder 1
posted by Stuart Morrison
Brooklyn-based Australian transplants WAZU have released their first self-titled EP on Anti-Language Recordings. Described as “Neon Murder Music for the Dance Floor”, and “synth-heavy, post-apocalyptic pop...
Secret Music: T.O.Y....
posted by Stuart Morrison
Brooklyn, NY’s Secret Music are Chase Nicholl and Daniel Fry, who recently released their infectious single T.O.Y.S. on Black Bell Records (whose artists include The Joy Formidable). The video (below) was directed by...
Sentinel: Avalanche
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Sentinel, a dream-pop four piece from Oakland has returned with another very solid effort on their May 2008 release, “Kites Without Strings”. Avalanche is the second track off their new CD, a beautiful and...
Put the Rifle Down: ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
From Toronto Ontario, Canadian foursome Put the Rifle Down seemingly has the incredible talent that allows them to craft non-disposable synth-pop styled masterpieces, which also happened to spark the same hibernating...
IR: The SoCal Sessio...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Today’s session is almost entirely electronic in theme and heralds in several new albums from locals, including a new full length effort by the LA based electronica duo, ‘Techno Squirrels’, called...