Synthpop

Chairlift: Something (Kanine, 2012)

Chairlift debuted with Does You Inspire You (Kanine, 2008), a cross between 1980s synth pop and 2000s middy pop. Something increases the use of the...

Pop goes the Eighties: Men Without Hats reunite to safety dance

Music in the Eighties certainly wasn’t short of proclaimed masculinity when it came to band names. Some ‘men’ embraced a gender...

Ladytron legacy

Synthpop confectioners Ladytron dazzle again with their fifth album, Gravity the Seducer, on Nettwerk Records. Co-produced by Ladytron and Barny...

Afterall, we're only human: The Human League's Phil Oakey reveals his Credo

“Take us or leave us, we’re always one step away from being mainstream,” admits Phil Oakey, lead singer and founder of pop&rsquo...

Without a chaperone, Erasure makes a date with Atlanta

One of the Eighties most enduring synth-pop duos announced last week that they would be sojourning on a massive world tour to accompany a brand new...

Review: Cold Cave - Cherish the Light Years

Wesley Eisold’s Manhattan band, Cold Cave, evokes nostalgia for a time that younger people never experienced, because they were too young or...

La Roux at The Webster-Brit club meets local scene

La Roux brought their brand of Brit club/sythpop to Hartford and Connecticut responded well. However, despite the amount of airplay that "...

Album review: Geographer - Animal Shapes EP

Warped reverberations (“Original Sin”) open the wormhole to another dimension where synthpop, baroque rock, and pop-folk beautifully...

An interview with Jordan Detweiler

Last week, I stopped by Bradley’s Bar and Grill in East Cobb for their regular Wednesday night open mic. Among the musicians that showed off...

Artist of the week: Mahamudra

Mahamudra...don't ask me to define it because honestly I have no idea what the name means. However, what I do know is that all of you trance lovers...