On a trip to Paris, France in 2005 (which I’m still paying for, no thanks to my credit cards), I spent a good portion of the trip sampling albums at the listening stations in different record stores. After hearing them many times over the loudspeakers, I ended up with the debut from a band I [...]

I’m still recovering from the half hour of my life I lost to episode 1 of How to Make it in America (sorry internets, hated it), but I still <3 Kid Cudi. Anyway, internets, the actual cover of the most recent Billboard Magazine features David Guetta, but this special “advertisement” cover with Dan Black & [...]

British singer-songwriter, Dan Black, visited LA this week for the first time since he was 13. I sadly did not make it for the late start at Cinespace (not having a car in LA = not fun things). Black performed the remix of his hit, “Symphonies,” with special guest Kid Cudi, who gets kissed on [...]

Dan Black, who recently remixed his song, “Symphonies,” for the US release of his debut album, is premiering the new video for the track with Kid Cudi tomorrow night on IFC’s Automat @ 10pm. Some clips above. Let me count the ways that this is going to be awesome… A lot. Dan’s solo record, ((un)), [...]

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Beach House Teem Dream To confirm, this is better than Devotion. An early choice for My Poproks Album of the Year, as I’m struggling to imagine a record coming out within the next 11 months that’s better than this one. Couldn’t [...]

French [via British] singer Dan Black’s 2009 breakthrough single, “Symphonies,” is from his Polydor debut solo album, ((un)). It very noticeably samples the drum intro from Rihanna’s “Umbrella,” and also pretty much encompasses the finest qualities of the best British pop music of the last 15 years into a perfectly wrapped 3 minute and 30 [...]