Spotlight: Icona Pop
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 [...]
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Spotlight: The Magnetic Fields
Who they are: For the uninitiated, the Magnetic Fields is the much-beloved indie pop band and musical brainchild of singer/songwriter Stephin Merritt. Merritt, whose resonant bass voice echoes Johnny Cash and all that ring-of-fire jazz, has made his mark [...]
Spotlight: Azealia Banks
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 [...]
Spotlight: Lana Del Rey
It doesn’t happen for most artists like it did for Lana Del Rey. One day she was presenting her self-made songs at British record labels, and the next, her name was booked for Saturday Night [...]
Spotlight: Peter Broderick
Peter Broderick is a multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter who hails from the small town of Carlton, Oregon. Though he is only in his early 20s, the guy has carved out a pretty impressive resume for [...]
Spotlight: Trent Reznor and Music from The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
The internet was a buzz when a full-length version of Trent Reznor‘s gritty, soul-shaking cover of “Immigrant Song“, featuring Yeah Yeah Yeahs vocalist Karen O, dropped. We had already been given a taste of this [...]
Spotlight: Chromatics
Where you may have heard them: their 2007 album, Night Drive, was a huge critical success. More recently though, their instrumental song “Tick of the Clock” (from the same album) was featured in the movie, [...]
Spotlight: Real Estate
Originally formed in New Jersey and currently based in Brooklyn, Real Estate is an indie rock band of the lo-fi variety. Their signature is creating songs with a lush soundscape that washes over you and [...]
Spotlight: “A Real Hero” by College (Featuring Electric Youth)
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. [...]
Spotlight: Sun Kil Moon
I was hooked on Kozalek’s new musical incarnation from the moment I first heard “Gentle Moon“ off the Sun Kil Moon‘s 2003 debut album, Ghosts of the Great Highway. The track is both comforting and gorgeous in [...]
