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It's that time of year again (which of course you already know since we've been running these all week long). But ever since 2012, w...

Way back in 2013, in the midst of a serious heavy metal binge, I posted this piece . The idea was to match metal albums to grimdark fanta...

Today's episode of SIDE QUESTS is more than a little personal. That's right, it's about my favorite inanimate objects: synthesiz...

I'm a casual fan of hip-hop, so I'm not going to pretend I can speak intelligently about trends or comparisons or whatnot, but one o...

Welcome to the first installment of a new post series, Fireside Chats! In essence, Fireside Chats are a mashup of interview and conversation...

NERD MUSIC is excited to present an interview with Vampire Step-Dad, a high-concept synthwave act by an up-and-coming artist in the scene. [...

People have different reactions to political trauma: some get depressed; others get angry; and others try to pick up the pieces and move on....

Prince Rama's 2012 album Top Ten Hits of the End of the World is one of my favorite discoveries of the past few years, a heady mix of ae...

Unitra's cyberpunk-themed single " Parallel Memories " is one of my favorite recent darksynth tracks, so I was super excited w...

Summer is here, and with it, summer blockbusters. For this weeks mixtape, I went back through soundtracks to find the six* best songs from n...

I know it's still the first week of May, but I'm calling it: Atlas by FM-84 is the official album of summer. I mean, it's not *...

Those of you who follow my weekend playlists know that Absolute Valentine is one of my favorite new synthwave artists. And guess what--the ...

This week's mixtape is mostly retrowave/synthwave, but starts with an artist, Grimes, who's decidedly progressive take on electr...

By now you all know how much I love Makeup and Vanity Set. More than any other artist in the synthwave scene (with the possible exception o...

Many readers will have noticed we've expanded our coverage in recent months to touch on the spaces where music overlaps with those areas...