Best New Bands » Skylar Spence http://www.bestnewbands.com News, Reviews and Interviews Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:08:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 Skylar Spence Live At Oakland’s Fox Theater http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/skylar-spence-live-oaklands-fox-theater/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/skylar-spence-live-oaklands-fox-theater/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2016 18:41:18 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=28423 San Francisco – We love Skylar Spence.  It’s hard not to.  Ryan DeRobertis’s debut LP Prom King under the moniker (he formerly produced vaporwave tracks under the name Saint Pepsi, until the soft drink giant issued a cease-and-desist) was an easy favorite of 2015, blending zappy guitars and infectious electronic beats to create a colorful

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/skylar-spence-live-oaklands-fox-theater/feed/ 0 Skylar Spence – “Prom King” http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/skylar-spence-prom-king/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/skylar-spence-prom-king/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2015 07:38:31 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=27354 San Francisco – “And now, it’s show time.” So begins the full-length commercial debut from Skylar Spence, Prom King: an eleven-track nu-disco opus from 22-year-old wunderkind Ryan DeRobertis.  Some may remember DeRobertis from his days as a producer of “vaporwave” music (a genre of electronica that relies heavily on samples that have been drastically slowed-down)

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