Earlier this month Iamsound released Io Echo ’s debut album ‘Ministry Of Love’, earning a spot on Pitchfork’s Advance list. The record has received moderate reviews, sitting somewhere beyond rock, electronic and industrial with some Asian influences thrown in. The L.A. duo (Ioanna Gika and Leopold Ross) stepped out this week, releasing an interactive video for the title track via Noisey . It’ll have you spinning, clicking and dragging your way through it before long – here . Io Echo – ‘Ministry Of Love’ [...]
So there's a couple ways you can think about the new video from Charli XCX , which features her hanging around a hotel room with a few friends: Option A : Charli knew she had to film a video for this track, so she invited two of her best friends over to her hotel room, where they hung out and and sang along with the camera rolling. Option B : Charli's manager/PR people decided she needed to film a video for this track, so [...]
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This video begins with Charli XCX dancing in her underwear before morphing into a 90's slumber party. I can get down with that.
Don’t write Charli XCX off as just another pop star. Delivering hit after hit, the princess of electro pop is bringing you your new favorite song off her upcoming and much-hyped LP True Romance . Dark and cheeky, the conversational lilt to her vocals feels like you’ve been invited into her bedroom to have a chat. This intimate and catchy track will have you singing along by the second time the chorus hits. It should be pretty obvious by now that Charli XCX knows what you like. Charli XCX's [...]
LA's Io Echo showcase an impressive display of dark pop and industrial-influenced songs.
Monday Music’s the one post where Some Of It Was True! drops its London-only rule. Sonny Low - I'll Be Waiting The single best thing I can say about this gentle soul song is the following: before listening to it, I was feeling glum, useless and a bit lonely. By the end, I felt like hugging myself, phoning my best friend and writing down all my plans. From adjectives to verbs, and all because of an amazing new Belfast talent and his [...]
Cosas de haber sido boy-scout , unos cuantos años de mi infancia: creo que toda mi vida me acordaré, entre muchas otras cosas buenas, de aquella cancioncilla que se cantaba cuando llegaba el final del campamento, todos unidos cantando aquella tonada un pelín horterilla de "llegaaado ya el momento de la separacióoon, formeeemos compañeroos, una caadena de amooor". Bien, pues por si hay alguno que no lo sabía, la canción, en su versión original, se llama " Auld Lang Syne " ("Por los viejos tiempos"), y no es otra cosa que una canción popular escocesa común en ceremonias solemnes [...]
Say hello to Banks , the latest addition to the IAMSOUND family. Her single “Fall Over” was released last month & now it gets a sultry visual directed by Dylan Knight. Fall Over // buy
A few weeks after Good Years released Banks' debut single, the LA singer with a distinctly UK vibe has a new video for her sultry B-side, "Fall Over," directed by Dylan Knight and featuring not ... read more
Electro-Soul in a New Era Recent years have seen a resurgence of soul music, as artists such as The Weeknd, Frank Ocean and Rhye have brought soul sensibilities into the contemporary fold. As passionate croons meld with modern styles and production, it becomes increasingly exciting to see what new talents may enter the fray. Banks is exactly that. The Los Angeles-based singer draws on the soulful past, but rather than get lost in history she envelops her dark, lustful voice in evocative electronic production. Banks, who is now signed to IAMSOUND, has little on offer, but [...]
Say hello to Kate Boy , a Swedish/Australian band based in Stockholm. Their mix of grimy synths, sharp beats + infectious pop sounds have captured the ears of early tastemakers around the planet, & caused the video for 1st single “Northern Lights” to be viewed more than 125,000 times within weeks of release. Their debut EP is out now via IAMSOUND. Featuring the title track as well as b-side “In Your Eyes,” + 2 remixes of “Northern Lights” from Taken By Trees x Belief & Superhumanoids. Northern Lights // buy
One of our favourite tracks from 2013 so far, Kate Boy 's crashing "In Your Eyes" off the band's Northern Lights EP, gets a pretty mesmerizing, band-directed video treatment, with some rather impressive choreographic and light sequencing all captured in a single tracking shot. Northern Lights is available now on IAMSOUND. The post video: Kate Boy — "In Your Eyes" appeared first on Soft Signal .
Lord Huron, the ensemble that sold out back-to-back nights at the Williamsburg Hall of Music certainly lives up to the deferential appellation of "Lord."
It would seem like swedish/australian electro pop group Kate Boy are borrowing more than just The Knife 's sound and penchant for synthesizers; they also share in the swedish duo's knack for anonymity. Opting for minimal - if not non-existent - promotion for their debut EP, the group is hard at work on their 2013 debut according to their management at IAMSOUND . Whether or not this will prove fruitful is to be seen, but based on the release of their two initial offerings, I [...]
On the same record label as Kate Boy , Florence & The Machine , Charli xcx and many more... BANKS, simply Banks, is set to make big waves in the music world with a stunning first track she has put up on her Soundcloud page : Effortlessly balancing her gift for honest, poetic perspectives on love and humanity with a voice that gained her overnight attention from the music industry’s most important curators – Banks is poised for massive things in 2013. Drawing from inspirations like Fiona [...]
LA newcomer Banks scored a Lil Silva beat for "Work," a straight-to-YouTube collaboration before her soon-to-be-announced proper debut single. (The British producer's got a new release just around the corner, too, with "The Split" and ... read more
"In Your Eyes," the latest from electro-pop act Kate Boy , isn't the first time we'll liken a Swedish act to the Knife and it surely won't be the last. Drawing plenty from their aforementioned predecessors along with compatriots Niki & The Dove, "In Your Eyes" melds tribal percussion and air-searing synths with alluring female vocals to create a powerful track worthy of placement in Scandinavia's ever-expanding dance-pop canon. It's quite astonishing that the track is merely a B-Side to the Hype-climbing "Northern Lights." You can grab both when the Northern Lights EP comes [...]
Kate Boy have spoken ! They will be releasing an EP as soon as January and have successfully signed to IAMSOUND. To cap things tightly. And adding flavor to what's about to hit the shelves in the new year, The 3 quarter Swedish, 1 quarter aussie formation has released the b-side on their official Soundcloud profile, it's called 'In Your Eyes' and is as powerful as the first track Northern Lights ( which you can listen to here )... 4 minutes and 24 seconds that start easy and innocent to finish hard and tits up. [...]
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