PC Music is a really post-modern attempt at pop.
Kate Bush is a huge inspiration for me.
The Italian duo Dumbo Gets Mad specializes in psychedelics for the sober, bringing experimentation together with detailed pop songwriting.
I really like FKA twigs. She's wonderful. She's so cool. Like, insanely cool.
I wanted to create a bridge between experimental music and pop.
I'm no Robert Christgau or Chuck Klosterman, but I would say that Landlady is like if Harry Nilsson was produced by Brian Eno. Or, if David Byrne fronted Wilco. Those are my two hoity-toity musical epigrams.
The Beatles, 'Revolver.' It's pop. It's classic. It's experimental. It's revolutionary.
I want to keep Flume kind of experimental, weird, melodic, pretty.
The Weeknd's 'Can't Feel My Face' is very experimental. It's pop meets urban meets indie meets alternative.
Finding out about Bjork was like finding out about some rare and magical thing that I had never encountered living where I was living at the time, being surrounded by the people I was surrounded by.
Tame Impala is more about impact than innovation, sure, but the music still stuns on contact.
In my heart I believe that the best pop is the weird stuff.
I love pop music, but I love pop music that does something a little bit different.
