[EXCLUSIVE] Interview with Charli XCX + ‘True Romance’ Album Review

Reading music:   The first time I heard Charli XCX, my heart was a wasteland, befitting the material of her groundbreaking first single, “Nuclear Seasons”. I parroted her lyrics to myself as I retreated within my “shelter to survive this storm”, otherwise known as that selfish, dark abode in my wounded mind I escape to. [...]

[EXCLUSIVE] Backstage Interview with Dragonette

Canadian pop trio Dragonette are a lot of things. Anyone who has spent some time with the group can attest that they are extremely talented, super nice and genuinely humble, and they have their own brand of quirkiness that they pull off with effortless cool. I first caught up with Joel, Dan, and Martina while [...]

[EXCLUSIVE] Backstage Interview with The Knocks

NY electro-dance duo The Knocks are on the verge of making it big. I mean really big. With years of performances and scores of remixes under their belt The Knocks could possibly be one of the most underrated groups on the music scene right now. But that won’t last for long as they have been [...]

[PREMIERE] Brøthers – Is This The End (Interview/Review)

  Brøthers is an emerging band heralding somewhere out of these United States of Idled America, making music that seeks, at the very least, to move others past the feelings of stagnation that plague them. Like modern day existential warriors, Brøthers have constructed two tracks thus far (“We Are Pushing On” and new single “Is [...]

[EXCLUSIVE] Video Interview With Mansions On The Moon

Los Angeles 4-piece group Mansions on the Moon like to have a good time. And they like to rock. And chill. And they’re pretty much just like any normal group of guys, except they’re ready to chill-rock the world. Mansions On The Moon’s music fuses diverse styles, sounds and influences from electronic music, hip-hop, indie [...]

[EXCLUSIVE] Interview With UK Dubstep Duo Culture Code

Over the weekend, The Sights and Sounds had a chance to sit down and chat with UK dubstep producers Chris and Dylan, better known as Culture Code. Two 19 year olds on a mission, Culture Code has been producing massive big house and melodic dubstep tracks in the fast growing midtempo genre that has seen [...]

[EXCLUSIVE] Interview With Sound Remedy

Sound Remedy is one name you don’t want to forget. I’m already assuming you’ve heard of this one man production workhorse, as every song he has released this year has swiftly earned a top spot on internet charts such as The Hype Machine. If you haven’t heard the name, Sound Remedy is an electronic producer [...]

[EXCLUSIVE] Interview With Milk N’ Cookies

James and Paul Makelwain are twin DJ/producers from Chicago, better known as Milk N Cookies, on the rise with their heavy cut house sounds and super fratty bro-tudes. Having played with names such as Porter Robinson and Tyga, and at big time gatherings such as Summercamp and Spring Awakening Music Festivals over the summer, the [...]

[EXCLUSIVE] North Coast Music Festival Artist Interview – AbdeCaf

I first came upon the 20 year old Ukrainian-born producer Rostislav “Steve” Vaynshtok, better known by his alphabetized performance moniker AbdeCaf, while browsing through the North Coast Music Festival schedule. Now based in Miami, AbdeCaf produces instrumental tracks that have a unique blend of chillwave and electronica sounds. AbdeCaf released his Unravel EP in April, [...]

[EXCLUSIVE] Interview with Chicago Southside MC/Rapper King Louie

Chicago may be the birth place of house music, but frequently overlooked in the Windy City is how prominent the hip/hop scene has become. I don’t think I need to tell you that Chicago has given birth to the likes of Kanye West and Lupe Fiasco, and the fact remains that there is a thriving [...]