STRICTLY GLOBAL

(by Dawn Reed) In case you haven't been following us on twitter, let me bring you up to speed on the insanity of what me and Danni would describe as "cramming the dance in."  Since Danni announced that she would be leaving the east coast soon for big dreams to accomplish in L.A., we've been hitting up all the DC clubs and have scored a plethora of upcoming interviews with dance punk/electro-pop/horror pop bands from Norway to Australia and in between.  So meanwhile, this Friday is her last show, and we will feature plenty of indie acts from her future home of L.A. as well as our usual trek to other countries such as the UK, Canada, and this month's Nextwave band, the Pocket Rockets!

One of the amazing acts we had a chance to sit down with is Australia's dance punk troupe Cut Copy- where I asked them about the incredible coincidence of releasing their 3rd album Zonoscope around the time of Mubarak's overthrow in Egypt.  (Most of the titles reference Egypt and revolutions!) We'll keep you posted on when the full interview airs.  Meanwhile, we've got an amazing video from them that you absolutely do not want to miss.  They are currently touring throughout the states then off to Europe, back home, and then summer festivals worldwide galore.  I highly recommend checking them out live. Smiley.

And we'll also check out a literally "glorious" answer to the question: What happens when a choir boy is highly influenced by 80's synth pop?  From L.A., that would be the solo project of Pat Grossi, aka Active Child.   One could call his unique genre, hymntronic, and once you hear it, you'd agree.  Layers of synths paired with his falsetto create truly ethereal sounds that easily put you into a daydream trance. Daydreaming is rad.