Praveen & Benoît came together over the course of two years to pull together songs that eventually became the album, Songs Spun Simla. This is a minimally produced track with echoing nature sounds & eerie production work accompanied by flourishing vocal melodies, which frankly all together just screams for a remix! That’s not to say the original isn’t beautiful, it just so happens that minimalist tracks often make the best candidates for beat injections, & Machine Drum is just the person to helm that role. Machine Drum’s tracks are scattered-IDM type joints, yet still harmonious, always managing to strike that perfect balance between the dance floor & a straight chill-lounge. “Embers” now has a solid head-nodding beat, while still keeping a nice downtempo vibe.

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Deastro started recording music at the age of 17, experimenting with any instruments he could get his hands on. He has recorded three albums full of self-recorded material, but his forthcoming record, Moondagger, is his first live-band recording. Chabot has been captivating audiences in his Michigan area hometown through his energetic live show, and following performances at this year’s SXSW festival. With the release of Moondagger on June 23, Deastro’s following will only grow. If you’ve never heard Deastro, then “Parallelogram” is the most beautiful introduction. The song’s sweeping fantasy-like synth-harmonies will win over you pretty-shoegazey-electronic music fans right off the bat, and when the vocals kick in, you indie-pop fans will be on board in no time.

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I lost track of Fischerspooner for a while. I never snubbed to their output; they just gave me the impression that they could never quite live up to the aesthetic they were aiming for. (Toploading #1 with "Emerge" and "Sweetness" screams "electroclash!," but the clash part of it fell out of that disc about 8 songs too early.) Maybe, maybe, maybe "Supply and Demand" is proof that Entertainment is going to be their awakening. It doesn't try to trash pop music, an endeavor which has left previous cuts underdistorted on the other end - it is pop now, and it makes no apologies for its simplification. If you wrote Fischerspooner off, this could very well be the track that convinces you to let them back into your life. Or at least your killer pop playlist at your next house party.

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