Despite its retro fetishism and insular network of artists, the so-called synthwave genre, a future-focused sound undeniably indebted to the pop culture of the Reagan era, is pulsing forward with a ...

Lofi Girl’s world just keeps getting bigger and bigger. The YouTube channel known for the online radio stream “lofi hip hop radio — beats to relax/study to” launched two new music streams on Monday.

BROOKLYN, N.Y., April 27, 2022 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Online music school Soundfly has teamed up with dynamic producer Seth Haley, more popularly known as Com Truise, to release a new course on ...

Perturbator pumps with the sound of rain-slick cyberpunk streets and omniscient neon lights. The reigning king of retrofuturism produces music that channels trans-human anarchy and William Gibson’s ...

I once witnessed someone describe synthwave to an unwitting friend as an entire genre of music based on doing cocaine in Miami in the 1980s. Michael Glover took that inspiration quite literally when ...

On October 3, 2024 Mikey Gilder was, in his words, “on the edge.” The Avantris Co-Founder and CMO was deep into creating the epic D&D horror epic The Crooked Moon and was searching for inspiration to ...

Synthwave, for those unaware, is one of the hottest music genres right now. Steeped in electro nostalgia, it's a fantastic renaissance of all things retro. I even did a little list here if you want ...

Stranger Things, Netflix's new sci-fi series, has been enthusiastically received for its lavishly curated nostalgia. A big part of its success is the soundtrack by the Austin, Texas synthwave band S U ...

Neon lights. Fast cars. Moody atmospheres. Violence. Synth tunes. These are the hallmarks of the Outrun aesthetic, a general subgenre born out of synthwave music and 80s movie visuals. Outrun is hard ...