New York-founded, Vancouver-grown, Los Angeles-based duo Bob Moses found their musical niche early on: smooth, gloomy synthpop with subtly driving beats, a balancing act between Continue Reading
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Chillwave's Psychobuildings Get Psychological With "Mila" (premiere)
Brooklyn-based Psychobuildings offers up a new video of the track “Mila”, directed by Shaun H/yatoimtop. Culled from the upcoming LP, Blackout, due out 16 October, Continue Reading
'The Art of Drag' Captivates and Unites
As the LGBTQ+ movement for equality increasingly shifts its focus from mainstream representations of the acceptability of lesbian and gay people toward full inclusion of Continue Reading
Australia's CXLOE Makes an Anthem of Love and Loneliness with "One and Lonely"
Australian pop artist CXLOE has released her latest single “One and Lonely”, another proper anthem from the rising artist that has already racked up more Continue Reading
Ben Kidson Crafts a Poppy Ode to Emotional Vulnerability on "(When I) Runaway"
British alternative pop singer-songwriter Ben Kidson grew up immersed in the punk and grunge scenes of the 1990s, but he equally loves great hooks and Continue Reading
Chillwave's Raligator Is "Popping Dreams With Broken Beliefs"
Chillwave producer Raligator is something of a mystery person with no social accounts to their name, and they aim to keep it that way and Continue Reading
Folkie Jakob Leventhal and Sarah Jarosz Visit "Greenwich Village Ghosts"
Folk singer-songwriter Jakob Leventhal teams up with Americana’s Sarah Jarosz for the delicate folk-pop of the tender “Greenwich Village Ghosts”. It’s a spare tune with Continue Reading
It's Funny, Reading the "Funnies" in a Newspaper in 2020
I really never intended to start reading the comics page of the Sunday newspaper again. As a kid, I always read the funnies, but when Continue Reading
Front Country's "The Reckoning" Highlights Positive Movements (premiere)
In a time of sickness and great division, Front Country aims to heal with “The Reckoning”. The hopeful hymn was written around a year prior Continue Reading
Michele Garruti Will Challenge Your Core On New Album Glitch
Italian composer Michele Garruti is releasing a new album titled Glitch. Despite being a neo-classical album, it has been making the buzz in the press, Continue Reading
Choosing Experience in Abbas Kiarostami's 'Taste of Cherry'
A man drives through the sandy Iranian landscape surrounding Tehran. He drives past day workers seeking employment but waves them off. He moves out of Continue Reading
Comics Artists Yanow and Hanawalt Draw Vastly Different Self-Portraits
“Cartoon” can mean a lot of things. As a drawing style, those things usually include simplification. A cartoonist takes a massively detailed real-world subject and Continue Reading
Buscrates Brings the G-Funk on Soulful "How Ya Gonna Do It"
Buscrates is Pittsburgh producer who draws inspiration from the classic 1990s G-funk sound in hip-hop and the boogie and disco dance music of the 1970s. Continue Reading
Lita Sings a Tale of the Blonde from Trastevere on "Bionda" (premiere)
“Bionda”, the new single by Lita, an Italian singer relocated to Los Angeles, sounds totally contemporary in its arrangement and production. The song’s roots, however, Continue Reading
English Folkie Richard Dawson's 'Republic of Geordieland' Features Some of His Best Songs
Richard Dawson has a bit at his shows where he stomps his feet onstage and bellows into the mic at frighteningly close proximity to his Continue Reading
Cut Copy Trade in Accessibility for Expansion on 'Freeze, Melt'
The cover of Freeze, Melt, the latest album from Australian electropop group Cut Copy, depicts a glimmering ocean wave rolling towards the camera and a Continue Reading
Taylor Swift's "seven" Marks the End of Innocence
Whenever I hear the song “Stay Beautiful” off Taylor Swift’s 2006 self-titled debut, I’m transported back to when my mom and I would drive to Continue Reading
Molly Tuttle Wishes She Was with You on Her New Stunning Cover LP
There’s something comforting about the sound of familiar music. No matter how dark the outside world may seem, we can huddle in our rooms by Continue Reading
Video Age Show How Much They Love the 1980s on 'Pleasure Line'
Pleasure Line, Video Age’s third album, is a pastiche of 1980s synthpop. This is interesting, because the band didn’t start out that way. Listening back Continue Reading
Jake Allen's "Rising Tide" Reminds Us to Stay Humble (premiere)
Capable of finger-picking intensive melodies and percussive rhythms, Jake Allen is perhaps most known for his technical guitar prowess. As he’s tread the lines between Continue Reading