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Bouquet and MAUGER Reviewed
May 4, 2025
Bouquet – Moon Was Made
What’s life without a bit of structure? A terrible mess, or a rockstar’s dream. Frankly, the latter is too much of a fantasy for the majority of us. Thus, we choose the former, and we make plans, take notes and organise our…
The Top 10 Songs by Depeche Mode
April 5, 2025
Depeche Mode was initially a synth-pop group that courted fame. As years went on, the musical complexity of the group increased. As more years went on, the group adopted a darker, gothic-tinged aesthetic and sound. None of these changes diminished the success of Depeche…
The Top 10 Songs by Tears for Fears
April 1, 2025
Tears for Fears was one of the most forward-thinking groups of the 1980s, but the two musicians were also synth-pop hitmakers. Highly influential and often misunderstood, Tears for Fears is one of the greatest bands of all time.
Their ability far extends past the handful…
figaro and Supermodel Reviewed
November 19, 2024
figaro – All I Know
For a few years now, music fans on the internet have had a new obsession with obscure 80s music. But it’s not just the songs that failed to reach the top of the charts that thrill them. It’s the songs that nobody knows anything about other…
Color Theory and Jet Lag Fuel Reviewed
August 14, 2024
Color Theory – The Art of Anger
It might seem pretty ridiculous to consider now, when 99% of music is made using some sort of controller plugged into a laptop, but the numerous sounds that synthesizers can produce was something that needed to fought for. Not long…
Formoe and Timbeau Reviewed
August 2, 2024
Formoe – Dreams of Yesterday
It’s not that pop music in itself is a bad thing. It is, after all, merely an attempt to capitalize on the sounds and topics that people care most about. The fact that bugs a lot of listeners about modern pop music is that the radio…
Versatile devotion: Mantocliff and PRIESTESS
February 2, 2023
PRIESTESS – Landscapes
Genres: Experimental Electronic, Synthwave, Alt Pop
Similar artists: FKA Twigs, Fever Ray, Portishead, Little Dragon
Traditional rock music had a lot of good things going for it. But, few of the artists involved in it were willing to…
The wrong chemicals: Glass Spells and FM Towns reviewed
February 19, 2021
Glass Spells – Empty Road
While driving itself has undergone some improvements in recent decades (self-driving cars, electric-powered vehicles) we are still a way to go from the imagined world of flying automobiles and interplanetary travel from the comfort of our…
††† (Crosses) Releases First New Music in Six Years
December 30, 2020
The Chino Moreno (Deftones) lead project known as ††† (CROSSES) has offered fans their first taste of new music in over six years.
The group also includes Far’s guitarist Shaun Lopez. Recently they shared with their fans their cover version of the Cause &…