In many ways, 2021 felt like quite a tame year compared to the one that preceded it. The shock and the cultural anxieties of life during a pandemic became commonplace. There wasn’t another world changing virus permeating the world (though different variants are still making their rounds). Hope felt imminent. Things were looking up. But […]
The 25 albums that we picked as the “Best of 2020” this year nearly all tap into a familiar running theme: the comfort of nostalgia. Amidst a stressful hurricane of a year, many of us here at From the Intercom turned to albums that were inspired by simpler times, recapturing the magic of rumbling dancefloors, […]
One of my favorite lists that I look forward to making for From the Intercom every year has to be the EP list, hands down. I always think of EP releases as an experimental playground for a musician to test the waters and run with new ideas. Not to mention, EPs are also a great […]
2020 was a weird year. I don’t think it’s necessary for me to go on about why 2020 stands out as one for the history books, but it’s an important factor that has heavily influenced the way that we consumed music over the past 12 months. In a year filled with tragedy, deranged politics, and […]