It’s an exceptionally rare pleasure when an unknown artist’s music instantly enraptures you. (By “you,” I mean me.) Veteran music critics are used to 90 percent of songs and albums leaving them ...

If you’re starting to get into electronic music or need a bit of inspiration for your own music, these four synth-pop records are a few of the most memorable in the genre. And they’re still fun to ...

Solo albums are normally pretty personal affairs for musicians. That may be an understatement for Laura Fisher’s recent EP releases, the dark, ethereal synth-pop record “Rose-Coloured Dream,” and “In ...

Count Columbia's Dream Squeeze among the new New Romantics. "Behave Around the Beehive," the band's quickly-approaching album, burns hot and plays it eternally cool, possesses an inherent sense of ...