Every year Taiwan Beats throws an amazing party at SXSW’s Elysium, and this one was no exception. Usually, there are the established artists that we’ve all come to know and love (Elephant Gym, 9m88) who anchor the showcase, but every year there are also some up-and-coming musicians who are criminally overlooked. This time around, that […]
If you were to close your eyes and listen to any one of Aguava (Allen Chen)’s songs, you’d easily find yourself transported to some faraway beach — sun shining, waves crashing, and with a mai tai in hand perhaps? So it was a bit surprising seeing his name on the SXSW artist roster, especially since […]
SXSW’s magnetism for indie artists is well documented. So of course when an unprecedented global pandemic closes it down, what becomes of the artists who were scheduled to play? Some return, and with a clarifying amount of new material. One such artist includes Taiwanese-Australian singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and activist Deena Lynch, better known as her […]
When doing a whole week of artist interviews, it’s always a good omen when the very first one goes better than expected; this year, our SXSW interview with London-based artist and friend of the site mui zyu (Eva Liu) was no exception. For the past few years (and following up from the success of her […]
The past couple of years has forced us all to reckon with a pronounced sense of loneliness. Whether it was social and physical isolation or questions of whether our careers were truly forever stuck, the pandemic further exposed our insecurities of how much time we had to accomplish what we wanted to. At this year’s […]