To Bravely Become Ourselves: The Story of PAINSYNC by Virtual Intelligence

PAINSYNC is the 5th release by Virtual Intelligence. And it’s a masterpiece. The lyrics are deeply introspective, reflective, and tell perfectly crafted tales of end of days, pain, and love. The vocal rhythms grip your heart and infect your soul, blackening it at times and warming it at others. The songwriting on PAINSYNC exemplifies mindboggling … Read more

GentleMann is a Cherry, Baby

GentleMann by NeverMann is a sugar-coated nostalgic trip. It is soaked in the past, present, and future of love. The lyrics capture moments in time, and the vocals are delivered from the depths of loneliness, longing, passion, and excitement. It is stacked full with sax solos that string your consciousness along through time and guitar … Read more

Setting Fire: Burn the Night Away by STIEGLITZ

It’s a Friday night in 1984. You slide your tape into the deck of your metallic midnight blue Mustang, press play, and what you hear next is the title track from Burn the Night Away by STIEGLITZ. We connected with Andreas Stieglitz to learn more about the artist who is STIEGLITZ and the making of … Read more

Record Label Series: Lazerdiscs Records

Record labels have a unique view of the Retrowave landscape, and we set out to learn more about their story, niche, releases, and perspective on the scene. Many people running labels are musicians themselves or have been in the music business in one form or another for many years, sometimes decades. It is with much … Read more

Record Label Series: Sister Labels TimeSlave Recordings and My Pet Flamingo

Record labels have a unique view of the retrowave landscape, and we set out to learn more about their story, niche, releases, and perspective on the scene. Many people running labels are musicians themselves or have been in the music business in one form or another for many years, sometimes decades. It is with much … Read more

Record Label Series: Steel City Collective

Record labels have a unique view of the retrowave landscape, and we set out to learn more about their story, niche, releases, and perspective on the scene. Many people running labels are musicians themselves or have been in the music business in one form or another for many years, sometimes decades. It is with much … Read more

Record Label Series: Outland Recordings

Record labels have a unique view of the retrowave landscape, and we set out to learn more about their story, niche, releases, and perspective on the scene. Many people running labels are musicians themselves or have been in the music business in one form or another for many years, sometimes decades. It is with much … Read more

Record Labels Series: Electric Dream Records

Record labels have a unique view of the retrowave landscape, and we set out to learn more about their story, niche, releases, and perspective on the scene. Many people running labels are musicians themselves or have been in the music business in one form or another for many years, sometimes decades. It is with much … Read more