Tag Archives: 2008

Created in 2008 by multi-instrumentalists/Stanford students Jack port Conte and Nataly Dawn, California’s Pomplamoose (an English-spelling approximation from the French phrase for grapefruit) mix the quirky, jazz-tinged, anything-goes songcraft of Regina Spektor and Frida Hyvönen using the open-road, indie pop anthems of fellow male/feminine duos Mates of Condition, the Bird …

With an ironically titled single “New Era,” hip-hop revivalists Retro Kidz hit the scene in 2008 using the shared goal of bringing back the design of 2 decades prior. Acquiring the stage in Gumby hairstyles, dookie rope stores, Nike Force tennis shoes, Africa medallions, acid-washed denim, and colorful equipment that …

PANTyRAID’s Josh Mayer (Ooah from Glitch Mob) and Martin Folb (Martyparty) formed their EDM duo in 2008, taking affects from Ibiza, People from france home, dubstep, and hyphy hip-hop. The Western Coast suppliers teamed up with the goal of making dance tunes that taken notice of song structure instead of …

Hugh Mendl looms among the most influential if unheralded statistics in postwar Uk pop — for four years a manufacturer and A&R exec with Decca Information, he helmed skiffle pioneer Lonnie Donegan’s first recordings, signed performers spanning from David Bowie to Genesis, and spearheaded the Moody Blues’ Times of Upcoming …