electronic

Last week alternative/electro-pop trio Cannons kicked off the Afterglow Tour, a co-headlining jaunt with electronic duo Bob Moses, whose opening duties are being handled by Oxis, the marine electronica artist who you may have seen opening The Fillmore for Magdalena Bay last October (captured by our live photographer, Morgan...

The City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection has grown accustomed to NYC gypsy punks Gogol Bordello (and their Casa Gogol labelmates) bringing their annual year-end holiday shows to our own Brooklyn Bowl.  So, we were a bit bummed that the closest their 2025 holiday jaunt came to the...

“I think this is the first time I had a unanimous reaction overall from both audience and press…  I wish I would have done this album years ago.  I feel like I’m stepping into a place that really defines me on many levels,” says Tunisian-American singer/songwriter Emel Mathlouthi (better...

This August, Canadian composer and musician Caribou performed a free pop-up DJ set at our very own Bok Bar Rooftop, prior to the October release of his Honey LP (via Merge Records and City Slang) and his subsequent headlining tour, which kicked off earlier this month and will find...

Just last month Johnny Marr released Boomslang (2024 Deluxe Edition), a reissue of the long-out-of-print 2003 album from Johnny Marr + the Healers, the (sort of) solo debut of the legendary Smiths guitarist (and the album and special edition, which includes 7 bonus tracks, fucking rule).  The re-release coincides...

Last week Austin, Texas-based electronic outfit SINE – the brainchild of drummer and multi-instrumentalist Rona Rougeheart, whose sonic aesthetic she has dubbed “electronic boom” – released their latest single and music video, “Trauma Bondage,” their debut for Metropolis Records, which serves as a preview of a forthcoming 2025 full-length. ...

Last week Chanel Beads – the experimental project of New York musician Shane Lavers – kicked off their first-ever North American headlining tour, which has Lavers joined by collaborator, songwriter, and producer Maya McGroery and instrumentalist Zachary Paul.  The dates follow the April release of Chanel Beads’ debut album,...

“We are currently 974 miles into the tour, driving out to the first show in Denver,” jokes Cole Kamen-Green during a recent phone chat, while looking at his odometer.  Cole is one-half of experimental pop duo mmeadows, alongside partner (musical and life) Kristin Slipp.  Cole is an in-demand instrumentalist,...

“Mauvey really, really is head and shoulders above the crowd… the music is absolutely fantastic,” says BBC Radio 6 Music of the postmodern-leaning Canadian/British singer/songwriter who blends pop, rock, punk, alternative, and electronic into something as profoundly uplifting as it is danceable.  Tomorrow (4/14) MAUVEY drops a brand new...