synth

Todd Brozman has arrived, under his Proud Creature moniker, with an EP dripping in groove and mystique. Opening Creature was crafted in his home studio using a blend of DIY field recordings and a variety of synths and percussion…

The transformed Birmingham quintet bare their hearts on new album Emerald Classics. After two records and a support slot with The 1975, Swim Deep found themselves at an impasse. Burned out, they convened in their local pub—its name the…

Upcoming artists are often celebrated as unique to ramp up the hype, but it’s rarely merited. In both life and music, Alya has earned the accolade. Born in Russia, but now living in L.A., she spent a considerable amount of time travelling…

Javier Valez, a.k.a. Versal, has been engrossed in music since the age of three. From then, he developed into a prodigy, mastering several instruments by his mid-teens. At nineteen, he was conducting and arranging choir performances in San…

Anna Meredith Varmints Moshi Moshi Records Anna Meredith’s decision to open her intoxicating debut Varmints with the broodingly brilliant 'Nautilus' feels especially deliberate. Meredith, a first class honours music graduate and former…

With the pensive 'Dust', gloom pop outfit TELL NO FOXX have crafted one of the finest songs of 2015. It's the kind of track that feels lived-in and burrows its way into your consciousness in a most alluring manner. They trade in gloomy…

Earlier this year, John Carpenter released his debut studio album, Lost Themes. The acclaim it received from many music critics, many of whom would presumably be sick to the back teeth of 80s revivalism, showed that perhaps Carpenter would…

Le Galaxie Le Club You know the whole, 'If you could travel back in time and kill Hitler when he was a baby, would you?' conversational gambit that people occasionally break out? One imagines that if Le Galaxie were afforded the powers…

In Heavy Electricity, Dublin synth-metal bruisers No Spill Blood have crafted one of the most sonically-arresting records of 2015. Claustrophobic and intense, the trio's full-length debut proper (following on from 2012's Street Meat EP)…