With the first single off an EP called XoXo (set for April release), "Do The Criminal", the Canadian young man who calls himself GoldenGirls creates the sort of hyped up, minimal, pogo-inspiring synthpop that brings out the listener's love of casio hums and the glee of teenage innocence.  Combine t...

Franki Chan, head of IHEARTCOMIX!, has just put out a rad shit mixtape (which includes key label tracks and some of his faves from the last 12 months) for free download via the label's website.  About the new mix, Chan said, "I wanted to include a bunch of new goodies so all of you could get a prev...

We're not going to lie.  We were stoked/confused/nervous when we got the call to come by to Amalia, a chic restaurant/lounge/bar in Midtown (conveniently, like everything else nightlife-noteworthy in that area, located in a hotel) on Sunday night to cover the birthday party for fashion designer/epi...

(photo by Gregory Keith) And they're fucking right on.  Philadelphia-based electro/blog house group Tigersapien have been causing swirls in our heads recently, with cryptic MySpace bulletins and legitimate claims to censorship (sure, some of their promo photos had to be edited for nudity content, b...

A new monthly party at the former Galapagos space (is it us or has nothing changed but the name of the place?), we headed out for an awesome bill of Designer Drugs and The American Dream Team.  We hadn't seen DD perform in a very long time, so that was cool.  Kyle From France, Skitsnygg an...

Michael and Theo aka Designer Drugs are a ridiculously genius team of producers.  We say this with straight faces, of course.  They're totally taking over the genre, pushing its boundaries.  And buttons.  Oh yeah, and since we're totally done kissing ass, we're bringing you all n...