Best Emerging Artists 2013
Photo: Tyler Kohlhoff
electroPop AVAN LAVA Photo: Shervin Lainez
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his hybrid genre mixes the creative possibilities opened by electronic music with the timeless and catchy melodies of pop.
There are prominent piano chords, wandering guitar riffs and the odd sax solo littered throughout JeanPhilip Grobler’s music, but with programmed drums providing the heartbeat and earthly synths bringing the soul, the NYC-based South African, who releases music under the moniker St. Lucia, does create instrumentals of great electronic beauty. Masters of the buzz in 2012, NYC’s MS MR plays moody and sensual electro-pop, enriched by an interesting, dark soul component. This is a band with superior songwriting chops, and whose comfort zone is found in slower BPMs and sparser atmospheres. After making headlines for arriving on the doorstep of Flaming Lips’ frontman Wayne Coyne with a birthday present and walking away with a single and music video, HOTT MT have proven that they’re more than just a PR stunt with a live show that always delights and songs that are just the right mix of
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Electropop/ Rock Top 20
The Deli’s Web Buzz Charts
1. Passion Pit 2. Tegan and Sara 3. Haim 4. Grimes 5. Ellie Goulding 6. Icona Pop 7. Santigold 8. MS MR 9. Youth Lagoon 10. Purity Ring
11. Metric 12. Little Dragon 13. Chairlift 14. Crystal Castles 15. Lykke Li 16. Miike Snow 17. M83 18. Toro Y Moi 19. Robyn 20. How to Destroy Angels Check out our self-generating online charts: thedelimagazine.com/charts
experimental and danceable.
AVAN LAVA, as a whole, is a
mind-blowing spectacle that takes time to behold. Mixing Prince with Rick Astley and Wham!, the band blasts lasers and confetti over the audience, whilst on-stage dancers shake in celebration. However, things never veer into irony, rather the entire affair feels both arty and jubilant. See them live at The Deli’s UN/OFF party! (p.7)
Full of ’90s girl angst and insanely catchy hooks, LA by way of Tennessee transplant, Meg Myers, is making waves with her bold, aggressive and sultry songwriting. With her dark, sinister, electro-leaning EP Daughter in the Choir, Myers is proving that she has something to say, and she’s going to do things her way. the deli Spring 2013 Austin
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