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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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