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 […]
SXSW is all about expecting the unexpected, and this time around, that meant striking up a new friendship with long-time friend and featured artist on the site, Jong Lee, otherwise known as Toronto-based dream-pop multi-instrumentalist Peach Luffe. Most people, when meeting for the first time, would start their conversations with something simple, like an ordinary […]
When I was fifteen years old, I spent hours ripping music from sketchy MP3 song download apps on the Android store. I leaned hard into the indie scene with my own version of theft, as much of the world was inaccessible to me in my suburban sprawl. A product of this time period was an […]