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It’s Britney, Bitch! CHARMANIA & SHOPJAIL_ are filled with The Holy Spears on synthy stark reworking of “Everytime”
Alt Pop / Dreampop / Indie Pop / NYC / SynthPop

It’s Britney, Bitch! CHARMANIA & SHOPJAIL_ are filled with The Holy Spears on synthy stark reworking of “Everytime”

Posted on: October 8, 2024April 7, 2025

Words by Jason Lee. Cover image by Gannon Padget. Photos directly below by Mike Cicchetti & Gannon Padgett. Disagreeing with a parent was never permitted in my house. […]

SLIC Me Down – Avant-Electro-Pop artist Slic’s debut album Unbearable Heat
Alt Pop / Avant-Indie / Electronic / NYC / SynthPop / Uncategorized

SLIC Me Down – Avant-Electro-Pop artist Slic’s debut album Unbearable Heat

Posted on: September 19, 2024September 19, 2024

Photos by Miles Pflanz / Words by Willa Rudolph New York City’s Slic released their debut album, Unbearable Heat, on September 2nd. Tomorrow they’ll be performing a short […]

Release day: Janet Labelle spends a “Day in the Sun” and the blast of lushly orchestrated Vitamin D-enriched sunshine pop is contagious…
Alt Pop / Dreampop / Indie Rock / NYC / Singer Songwriters

Release day: Janet Labelle spends a “Day in the Sun” and the blast of lushly orchestrated Vitamin D-enriched sunshine pop is contagious…

Posted on: September 13, 2024September 14, 2024

Worlds by Jason Lee. Cover image by John Nyboer. Imagine if you will the drummer of one of your favorite post-punk/garage-rock type grrrl bands known for songs that […]

Luxtress releases hypnagogic ode to “Drug of Choice,” equally ghostly and seductive
Alt Pop / Indie Rock / NYC

Luxtress releases hypnagogic ode to “Drug of Choice,” equally ghostly and seductive

Posted on: September 9, 2024September 9, 2024

Words by Jason Lee. All photos from Luxtress’ Instagram page. With a relentless beat to drive the song, Luxtress’s lyrics spill out on “Drug of Choice” barely keeping […]

Release day: Olive Bernard unveils “The Box Beneath My Bed” EP, shamelessly taking on shame
Alt Pop / Indie Rock / NYC / Singer Songwriters

Release day: Olive Bernard unveils “The Box Beneath My Bed” EP, shamelessly taking on shame

Posted on: September 6, 2024September 6, 2024

Words by Jason Lee; Cover image by Sofia Zarzuela Boxes under the bed can be bad news. If you’ve ever seen the movie Basket Case you know what […]

Basalt Jar scores “Wild Wins” with sophomore single perfect for summer turning to fall
Alt Pop / Dreampop / Indie Rock / NYC

Basalt Jar scores “Wild Wins” with sophomore single perfect for summer turning to fall

Posted on: September 3, 2024September 4, 2024

Words by Jason Lee Season change. Summer turns to fall. Fall turns to winter. Winter skips over spring and goes straight to summer thanks to global warming. You […]

Pop Music Fever Dream’s “Another Screen” is a rampaging <cri de cœur> k-hole of a song just as addictive as the screen culture it critiques (with interview)
Alt Pop / Indie Rock / NYC

Pop Music Fever Dream’s “Another Screen” is a rampaging <cri de cœur> k-hole of a song just as addictive as the screen culture it critiques (with interview)

Posted on: August 31, 2024August 31, 2024

Words by Jason Lee. Cover image by Sydney Tate. To go straight to the interview with T. Seeberger skip to the bottom of this piece. All interpretive analysis […]

Release day: GIFT gifts fans and neophytes alike with highly anticipated sophomore LP and it’s a real Illuminator
Alt Pop / Dreampop / Electronic / extraterrestrial psych pop / Indie Rock / NYC / Psych Rock

Release day: GIFT gifts fans and neophytes alike with highly anticipated sophomore LP and it’s a real Illuminator

Posted on: August 23, 2024August 23, 2024

Words by Jason Lee. Cover photo by Xavier Guerra. GIFT’s music is elemental.  On their sophomore LP Illuminator (out today on Captured Tracks) the synths pulse, burble, and […]

The Mysterious and Rugged George Steel Feels Like a Calf Under The Moon – Americana Avant-Pop Project’s New Single “Not A Cowboy”
Alt Pop / Austin / Avant-Indie / NYC / SynthPop / Uncategorized

The Mysterious and Rugged George Steel Feels Like a Calf Under The Moon – Americana Avant-Pop Project’s New Single “Not A Cowboy”

Posted on: August 23, 2024August 23, 2024

Photos by Blake Nelson / Words by Willa Rudolph Brown dirt, salt of the earth, average Joe type-a dude George Steel is also a “snake-wrangling, oil-slinging myth of […]

She’s, like, so “Lucky” – Valley Latini’s new dance pop drop
Alt Pop / EBM / Electronic / NYC

She’s, like, so “Lucky” – Valley Latini’s new dance pop drop

Posted on: August 14, 2024August 14, 2024

Photos by Samantha Sutcliffe / Words by Willa Rudolph Out just yesterday, Valley Latini’s new dance pop drop “Lucky,” produced by Dov, is an energetic and vibey electronic […]

Song of the summer? NOT THE BIRTHDAY GIRL’s “Bubblegum” blows up titular pop genre into Hot Girl Summer bop
Alt Pop / Indie Pop / NYC

Song of the summer? NOT THE BIRTHDAY GIRL’s “Bubblegum” blows up titular pop genre into Hot Girl Summer bop

Posted on: August 13, 2024August 14, 2024

Worlds by Jason Lee Nothing says “it’s summer, dunderhead!” like an earworm-worthy bubblegum banger released in the midst of beach season (or even towards it’s end!) with “bubblegum […]

Song of the summer? Every Flavor Weather Machine endorses flip-flops with formalwear on funk-disco banger “Blazers on the Beach”
Alt Pop / NYC

Song of the summer? Every Flavor Weather Machine endorses flip-flops with formalwear on funk-disco banger “Blazers on the Beach”

Posted on: August 11, 2024August 14, 2024

Words by Jason Lee As routinely happens around this time of year it’s finally and fully inescapably hit us in the face that summer is fast waning and […]

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