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Sky Ferreira Releases "Lost In My Bedroom" Video

posted: January 2, 2013

The video for Sky Ferreira’s “Lost In My Bedroom” plays out like a synth-pop Cloverfield, with grainy VHS footage, flashing lights, and an epilepsy warning to boot.  Over the strains of pulsing low-end synth, Ferreira…
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Exclusive Q and A: Owl City Talks EDM, Touring, and Purple Rain

posted: September 5, 2012

Last year, Owl City was riding a huge wave of success, buoyed by a multi-album major label deal and collaborations with GRAMMY award“winning producers.  It was hard to imagine that Adam Young’s star could rise any…
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Go Periscope Takes Pop To The Future With 'Wasted Youth'

posted: July 31, 2012

Though many current synth pop artists attempt to recapture the vintage electronic sounds of the ’80s, OurStage act Go Periscope aims straight for the future and never looks back. With their new album Wasted Youth, Go Periscope’s Florin…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: The Rise, Fall, and Rise of Gary Numan

posted: January 4, 2012

“For me it’s the machine that works best,” says Gary Numan of the synthesizer, the instrument whose use in rock he helped to revolutionize back in the late ’70s. It’s an axe that has certainly…
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Exclusive Q&A: Owl City's Imagination Takes Flight

posted: August 23, 2011

For a multi-platinum artist currently in the middle of a massive world tour, Owl City had remarkably humble beginnings.  Adam Young, the man behind the synth-pop phenomenon, began writing songs as Owl City during his…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: Tunnels To Dark Places

posted: July 27, 2011

While there’s no denying the appeal of music that operates on an instant-gratification level, offering tricked-up tunes full of carefully baited hooks, in the end the albums that really stick with you will almost always…
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