Tagged synthpop

Swedish singer-songwriter Molly Nilsson is no stranger to exercising her independence. Writing, producing, and publishing her own music — through her independent record label Dark Skies Association —  allo...

Though this year has been an absolute whirlwind of unexpected events, it has been an incredible year for music. From psychedelic music to rap to flamenco to rock, 2020 did not disappoint. With all of these new...

On February 19th, the 15th year anniversary of the Postal Service’s first and only album Give Up (2003), I sat on my couch and went through all the old playlists I had made since the inception of Spotify, a c...

Ariel Pink loves champagne, Charles is his girlfriend–not his friend–and he claims he’s not a misogynist. Those were the surface level takeaways from the opening night of Pink’s four night residency at ...

Sherman Oaks, California is not the most enchanting place. For those unfamiliar (which is probably most of you), it is a neighborhood in Los Angeles that in many ways is on the edge between worlds. The 101, one...

Vocal hocketing is a musical technique in which singers share melodies by alternating notes at measure, word or even syllable frequency. I define it here because this technique exists all over the experimental ...

Started by Berkeley alum Chris Chu and friends as The Morning Benders, POP ETC is a sunny songwriting machine that encapsulates its title with their recent fourth record, Souvenir, out January 29 via Rough ...