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Maps' 'Colours. Reflect. Time. Loss' Is an Expansive, Widescreen Record

Maps' Colours. Reflect. Time. Loss is a triumphantly realized album that finds him taking the concept of Pet Sounds, adding the 1960s folk-pop of the Byrds all while channeling the spaced-out rock of 1990s Spiritualized.

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HÆLOS' 'Any Random Kindness' Comes Across As a Love Letter to the Planet and Humanity

Any Random Kindness finds HÆLOS expanding on their core sound while reminding themselves and the listener of just why they are such an exciting and intriguing outfit.

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British Electro Band Guest Singer Release Video for "New Experience" (premiere + interview)

"New Experience" pairs Guest Singer's brand of new wave and intelligent electropop with an arresting typographic video from artist and designer Richard De Hoxar.

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Howard Jones Embraces His Inner Synth Once Again on His New Album 'Transform'

British synthpop great Howard Jones reflects on his music past, present and future in this new interview.

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Brits in Hot Weather #15

This time we have shadowy, soulful house with a UK garage twist in the form of Quiet Man X Joy Anonymous, stuttering funk from Skinny Pelembe, downtempo synthpop from CC Honeymoon, fiery punk 'n' roll from Eyesore & the Jinx, and glam-infused psychedelia from Benedict Benjamin.

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Tor Lundvall Explores His Back Pages

Tor Lundvall, a painter and dark ambient musician, revisits his synthpop past on A Strangeness in Motion: Early Pop Recordings 1989-1999.

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Paco Sala Modernize Synthpop on 'Our Love Is the Gold' (album stream) (premiere)

Paco Sala's experimental synthpop blossoms on their third album, Our Love Is the Gold, wherein they produce entrancing, thinking person's pop music.

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Passion Pit Are Ready to Hit the High Notes Again

Ten years after a medication paralyzed his vocal cords and forced some of his favorite songs out of rotation, Passion Pit's Michael Angelakos can't wait to tour his debut album Manners and perform those songs again.

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Finding Yourself at Last: An Interview with the Drums

The Drums' frontman Johnny Pierce is thrilled about taking the sound of the Drums in a more pop-oriented direction as it soon transpires that he had been feeling a little artistically suffocated by what group had become.

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Love and Sadness on the Dancefloor: The Drums Return with 'Brutalism'

On Brutalism, the Drums practice a form of indie pop therapy that's rich in musical textures and lyrical depth.

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Le Boom Bring the Sunshine on "Be There For You" (premiere)

Le Boom's new single is an intoxicating electropop track that celebrates those moments where life just seemed like it just couldn't get any better.

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Blaqk Audio Blends '80s Electropop with Modern Sounds on 'Only Things We Love'

As alternative rock and hip-hop overlap through Soundcloud rappers, Blaqk Audio highlights an alt-rock pivot towards electronic music with Only Things We Love.

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Vök - "Erase You" (Singles Going Steady)

Icelandic electropop trio, Vök's "Erase You" is a testament to strength although it's not outwardly apparent. It expresses emotional mutability and the ultimate belief that strength can be derived from subjection.

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Chromatics - "Time Rider" (Singles Going Steady)

On synthpop band Chromatics' latest track "Time Rider", the melancholy remains present, but they find the beauty in it as a means of survival and sanity.

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Mr. Kitty Contemplates Grief, More With Double LP, 'Ephemeral' (album stream) (premiere)

Inspired by the suicide of a friend, Ephemeral is synthpop artist Mr. Kitty's eighth album and arrives March 8th via Negative Gain.

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Maps' Colours. Reflect. Time. Loss is a triumphantly realized album that finds him taking the concept of Pet Sounds, adding the 1960s folk-pop of the Byrds all while channeling the spaced-out rock of 1990s Spiritualized.

Any Random Kindness finds HÆLOS expanding on their core sound while reminding themselves and the listener of just why they are such an exciting and intriguing outfit.

"New Experience" pairs Guest Singer's brand of new wave and intelligent electropop with an arresting typographic video from artist and designer Richard De Hoxar.

British synthpop great Howard Jones reflects on his music past, present and future in this new interview.

This time we have shadowy, soulful house with a UK garage twist in the form of Quiet Man X Joy Anonymous, stuttering funk from Skinny Pelembe, downtempo synthpop from CC Honeymoon, fiery punk 'n' roll from Eyesore & the Jinx, and glam-infused psychedelia from Benedict Benjamin.

Tor Lundvall, a painter and dark ambient musician, revisits his synthpop past on A Strangeness in Motion: Early Pop Recordings 1989-1999.

Dark ambient artist Tor Lundvall is releasing his new album of early, surprising, and downright joyous pop-oriented material today and so he gives us a scintillating tour through the albums that shaped him.

Paco Sala's experimental synthpop blossoms on their third album, Our Love Is the Gold, wherein they produce entrancing, thinking person's pop music.

Ten years after a medication paralyzed his vocal cords and forced some of his favorite songs out of rotation, Passion Pit's Michael Angelakos can't wait to tour his debut album Manners and perform those songs again.

The Drums' frontman Johnny Pierce is thrilled about taking the sound of the Drums in a more pop-oriented direction as it soon transpires that he had been feeling a little artistically suffocated by what group had become.

On Brutalism, the Drums practice a form of indie pop therapy that's rich in musical textures and lyrical depth.

Le Boom's new single is an intoxicating electropop track that celebrates those moments where life just seemed like it just couldn't get any better.

As alternative rock and hip-hop overlap through Soundcloud rappers, Blaqk Audio highlights an alt-rock pivot towards electronic music with Only Things We Love.

Icelandic electropop trio, Vök's "Erase You" is a testament to strength although it's not outwardly apparent. It expresses emotional mutability and the ultimate belief that strength can be derived from subjection.

On synthpop band Chromatics' latest track "Time Rider", the melancholy remains present, but they find the beauty in it as a means of survival and sanity.

Inspired by the suicide of a friend, Ephemeral is synthpop artist Mr. Kitty's eighth album and arrives March 8th via Negative Gain.