D∆WN: Wake Up

Former Danity Kane member D∆WN has been busy this week, dropping her Adult Swim Single “Serpentine Fire,” her collaboration “Lemonade Lakes” with Oshi, and now a music video for her climatic chant “Wake Up.” The high energy dance track—featuring Machinedrum’s signature rapid-fire beats—breaks the template of the formulaic electro-pop hit, experimenting with how far D∆WN’s voice can flit, bend and tauten. Thankfully, the visuals can …

A Small Spanish Town that Relies on Twitter

In the small Spanish town of Jun, located just outside of Granada, Twitter reigns supreme as the preferred form of communication. Even the town’s Twitter handle, @AyuntamientoJUN, is prominently plastered onto the front of town hall. Mayor Rodríguez Salas implemented the social network into everything from public maintenance requests to school lunch menu announcements, allowing for swift communication between the government and Jun’s 3,500 citizens. …

Premiere: “Big Sky” by Pearl Lion

The SNL house band guitarist's ethereal instrumental pairs with shots of Joshua Tree, Antelope Canyon and more

Making us want to plan a road trip immediately is this stunning montage of visuals captured by Dan Huiting (whose music video resume includes Sylvan Esso, Caroline Smith, and lots of Bon Iver) for Pearl Lion’s film soundtrack-like instrumental “Big Sky.” “I was in LA and I just got this guitar pedal called ‘Big Sky,’” Pearl Lion aka Jared Scharff (who has been the guitarist …