Growing up in the suburbs of Los Angeles County, I’ve occasionally wondered what the story was behind those local Asian-owned mom and pop donut shops that were never more than a five-minute drive away. They ...
In one of their first interviews as a band, the five members of Strawberry Generation were asked a curious question: “What unites you in this group?” The unanimous answer? Brockhampton. If you’ve already listened to ...
In recent years, there’s been a small wave of domestic horror films whose source of terror comes from within. Rather than being haunted by a monster or a psycho killer, the threat instead comes from ...
For years now, Toronto-based R&B musician Sylo Nozra has been churning out sleek hits. Even all the way back on his debut 2015 EP, Late & Dawn, those traces of booming musicianship were there–noticeably lo-fi, ...
Scribbled in notebooks and locked away in hard drives for years, the love songs on Land Lover are not new to yllwblly (Boston-based self-taught musician Mark Tseng-Putterman). A near five years following “the collapse of ...
Back in 2019, we reviewed Los Angeles-based alt-Jpop duo Bakénéko (Mai Ikushima and Brandon Liew)’s debut single “Remember,” a soaring hook-filled banger that could easily shake up neon arenas. Now, they’re back again with “Stay,” ...
Somewhere along her artistic journey, DJ Alice Longyu Gao flipped a switch and went full psycho. It’s not like that wildness was never there (“I Want My Hoe Time Back” has some of the most ...
When writer-director Danny Madden was asked about why he decided to create Beast Beast, a film based off of his SXSW winning short “Krista,” he mentioned how working with lead actress Shirley Chen largely drove ...
Toronto-based self-described moon fairy Luna Li (Hannah Bussiere Kim) couldn’t have picked a better stage name to release her magical brand of music under. Throughout the slew of singles that she’s put out, there’s always ...
Ah, ice cream. Who doesn’t love the delicious frozen treat? Not surprisingly, ice cream has been the topic of many a hit song due to its universal popularity. Luckily, Melbourne-based indie rock/pop newcomer Morning Shift ...
