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Guest Picks: DJ LuLu

For our Best of 2015 coverage, we once again decided to reach out to some friends of the blog to get an idea of what made the year in music so great for them. For the first installment in the guest series, Laura Robinson, better known as DJ LuLu, submitted her year end list. Make sure to follow all of the blog’s year in review coverage throughout the month of December.   Over the past year I have rotated different tracks on my playlist titled “bedroom dancing.” Made for myself but occasionally shared in the company of another, I created a list of songs that I have enjoy behind closed doors (think of every romantic comedy movie montage ever). This has truly has been the year of modern romance: swipe right, a/s/l, Netflix & chill, getting ghosted wtf?! and a whole mess of other millennial romantic woes. New Years Resolution: be[...]

CRUSHES Release New Single “i miss you”

This past week, Rochester birthed duo, CRUSHES, released their first single in over a year, titled “i miss you.” Comprised of long-time Rochester DJ, David Lee Rad, and Buffalo/Rochester floater, DJ Lulu, “i miss you” is an impressive indietronic collaboration by the pair, reminiscent of Chromatics, Ladyhawke or even Cut Copy. Let’s hope this is not just a stand alone track, but a single from a forthcoming EP, or maybe even a full. One can dream. Check out “i miss you” below. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/200662838″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /]

Tonight: The Soft Love

What the hell is The Soft Love? The band has no recorded material to its name, has never played a show (although that will end after tonight), and yet, at the time of this posting, has over 80 RSVPs to this evening’s event page. Well, we do know some info about the band. The four-piece is made up of members of the recently departed Son of the Sun and former Mohawk greats, The Thermidors, so the pedigree and benefit of the doubt is certainly on the band’s side. And according to member Jeremy Franklin, the quartet will be tapping into some of that darker garage sound ala Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, so he’s got me listening. You can find out what the hype is all about tonight at Nietzsche’s as The Soft Love will make its live debut supported by Rochester’s The Absolutes and DJ Lulu, so I suppose we can[...]