CEO – Ave Maria

Ave Maria (Sharapova)! Eric Berglund, of Tough Alliance, is developing further his muted electro solo project, ceo. Like me as a kid, ceo has been getting into the tennis lately. He’s been so inspired that he posted this ode to Russian short-skirted tennis talent Maria Sharapova, a cover of Blondie’s ‘Maria’. Watch the vaguely voyeuristic video up there or in higher-res here.

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Britta Persson – Relationships, Love, & Life

Back in 2005 I remember coming across Britta Persson’s first music videos “Defrag My Heart” and “You Are Not My Boyfriend”.  It was a time when being a hipster was fresh, YouTube was just emerging, and this new communicative technology allowed for international artists to share their sound and style.  Her thick black rimmed glasses and slight monotone voice set

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Guilty Pleasures…

I’ve recently transplanted myself  from Berlin, Germany back to the United States in the lovely city of Boston.  With this whole transition and confusion, I have resorted to listening to light hearted simple music that has been able to keep me afloat for these past two weeks.  Pop music and songs with strong positive lyrics always seem to alleviate  stress and

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WOODKID before bed

interview originally published in HONK! magazine Yoann Lemoine (28) is not your typical director – just like WOODKID is not your typical music project. In the meta level of creativity and talent, Yoann merges with WOODKID to create a pan-media project involving visual art, complex compositions, innovative fashion – all that presented with extreme psychological depth. And on October 9

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Tenderfoot – A Journey From The Heart & Soul

Two years ago Adam Boehmer (Seattle, WA) decided to leave Michigan with his partner to forge a journey around the United States.  Their initial purpose was to see what was out there and challenge their young lives, bringing back the experience of traveling to Michigan.  Before their departure Adam began writing and playing music.  He wrote “Go On & Go”

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Young Galaxy – Changing Our Lives, One Day At A Time

It was this past January that a friend of mine told me to watch a music video by a band that he really enjoyed.  The simple scribbly lines and odd characters initially put me off, making me reminisce of old episodes of Bevis and Butthead (I used to have this horrible fear and hatred for that TV show, but that’s a long

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Berlin – Expatriarch presents MORT À LA DIFFÉRENCE

Berlin’s Expatriarch is expanding with a new event series entitled «Mort à la Différence», launching Saturday, July 23rd at Chez Jacki, featuring Brooklyn’s Light Asylum and other live acts and DJs. Like with the Expatriarch website and radio show, Joey Hansom will curate international talent who defy gender paradigms, marked by a transgenre musical approach. Synth-wave duo Light Asylum have

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Junior Boys – Intellectualism, Intuitive, Indulgent

The Junior Boys (Ontario, Canada) are made up of Jeremy Greenspan (Vocals) and Johnny Dark.  Making music since 1999, this band has produced sounds that make you want to dance, cry, and sit and contemplate life while staring up at the sky… Err well, that’s what I do. Their latest album, “It’s All True” was released this June, and is

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Sophie, Everyone Speaks Russian?!

It only took two years for “Make a Scene” to come out, but an album underlined with a multitude of dance singles, Sophie Ellis-Bextor has proven to put out a beat driven album that is not to pass up.  A great compilation to a Summer 2011 album set, this former British model and now mother of two, still proves that

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William Fitzsimmons: More Than Just A Beautiful Beard

William Fitzsimmons (Jacksonville, Illinois USA) first enchanted me wandering around the streets of Berlin one day when I noticed a giant poster with a beautiful bearded man on it.  The image of the man had a vacant look on his face, sort of dream like and soulless at the same time, it was fascinating.  Of course this grabbed my attention

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Vanbot – Swedish Dance Pop Done Right

Vanbot (Ester Ideskog – Sweden) debuts their first album after months of inspirational writing from her bike rides throughout the city of Stockholm.  Her songs and voice channel a sound that seems to hinder a passion of sadness and breakthrough to electronic beats and synth.  Her self-titled album, Vanbot, was released worldwide on iTunes April 2011, after months of promotion

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The Shoes

Working on my WOODKID interview for the next issue of HONK! mag, I heard of THE SHOES. The moment I heard their new record, Crack My Bones (2011), I facepalmed myself and started wondering which friend of mine has kept this band hidden from me. The French dynamic duo have been calling on all the friends they’ve met on their

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