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 […]
Earlier this year, London-based musician mui zyu (Eva Liu) released her debut EP, a wonderful thing vomits — a collection of self-mixed songs that writhe around and nestle in the darkest corners of your mind. Today, she’s back with a reimagining of those songs, assisted by the help of some talented producers, including Fake Laugh, […]
Between marketing for the indie music label Refresh Records, touring as Squirrel Flower’s bassist and running a riveting Twitter campaign for the position as governor of New York, it’s safe to say that 2021 has been a busy year for Pictoria Vark (real name Victoria Park). The arrival of “I Can’t Bike”, however, sees the […]
It’s been a hot minute since we last heard from Dacey, the Vancouver-based alt-pop supergroup made up of musicians Dacey Andrada, Justin Tecson, Joshua Akow, Nathan Chan and Marco Marin. Fresh off of releasing their excellent debut in January, SATIN PLAYGROUND EP (a release that I’ll happily admit I’ve been playing on repeat all year), […]
From the slumberous shoegaze musings of 2016 debut album Sunless, to more placid slowcore impressions in 2018’s False Baptism and lush art rock temperaments of 2020’s Tired and True EP, the songs of Portland-based Uchinanchu American artist Maya Stoner–who performs under the name Floating Room–have hovered above a slew of genres throughout their time in DIY […]