Three classic rock bands from the 1970s fully embraced synthesizers in the 1980s and recorded career-defining hits.

Great Lakes Dungeon Synth is a collective of regional dungeon synth artists that coalesced after a show at Cole’s Bar in summer 2023. What’s now called “dungeon synth” emerged from the Norwegian black ...

One of punk rock’s original goals was “the destruction of rock ‘n’ roll.” While that didn’t happen, most early punk musicians were rock fans, in spite of their espoused rhetoric. Hence why most early ...

Colorado has a bevy of great synthesizer artists, and not all of them are producing electronic dance music. We searched far and wide to create a list of synth masters, with a particular focus on ...

The Stranger: What motivated you to want to hold a show in the Laser Dome? Butcher: At Patchwerks, we started out holding meetups about every quarter. The meetups and building a community around ...

“I wouldn’t believe that dungeon synth of all things would lead me to finally visit Florida. It makes for a nice story.” Hailing from Virginia, Vaelastrasz performs “True Azerothian Dungeon Synth” — a ...

The sweet yet melancholy lo-fi pop synth artists Casiotone for the Painfully Alone headlines a show Thursday, Jan. 10 at the Department of Safety. Doors open at 7 p.m. Cover is $6. Opening bands are ...

Watch out GarageBand, the OG is coming around—and just in time for the holidays. Music manufacturer Moog has announced the third reissue of its legendary Minimoog Model D analog synthesizer. Created ...

KC Killjoy and Kayla Bee of the Fort Lauderdale synthwave band Alpha Quadrant were at a show at Gramps when they brainstormed an idea. “We watched Mystvries play, and we started talking with them,” ...