If you ask me where I’m from, I’ll say Alhambra. If you have the nerve to ask me where I’m really from, I’ll tell you, “I was born in Los Angeles. My parents immigrated to ...
For Tracy Hyde is not your average Japanese shoegaze band. In Ethernity, the dream pop quintet defy genre and thematic expectations, openly taking on political themes and merging them with their classic ethereal sound to ...
If there’s one instrument that’s wildly underutilized in today’s musical landscape, it might just be the electric organ. Often only used sparingly to give certain songs a certain melodramatic flair, the electric organ is very ...
With all that’s going on in the world, most people could understandably use a break, or at least a small well-deserved respite of joy to brighten up their day. Whether it’s in a refreshing sip ...
Nana Yamato’s life changed when she stumbled into BIG LOVE RECORDS, a record store located in Harajuku, Tokyo. Born and raised in Chiba, Japan, a rural city that Yamato describes as having “no culture,” Yamato ...
Per his Spotify artist bio and our interview with him back in 2019, Jong Lee adopted the stage name Peach Luffe because he “likes peaches” and “admires the free and happy-go-lucky Luffy from One Piece.” ...
It’s been a hot minute since we last covered Melbourne-based keytar prince Yeo. Way back in 2019, Yeo released his slinking third album RECOVERY CHANNEL, a project filled with pristine R&B bops, dog-sampling songs, and ...
When we nominated Luna Li’s “Afterglow” as our 5th favorite track from last year, we mentioned that if we could have nominated any of her 1~ minute insta-jams as well, we definitely would. These short ...
The Yellow River is the second-longest river in China. Starting at the Bayan Har Mountains in the Qinghai province, it flows east through nine provinces and empties into the Bohai Sea. Huang He, as it’s ...
It’s hard to truly comprehend just how quickly the Korean music scene has shifted the discourse of Western pop music. Sure, we all know that Korean pop is now a worldwide phenomenon, but Korean hip ...