HYPER JAM – CREATING RETRO AND JAMMING OUT
I got the opportunity to speak with Roman, a developer for Australian indie Games Team Bit Dragon, about the upcoming title, Hyper jam, a Neon-soaked brawler with a top down perspective.
Game Review
80s
Performances
Synthwave In November at the Globe Theatre
On Saturday, November 18, 2017, two unsigned artists performed to a completely sold out crowd at the Globe Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles.
Betamaxx & Arcade High will be Playing at Turbo Drive!
Mark your calendars folks. Betamaxx and Arcade High will be coming to San Francisco to take over Turbo Drive!!
STΔRCΔT – Moon
A lunar synth. A computer game synth. A newly circuited synth.
Midnight Voyage EP is Coming!
Hey guys, In December look out for an EP compilation including Nina, Vincenzo Salvia, Dana Jean Phoenix and Espen Kraft,
“Orphans of the Smog” New Video from Death of Lovers
It was mid afternoon in Tucson, AZ when I spotted a post on Instagram about the new video from Philly shoegaze outfit DEATH OF LOVERS.
Dynatron – Stars of the Night
VHS – Press – Click – Play ; A Vangelis synth searing through the tape-distorted haze, arching its way all the way across the song, tearing a whole in the screen.
Nerds in Paradise
It was a cool afternoon in Arizona. November 8th 2017, the Loft Cinema on East Speedway was off to a slow start but was expected to be packed with ticket holders for the local film festival.
STARFORCE – Age of Nano
Entering with a Stranger Things-esque arp that pulses underneath the rising juno bass stabs, an atmospheric and light beginning is soon betrayed by the darker undertones lurking beneath.
The Last Dragon (1985)
Berry Gordy’s Last Dragon is a 1985 film produced by Berry Gordy of Motown Records, starring Taimak, Vanity, Julius J Carry III, Chris Murney, Keshia Knight Pulliam (small cameo) and Faith Prince.
Album Reviews
THOR RAGNAROK SOUNDTRACK
Bubbling under the surface of the fairly generic Hollywood-comic-book-action soundtrack there is another soundtrack at work. A score full of dreamy arps, retro synth basses, sparkling keys and gauzy pads. An 80s-sci-fi inspired spin on the synthwave aesthetic.
Album Reviews
Robots With Rayguns – Slow Jams
Pheonix based Robots with Rayguns, aka Lucas Patrick Smith, is back in action with his fifth fantastic studio album – the slick and sultry “Slow Jams.”