NEON GOLD PRESENTS: ELLIE GOULDING

Our starlit darling, Ellie Goulding, has been scorching the charts like wildfire with her aptly titled debut album, Lights, as her breakout single of the same name continues to burn on at the top of the charts nearly two years on from its initial release.  Now with her hotly-anticipated sophomore follow up, Halcyon, cresting over the horizon, we're thrilled to celebrate the occasion with a very special album release party for Ms. Goulding, as she takes to the Neon Gold stage at Santos Party House on October 11th. Yes, this is too good to be true, but guess what? It's happening.

And as if one of the world's biggest popstars playing the best intimate venue in NYC wasn't heart-stoppingly exciting enough already, we've also got the boy king Xaphoon Jones getting things heated early on the ones and twos. This time around we're opening the floodgates to the 16+ crowd, and tickets go on sale to the general public (fanclub-only presale is already sold out) on Saturday morning at 10am sharp HERE. It almost goes without saying, but this will sell out in literally seconds flat, so you'd be wise to have your trigger fingers warmed up and credit cards at the ready come Saturday morning. Don't say we didn't warn you.

YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR ME.

Ahead of tonight's Popshop blowout, Ghost Beach mashed up Fred Falke's "8:08PM At The Beach" with the Beach's very own summer anthem, "Too Young". May we present: "9:09PM At The Ghost Beach". It's nothing short of headrush magic, as Ocean's vocals mesh spectacularly with Falke's lush nu-groove backdrop. It's the perfect way to close out another colorful season of sun, as we look forward to peeling open the next New York summer. Tickets are still available HERE, so come out tonight and jumpstart your autumn the right way.

MP3: "9:09PM At The Ghost Beach" - Ghost Beach x Fred Falke [exclusive]

ON YOUR WAY BACK TO THE GRAVE.

Sr. Sly rode in under the shroud of night, as mysterious as ever. Like a premonition with ammunition, lead single "Ghost" makes its presence known with hooded synths that grind their teeth, knuckles clenched, and counter vocals that coo with smokey nonchalance. It reminds us of the best parts of Wildcat! Wildcat! and Electric Guest, with shades of KO KO in there for good measure. And even after the haunting back-pedaling beat and horror story harmonies, it comes back with another stealth attack of immutable perfection. So yeah, Sr. Sly is pretty brilliant, and we're SRSLY stoked to bring you the exclusive download of "Ghost" below. Enjoy responsibly.

MP3: "Ghost" - Sr. Sly [exclusive]

POPSHOP019: FRED FALKE + GHOST BEACH

So our mega Popshop birthday weekend is upon us, as we celebrate the fourth anniversary of Neon Gold with a two night event Thursday and Saturday with a day off in between to recharge your batteries. Kicking it all off Thursday night at Santos will be Philadelphia's Night Panther and Brooklyn's own tropical knights, Ghost Beach, but Thursday's all about our dream come true headliner Fred Falke, doing his thing in the headline slot until the early hours. Doors are at 9pm at Santos Party House, and advance tickets are still available (for now) right HERE. Get involved.

STREAM: "The Look (Fred Falke Remix)" - Metronomy

STREAM: "Miracle" - Ghost Beach

STREAM: "Snudge" - Night Panther

BACKED BY THE SILVER OF A FRIVOLOUS LIFE.

YesYou are the latest Australian act to wash over us and leave us breathless with bated exhales. The synthsational duo of Jono Kirkham and Gav Parry first breezed across our radar last June with debut single "Half of It" - still a jam one year on - but now they've returned with a new single featuring Marcus Azon of Jinja Safari, a band we've already featured in these pages and whose latest single "Toothless Grin" has been in steady rotation at Neon Gold HQ all summer long. "Frivolous Life" is a triumph for everyone involved, as Azon's sky-flying vocals take off into the night on the golden-tipped wings of YesYou's smoother-than-silk production. Together, they effortlessly surf the falsetto void, dancing a fine line between the shimmer and shake of Foster The People and the iridescent ooh-ooh's of Yeasayer. Carefree? Yes. Frivolous? Hardly.

MP3: "Frivolous Life (ft. Marcus Azon)" - YesYou [exclusive]

POPSHOP BK 004: POP ETC + GOLDROOM

Hot on the heels of Popshop NYC, the first weekend in September also brings with it the next Popshop Brooklyn, as the sun and the moon and the stars align to bring us both of our signature New York club nights on the same weekend as our fourth birthday. And if you know us, birthdays and purpose-driven raging are a serious business. So this time around, we've got the magnificent genre-bending POP ETC and astrological sensations Gemini Club doing it large live, and LA's rapidly ascending DJ sensation Goldroom - fresh off a sold out Glasslands headline last week - taking us into the early hours on the ones and twos.

It's a double your pleasure, double your fun kind of weekend and it's only once in a baby blue moon that the calendar even makes this possible, so it's a very special one indeed. It's all going down September 8th at Brooklyn Bowl, with advance tickets available HERE. Trust us, you really don't want to miss this one.

STREAM: "YoYo" - POP ETC

STREAM: "Fifteen (ft. Chela)" - Goldroom

STREAM: "By Surprise" - Gemini Club

POPSHOP019: FRED FALKE

Next month marks a magical occasion on which the stars align and not only do Popshop NYC and Popshop Brooklyn both fall on the same weekend, but said weekend also marks the four year anniversary of Neon Gold as we look to turn four years AWESOME in style. To celebrate this milestone, our flagship club night, Popshop NYC is going extra large with the LEGEND, Fred Falke, presiding as the maestro of ceremonies in the headline slot. Supporting him are our new go-to partystarters Ghost Beach, and as it's an anniversary show you better believe we'll have a few special guests in the mix. As usual it's all going down at Santos Party House, with doors at 9pm sharp and advance tix now available HERE. This is your formal invite to our birthday party, presence mandatory.

STREAM: "Trojans (Fred Falke Remix)" - Atlas Genius

STREAM: "Too Young" - Ghost Beach

MADE A PROMISE I CAN'T KEEP.

Brooklyn's Lovelife have just released their debut EP, El Regreso, and are ringing it in this week by supporting The Neighbourhood on their debut NYC shows with us. EP standout "I'm No More" injects glossy '90s production into modern R&B, like a goth D'Angelo or The Neighbourhood's long lost brothers from across the Atlantic. It cold-opens with scene-setting samples and an anti-hero stuck in a pendulum of doubt that's both lush and relatable, and when you hit the brilliant instrumental break, it's game, set and match. You've got one more chance to catch Lovelife and The Neighbourhood on the same bill this week when they take the stage at Glasslands tomorrow night, get your tickets HERE while you still can.

MP3: "I'm No More" - Lovelife

POPSHOP WEST 003: WILDCAT! WILDCAT!

Our second Popshop West was a runaway success, with St. Lucia selling out The Echo HARD in his Los Angeles debut. For the third installment next Monday, we're bringing back launch party standouts Wildcat! Wildcat! to close out their month-long Echo residency in style with a grand finale of epic proportions. Warming up the stage we have Frank + Derol getting things started early, before DWNTWN take over the main support slot with their irresistible boy-girl electro charm and west coast dreamrockers Magic Wands wrap things up late night. It's all going DWN next Monday at 8pm at The Echo, and did we mention it's absolutely free? Because it is. Yeah, we'll see you there.

STREAM: "The Chief" - Wildcat! Wildcat!

STREAM: "Black Magic" - Magic Wands

STREAM: "Transition" - DWNTWN

STREAM: "Barely Love You Too" - Frank + Derol