olympia

Here's the new single from Olympia, WA duo Maryjane Dunphe (also of VEXX) + David Jaques, aka CC Dust. The romantic dancefloor anthem "New Ways" has a certain Maus-ian, driving post-punk vibe, with Dunphe's soaring, overpoweringly emotional vocals triggering a kind of raw visceral catharsis rarely attained through synth-pop these days...

Thanks to Dre for putting us on to Olympia, Washington's Braxton/Palmer, and more specifically, his excellent new debut two-part Creeper single, due next month on Ceremony Recordings. "Creeper, Pt. II" is a perfect introduction to the producer's glimmering, vintage deep house, and his preternatural flair for flipping vaguely familiar vocal samples -- in this case, an inspired choice fr