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Photos: Allie X @ Double Door

By: Josh Terzino – Los Angeles-based synthpop singer-songwriter Allie X, who released her debut EP, CollXtion I, on April 7th, 2015 via Universal Music, which featured the singles “Catch”, “Prime”, and “Bitch”, performed at Double Door in Chicago last night.    

Photos: Purity Ring @ Sound Academy

Photos by: Ryan Lawson – Edmonton-based synthpop band Purity Ring, who released their second album, Another Eternity, on February 27th, 2015 via 4AD, which follows up their 2012 Polaris Music Prize-shortlisted album, Shrines, performed at Sound Academy in Toronto last night. 

Photos: Christine and the Queens @ The Mod Club

Photos by: Theo Rallis – French synthpop singer-songwriter Christine and the Queens, who released her new EP, Saint Claude, on April 14th, 2015 via Because Records, which follows up her 2014 debut album, Chaleur humaine, performed at The Mod Club in Toronto last night.

Photos: Little Dragon, The Whooligan @ The Danforth Music Hall

Photos by: Roy Cohen – Swedish synthpop band Little Dragon, who released their fourth album, Nabuma Rubberband, on May 9th, 2014 via Because, which spawned the singles “Klapp Klapp”, “Paris”, “Let Go”, and “Pink Cloud”, and which follows up their 2011 album, Ritual Union, performed at The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night with DJ The Whooligan.  … Continue reading

Interview: Toronto Synthpop Songstress Lyon on Reinventing Love Songs and Becoming Comfortable in Her Own Skin

By: Krista Hessey – Heartbreak and music have always been intertwined. Emotions of lust, loss and unrequited love have always had a penchant for melodies. And if that were not true, Taylor Swift would not be famous, Nicholas Sparks’ movies would not have soundtracks and we would all wallow in our beds morefrequently and think, “no one gets … Continue reading