I'm getting started early on the "best of" lists that permeate music websites come the last month or two of every year. Rather than lump a complex set of experiences and releases into one gigantic post, I'm doing several based on genre or theme, in order to best highlight my favorite new musicians and the work they've debuted in 2015. These lists won't be comprehensive, although I will do my best to share with you the music that has made this past year such a full and fantastic one, in which there was never a day without new music.
Let's start with one of my all time favorite modern genres: indie electronica. I describe this genre as music that is a mixture of unconventional and conventional sounds, based in rock and pop but heavily influenced by a variety of instruments, overall focused on incorporating synthesized and electronic sound sets to form its aural foundation. Often it is dancey, beat-driven, rhythmically-focused, or playful - borderline poppy. But indie electronica can also be dark, soulful, deep, experimental, and emotional.
The ten artists below all differ in what they aim to communicate, how they perform, and how they would even describe their own music. There is enough of a thread, however, between these musical groups to explore a dialogue across the world - from Australia to Canada and all the way to Europe - in what it means to mix beat, bass, samples, and earnest lyrics into one familiar concept.
Let's start with one of my all time favorite modern genres: indie electronica. I describe this genre as music that is a mixture of unconventional and conventional sounds, based in rock and pop but heavily influenced by a variety of instruments, overall focused on incorporating synthesized and electronic sound sets to form its aural foundation. Often it is dancey, beat-driven, rhythmically-focused, or playful - borderline poppy. But indie electronica can also be dark, soulful, deep, experimental, and emotional.
The ten artists below all differ in what they aim to communicate, how they perform, and how they would even describe their own music. There is enough of a thread, however, between these musical groups to explore a dialogue across the world - from Australia to Canada and all the way to Europe - in what it means to mix beat, bass, samples, and earnest lyrics into one familiar concept.
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