# dark pop (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover dark pop. Page: Feed: --- ## [“Your Body Won’t Lie”: Composer Yuxuan Liu’s Case for Writing Music From Experience, Not Formula](https://thelanote.com/your-body-wont-lie-composer-yuxuan-lius-case-for-writing-music-from-experience-not-formula/) _2026-08-18 · Staff Writer · The LA Note Magazine_ LA composer Yuxuan Liu scores film, games and concert halls by a rule he calls Experiential Composition: if the music doesn’t move him physically first, it isn’t ready. ## [Toddy Tang’s ‘April Apocalypse’: A Breakup, 200 Revisions, and a Voice That Took 100 Tries](https://thelanote.com/toddy-tangs-april-apocalypse-a-breakup-200-revisions-and-a-voice-that-took-100-tries/) _2026-08-16 · Staff Writer · The LA Note Magazine_ Songwriter Hillg Tedsang wrote “April Apocalypse” about refusing to cry at a busy intersection. Released August 14, 2026, it is the first single from the Toddy Tang album “Rebuild Sunday.” ## [12 Entertainment Lawyers to Watch in Los Angeles](https://thelanote.com/12-entertainment-lawyers-to-watch-in-los-angeles/) _2026-08-15 · Staff Writer · The LA Note Magazine_ Hollywood has its famous attorneys. This isn’t a list about them. LA Note looks at 12 entertainment lawyers in Los Angeles building the next generation of practices in film, TV, music, IP and the creator economy. ## [artxxnas Is Building a Queer Pop Universe in Los Angeles — and “STAR” Is His Declaration](https://thelanote.com/artxxnas-is-building-a-queer-pop-universe-in-los-angeles-and-star-is-his-declaration/) _2026-08-15 · Staff Writer · The LA Note Magazine_ Artur Nasyrov left Russia in 2022 and landed in Los Angeles in late 2023. As artxxnas, he has turned his body, his exile and his training as a landscape architect into one interconnected practice — music, body-made paintings, clothing and performance. His new single “STAR,” out 13 August 2026, is the English-language declaration at the center of it. ## [Roger K Is Racing the Clock: Inside ‘Didn’t Know I Was Running Out Of Time’](https://thelanote.com/roger-k-is-racing-the-clock-inside-didnt-know-i-was-running-out-of-time/) _2026-08-15 · Staff Writer · The LA Note Magazine_ Australian artist-producer Roger K pairs a kalimba hook with an Afrobeat groove on “Didn’t know I was running out of time,” out July 24, 2026 — and spends his off-hours reviewing other independent artists, nearly every day, on RogerKReacts. ## [‘Terra Olympia’: George Voukanos Trades the Orchestra for Synthesizers at the Birthplace of the Olympic Games](https://thelanote.com/terra-olympia-george-voukanos-trades-the-orchestra-for-synthesizers-at-the-birthplace-of-the-olympic-games/) _2026-08-15 · Staff Writer · The LA Note Magazine_ Terra Olympia, the 12-track electronic album by Greek composer George Voukanos, arrived worldwide Aug. 14, 2026 on Melody Spirit Records. Full tracklist and the myths behind it. ## [J. H. Allely: The Seville Screenwriter Turning Emotional Science Fiction Into an International Award Run](https://thelanote.com/j-h-allely-the-seville-screenwriter-turning-emotional-science-fiction-into-an-international-award-run/) _2026-08-14 · Staff Writer · The LA Note Magazine_ From Seville, screenwriter J. H. Allely has earned nearly 70 international honours for emotional sci-fi scripts like SYNNOIA — no move to LA required. ## [James Artissen Knows What a Blank Face Is Hiding — and Built His Darkest Single Around It](https://thelanote.com/james-artissen-knows-what-a-blank-face-is-hiding-and-built-his-darkest-single-around-it/) _2026-08-13 · Staff Writer · The LA Note Magazine_ Grammy-nominated producer-turned-artist James Artissen goes dark pop on “Blank Face,” a cinematic single about what expressionless faces hide — out now on Humble Sound Records. ## [Peace I Can’t Wake To: UK Rapper JOHKES Turns a Coma and Its Aftermath Into His Most Personal Album](https://thelanote.com/peace-i-cant-wake-to-uk-rapper-johkes-turns-a-coma-and-its-aftermath-into-his-most-personal-album/) _2026-08-13 · Staff Writer · The LA Note Magazine_ After a 2023 road traffic accident left him in a coma and tetraplegic, the Lincoln-based rapper rebuilt his voice through music therapy — and wrote a 14-track concept album about remembering the coma as the peaceful part. Out 24 September 2026 on The JOHKER Records. ## [Recipe PDFs Ready Fast (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/YEPeYCsrBFNI) _2026-08-13 · **Sponsored**_ Turn online or personal recipes into clean, printable PDFs in seconds. ## [‘Who Am I?’: Giuliana May Turns Pirandello’s Masks Into Cinematic Pop](https://thelanote.com/who-am-i-giuliana-may-turns-pirandellos-masks-into-cinematic-pop/) _2026-08-13 · Staff Writer · The LA Note Magazine_ The Naples-area singer-songwriter’s debut single sets Pirandello’s theory of masks to lush orchestral alt-pop — with hand-stitched collage visuals covered by Exibart, praise from Happy Mag, and an afterlife as an English-teaching resource on Tune Into English.