Electropop
Bishop Briggs and the Topo-Chico Tragedy of Bonnaroo ’19: The What Podcast Hive Five Clip
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Music | Radio Public | TheWhatPodcast.com | RSS The gang of The What Podcast go to every Bonnaroo not just to catch the acts on stage, but interview them backstage. Of course, not all those meetings go as planned, as was the case when they chatted with Bishop Briggs in 2019. Advertisement Related Video On this week’s High Five Clip episode, Brad and Barry recall meeting with Briggs at her Roo trailer. Things were going great, until Brad decided to embarrass himself by trying to open a bottle of Topo-Chico. A few frat boy mishaps later, and the pair ended up being unceremoniously asked to leave — wet, embarrassed, and with a stupid story to tell. Listen to the duo ...
Royal & the Serpent Shares Origins of New Video “Death of Me”: Exclusive
Royal & the Serpent has returned with the music video for “Death of Me,” the second chapter of a five-part series, premiering exclusively via Consequence today (September 30th). The latest installment from the Los Angeles artist (born Ryan Santiago) is a somber electropop train of thought, and the accompanying visual sees the singer-songwriter thrown into her own version of A Clockwork Orange. Santiago has been releasing a track and video each week as a part of a project dubbed happiness is an inside job, an effort that will allow listeners to join her in pursuit of happiness. “Death of Me” marks the followup to last week’s chapter, “IM FINE.” “It’s kind of like a journey through my thoughts on figuring out how the fuck to be happy (which you would think would be simpler, but they real...
Lady Gaga Finally Kicks Off North American Tour After Years of Delays: “This Bitch Has Been to the Grave and Back!”
Seated at a piano made of thorns in the middle of a rapt sold-out audience at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Lady Gaga confessed that there was a point in her life when she wasn’t sure if she’d ever make it back to a stage like this again. Indeed, a lot has happened to both Gaga and the world since she was last able to tour. “Severe physical pain” due to fibromyalgia forced her to postpone and eventually cancel the final leg of her Joanne World Tour in 2018. The “Chromatica Ball” stadium tour (grab tickets here), originally slated for 2020, was postponed twice for COVID concerns. The release date for the album she was planning to tour in support of, Chromatica, was briefly pushed back due to the pandemic, too. Or as the singer/actress/performance artist herself put it with a mix of humor, r...
Sylvan Esso Announce New Album No Rules Sandy, Share “Didn’t Care”: Stream
Sylvan Esso have announced their upcoming fourth album, No Rules Sandy, and released the latest single, “Didn’t Care.” The studio set will be released August 12th via Loma Vista Recordings, nearly two years after 2020’s Free Love. In addition to “Didn’t Care,” the album contain lead single, “Your Reality,” which the electronic pop duo first unveiled in late June in the wake of minimalist one-off “Sunburn.” In a statement, Amelia Meath promised the album “feels like who we actually are. It just feels like us. We’re not trying to fit into the mold, just happily being our freak selves.” Advertisement Related Video To kick off the era, Meath and producer Nick Sanborn surprised the crowd at the Newport Folk Festival on Sunday by playing the entire album front to back during their set. Next, the...
Ashe on ’70s Folk-Pop Rock, Her Love of Tarantino, and Her Next Album
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Ashe drops by Kyle Meredith With… for an interview about “Another Man’s Jeans” and how it kicks off an era of new music. The singer-songwriter talks about leaning into the ’70s folk-pop rock sound on this single, going for a Tarantino vibe with the new music videos, and how all of this new music finds her owning her confidence. Related Video Ashe also tells us a bit about her next single, how last year’s Ashlyn album was a snapshot of post-divorce and losing her brother, and taking control of her career’s direction. Advertisement Listen to Ashe discuss “Another Man’s Jeans,” her new ’70s inspired era, and more above, o...
Alice Glass Shares New Single “LOVE IS VIOLENCE”: Stream
Alice Glass has released her latest single, “LOVE IS VIOLENCE,” along with its accompanying music video. Check it out below. Last week, Glass teased the single on her social media accounts by revealing its artwork, featuring her off-kilter head connected to a black skeleton hand by a sort of spiked cylindrical object. The song is the fourth single off the former Crystal Castles member’s upcoming debut solo album, PREY//IV, which is due out February 16 on Eating Glass Records after being pushed back from its original release date today. Glass previously released single “BABY TEETH” and its creepily animated music video as well as “FAIR GAME.” The electro-pop singer’s 2021 track, “SUFFER AND SWALLOW,” will also be included on the album more than a year after it was first unveiled as the then...
Elohim Drops Candid “Journey to the Center of Myself, Vol. 3” EP: Listen
Earlier this year Elohim announced her four-part EP series titled Journey to the Center of Myself, a result of setting up a home studio during lockdown. After releasing the first two parts in 2021, she’s now capping off a huge year with the series’ third volume. The self-released, five-track EP offers insights into the inner workings of Elohim’s brilliant mind. As someone who has openly struggled with mental health issues, her lyrics explore anxiety, depression, and dissociation in a way that’s relatable and healing. “this EP is for the emotions,” she said in an Instagram post. Recommended Articles Kicking things off on the EP is “Little Idiot,” which explores self-loathing and self-sabotage with guitar licks and electropop flair. On the same topic of...
Kilo Kish Goes ’80s Retro on New Single “Bloody Future”: Stream
Electropop musician Kilo Kish has just released a new single titled “Bloody Future.” It’s a retro number fit for the ’80s with Halloween-style synths, tiny harpsichord riffs, and deadpan singing verging on spoken rap. In a press release, Kilo Kish explained that she wanted “Bloody Future” to be a “hot and sweaty dance club” song that explores global warming, cultural changes, and an onslaught of media. “I’ve noticed myself not paying attention to critical information when the music or surrounding visual elements are alluring, beautiful, or fun,” she said. “Our society often operates in the same way, concealing insidious issues like environmental decline while satisfying with entertainment and distraction. When it all boils over, we’re left shocked and dazed. My lyrics explore this blissful...
CHVRCHES and John Carpenter Remix Each Other on “Good Girls” and “Turning the Bones”: Stream
CHVRCHES and John Carpenter head into the weekend with a pair of special surprises for fans: the pop trio and composer decided to swap tracks and give each other’s work a remix. For his part, The Horror Master delivered a new take on CHVRCHES’ “Good Girls,” giving the latest single off the band’s upcoming Screen Violence a menacingly spooky vibe by replacing the original’s electro-synth sonics with a haunting organ pulse. “Killin’ your idols is a chore/ And it’s such a f–king bore/ Cause I don’t need them anymore/ So maybe if you just got some guts/ We kill ’em with a thousand cuts/ And say we did it out of love,” Lauren Mayberry sings on the opening verse over Carpenter’s arrangement. Meanwhile, CHVRCHES chose to re-work the Halloween director’s “Turning the Bones,” an album cut from his ...
Billie Eilish’s 10 Best Songs
When Billie Eilish released her breakout hit “Ocean Eyes” at just 14, critics and fans were dumbfounded at the sheer possibility that a voice like that could come from a teenager — much less one with a persistently glazed stare, an aloof pout, and an affinity for clothing three sizes too large. Like the Taylor Swifts and Lordes before her, Eilish possessed a precocious talent that cemented her status in pop canon almost instantaneously. But what Eilish had from the start — that most of her fellow teen idols didn’t — was her arresting presence as both a performer and a personality. Often backed by eerie, industrial stage setups, she commanded rowdy live crowds with the ferocity of artists at least ten years her senior; meanwhile, her unfiltered social media persona only further solidified h...
“I Felt Alone, Especially As a Woman”: Javiera Mena on Being a Trailblazer in the LGBTQ+ Latin Community
Recently releasing her latest EP I. Entusiasmo and the new music video for its single “Diva,” Latin Grammy-nominated Javiera Mena has continued to impress over the last 15 years as a powerhouse vocalist, producer, and DJ. A highly introspective body of work, Mena shares some of her deepest and innermost thoughts on I.Entusiasmo. The record seemingly draw its sonic influences from electronica, disco, pop, and Latin music, examining the various feelings often associated with the gamut of euphoria to heartbreak. Highlights include “Diva,” “Flashback,” and “Dos,” the latter of which tells the story of a convoluted love triangle. After unveiling a cinematic, retrofuturistic music video for “Diva” back in May, Mena has now shared an exclusive live v...
Lido Pimienta Covers Björk’s Classic Single “Declare Independence”: Stream
With pride month underway, art-pop musician Lido Pimienta is celebrating occasion by recording a cover of Bjork’s “Declare Independence” for the LGBTQ community. Stream her take on the classic 2007 single below. The Grammy-nominated artist laid down the track as part of Spotify’s Pride 2021: Claim Your Space campaign, which encourages the queer community to “make noise, make their presence known, and make their own rules.” Of course, “Declare Independence” is a boisterous rallying cry about seeking justice, and Pimienta felt compelled to cover the song in a way that nodded to queer people around the world in particular who are asking for equality. In a press release, Pimienta explained why she decided to cover “Declare Independence” in particular, writing, “I chose this song mainly be...
