Sometimes, one of my favorite things to do when listening to a song I like is to close my eyes, take a breath, and to put the world on pause as I’m being teleported to an otherworldly space. To be immersed like that, to feel like you’re in a world of fantasy, is what powerful […]
Jazz, to most of us, is enigmatic in nature. Unless you’re a music theory aficionado, jazz is either a complex being that sounds nice with too many layers to handle, or a good subject to make an Oscar-winning movie about every 2-3 years. However, one rising artist, Icelandic-Chinese singer-songwriter Laufey (Laufey Lin), is making moves […]
With all that’s going on in the world, most people could understandably use a break, or at least a small well-deserved respite of joy to brighten up their day. Whether it’s in a refreshing sip of coffee, a swing in a hammock, or a sunny afternoon with loved ones, a small interlude would do us […]
When we nominated Luna Li’s “Afterglow” as our 5th favorite track from last year, we mentioned that if we could have nominated any of her 1~ minute insta-jams as well, we definitely would. These short jams were never officially released anywhere, but were frequently posted across the artist’s socials as short ideas and experiments that, […]
How do you tell a story entirely through screens? Not the professional movie camera screens that make everything look pretty and well-defined, but the screens we know and look at every day: our cameras, our televisions, our personal computers. Can you craft an intriguing story, a gripping thriller, and a deep mystery solely through the […]