Did any band at SXSW have more fun at the fest than Ragamuffs? During their set at Las Perlas, Ragamuffs bandleader Haley Finesse and her band ran through a quick set of hits off of Ragamuffs’ excellent sunshine indie-pop album Achy Luminesence, as well as a few follow-up singles that have been released since then. […]
In a way, Kainalu (Trent Prall)’s music sounds timeless. Even back when he released his first Bloom Lagoon EP (2017) and its pulsing retro-psychedelic debut album Lotus Gate (2019), Kainalu’s music already established itself as a modern approach to glitzy 70s psych and funk, always inspiring its listeners to move. Or at the very least, […]
On I Just Want to Be Wild For You, the sophomore album of Portland-based indie-rocker MAITA (Maria Maita-Keppler), there’s a buzzy energy that lends itself to both introspection as well as liberating rock-out jams. Songs like the cold album opener “Loneliness,” the observant “Blue Has Gone Gray,” and the witty “Light Of My Life (Cell […]
When it comes to video game-to-screen adaptations, the following result of such a venture usually falls under two camps – either it’s okay, or it becomes the internet’s punching bag for the next few weeks. It can be easy to see why this can be the case. Video game fandom can be hard to navigate, […]
From the Intercom is now three-and-a-half years old. Can you believe it? In that time, we’ve done a number of things that we’re proud of: extensive film festival coverage, numerous artist spotlights, and our crazy extensive year-end articles, just to name a few. However, without a doubt, one of our favorite events to cover each […]