Grimes has admitted to being the one responsible for hacking popular indie pop culture and satire blog Hipster Runoff nearly a decade ago. In 2012, the blog infamously went down, with owner and founder Carles reporting that his “server disk has crashed and remote backups were sabotaged,” believing foul play
Spotify has announced it will be suspending its services in Russia due to the country’s censorship laws. This follows Spotify’s decision to close its offices in Russia earlier this year following Putin’s invasion of the Ukraine. The streaming service also suspended access to premium accounts in the country. According to
From Robyn covering 90’s hip-hop to tongue-in-cheek hyperpop kitsch, we round up our favourite releases of the week. Listen below. Follow our Roundup Selections playlist on Spotify to stay updated on what we have on repeat. Harvey Sutherland, Dam Funk – Feeling Of Love After the release of his sweaty
Athens producer Stelios Vassiloudis occupies a unique space in electronic music. Classically trained, he’s been using his diverse and extensive musical background since the early 2000’s to craft music rooted in sonic emotion as much as the dancefloor. Favouring intricacy in harmonies and textures, Vassiloudis’s work has always had some
ambient / Chillwave / Downtempo / experimental / music video / Premiere / trip-hop
Canadian electronic music band Keys N Krates have been nominated for Best Dance Record at the 2022 Libera Awards for their album, Original Classic. Presented by EDM.com, other nominees in the category include Disclosure and Dawn Richard. Keys N Krates shared Original Classic last year, an expansive visual album project
Last year, French electrohouse maestro Vitalic promised to crash land back onto the scene with music that clashed “electro-mutant disco” with techno. Prophesied as a return to form toward his electro-funk roots, Dissidænce Episode 1 mostly delivered on its promise in its first half. The rest lapsed back into familiar
acid techno / EBM / Electroclash / electrohouse / French house / Tech / Techno
Late last year, we interviewed Sofi Tukker before they embarked on their first tour since lockdown. We asked, “if there was any artist they’d want to work with, who would it be?” The answer came without hesitation: Stromae. It’s easy to see why. The Belgian singer, songwriter, and rapper emerged
afrobeats / baile funk / cumbian / funk / reggaeton / trap / world music
Like a melting pot of potential, band Guerilla Toss expand their sound with a more electronic-infused direction. The result is an electronic rock-infused odyssey with whimsical characteristics. Consisting of vocalist and songwriter Kassie Carlson, instrumentalist Peter Negroponte and guitarist Arian Shafiee the band explore topics like substance abuse and mental
With undeniable potential, multi-talented music producer Andreas Kühn has embraced his electronic moniker Liminka. We got a taste of his latest sound with the release of his song ‘Where are you now’ via Deep Heads. The track fuses downtempo and lo-fi notes to form the perfect track to let your
“I don’t wanna go to school, I just want wanna break the rules,” proclaimed Charli XCX in 2014. This was no frivolous remark. If only we’d understood just how serious she was, perhaps her path as a pop star wouldn’t be regarded as the oddity it is today. Truthfully, XCX
