KING Prepares To Rule

KING - Best New Bands

Los Angeles – For some, a career in music is a chosen path that takes years of training and dedication to achieve – others simply fall right into it. Both of those circumstances led to the formation of KING, a Los Angeles based group that blends soul, R&B and electronic music with impressive results. Anita

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Holly Herndon – Platform

Holly Herndon

San Francisco – Upon first listening, American (Tennessee-born, San Francisco-transplant) sound artist’s Holly Herndon’s second full-length effort Platform sounds more like an experiment than an album.  First impressions can be deceiving, however, as Platform actually takes a truer form as an LP—a result of a delicate hypothesis and scientific tenacity—than what many modern artists deign

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Preview – Remix Artist Loston

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Nashville – Ask Generation Y constituents for an opinion on electronic remix artists, and most of them will have a heated answer. Either remix artists are talentless moochers clicking around on a MacBook Pro, or they’re a new breed of visionary artists who recycle hooks to create completely new songs. Loston is one such controversial

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Interview: Starsmith

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New York – Towering over you at over six feet, Finlay “Starsmith” Dow-Smith is hard to miss. His parted hair, pale skin and gangly walk make him fun to look at, but it’s his demeanor that catches you off guard. The 25-year-old electro-pop DJ’s loquaciousness and candid attitude strikes you as someone who has spent

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Q&A: Spiro Agnew

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  San Francisco isn’t known as fertile ground for an up-and-coming electronica act. Spiro Agnew is trying to change that perception. Formed as the creative brainchild of Alex Musto, the band recently released its first LP, OH What Model Citizens We Be in August. Best described as a fusion between the fuzz guitar of The

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