Having already collaborated together while performing with Gayngs, producer Ryan Olson and singer Channy Leaneagh seemed to have already had a vision in mind when they formed Poliça. Leaneagh had recently divorced her husband – […]
Ending with the chorus “this is our last chance for goodbye,” 2012’s underwhelming Elysium hinted that Pet Shop Boys were about to abdicate their throne as the kings of knowing synth-pop. Yet less than 12 […]
Gender, race, class and identity are all topics found on The Knife‘s fourth album, Shaking the Habitual – their first project together in six years. It’s a highly political venture that embodies everything from queer theory […]
For his third album, 18 Months, producer/DJ/singer Calvin Harris made a concerted effort to step away from the vocal booth in order to focus primarily on production. He makes a few cameos here and there, […]
Did you get excited that one day when global warming didn’t seem like such a bad thing? Did you spend all day outside and overdose on sunshine? Or maybe ignore all your work and drink […]
Following on from Lana Del Rey’s SNL nuclear bomb (a super-fail of a performance which has since set the internet ablaze with L.D.R. hate), SongLyrics takes a look back over five other controversial performances to have hit […]
Sweden has a long history of fructifying the top of the pop crop. Beginning with the dancefloor vintage of ABBA and Roxette, the Nordic country has since gone on to produce some of the greatest pop artists to […]
In September, a young Harlem rapper by the name of Azealia Banks appeared from seemingly nowhere in order to drop “212“, which just so happened to be one of the most exciting hip hop records of […]
2011 was a strong year for music, a year which simultaneously lavished us on exciting new musicians, while hailing the almighty return of more established artists (in case you haven’t already, you can check out […]
I first heard the song “A Real Hero” when I saw the Ryan Gosling film Drive back in September. The song was featured multiple times in the film and rounds out what is truly a gorgeous soundtrack. […]
