Between marketing for the indie music label Refresh Records, touring as Squirrel Flower’s bassist and running a riveting Twitter campaign for the position as governor of New York, it’s safe to say that 2021 has ...
From the slumberous shoegaze musings of 2016 debut album Sunless, to more placid slowcore impressions in 2018’s False Baptism and lush art rock temperaments of 2020’s Tired and True EP, the songs of Portland-based Uchinanchu American ...
Usually you’d hear an artist finding their footing in a debut album. That isn’t so much the case for Los Angeles-based musician Lexi Vega, who performs under the stage name Mini Trees. After two EPs ...
Following their atmospheric debut album Floaters and their splendid sophomore effort October Song, Lightning Bug’s third album A Color of the Sky gleams with honesty and acceptance. Dazzling instrumental arrangements and introspective lyrics see the ...
For Japanese American songwriter Lea Thomas, indie folk serves as a bridge in which she makes sense of the world within herself and within nature. Her first record, Want For Nothing, saw Thomas utilizing an ...
If you ask me where I’m from, I’ll say Alhambra. If you have the nerve to ask me where I’m really from, I’ll tell you, “I was born in Los Angeles. My parents immigrated to ...
The Yellow River is the second-longest river in China. Starting at the Bayan Har Mountains in the Qinghai province, it flows east through nine provinces and empties into the Bohai Sea. Huang He, as it’s ...
I’ve known Soft Blue Shimmer for a relatively short amount of time (or forever if we’re considering 2020 time). My first exposure to them came from Gaby Chiongbian’s kaleidoscopic picture of the band playing the ...
Sometimes (or a lot of the time, if you’re an INFP like me), retreating to your imagination is a delightful act of release. To be able to escape the building responsibilities and pressures set in ...
Out of the many, MANY issues grabbing at our attention this year, mental health is a noble and notable topic that’s been making its way around social media. Infographics and Twitter threads are all helpful ...