For those of you looking for a funky jam, Toro y Moi (Chaz Bear)’s got your back. On Tuesday, the chillwave pioneer announced the release of his sixth album under his Toro y Moi moniker, Outer Peace, which is out January 18 on Carpark Records. In a press release, Bear states that the record is “a response to […]
The Matrix meets bubblegum kawaii in Singaporean singer-songwriter Jasmine Sokko’s video for her latest EDM-influenced single, “HURT”. In her press statement, the visor-donning artist stated that the song’s inspiration comes from miscommunication and misperceptions that she’s had with close friends in the past. “A person’s intention is something that can never truly be transferred,” she explains. “It’s […]
For the past two years or so, R&B songstress Raveena (Raveena Aurora) has been releasing slow, lush songs about female empowerment–a niche that she’s been slowly dominating with the releases of last year’s Shanti EP and the slew of singles that she’s put out this year. “Temptation”, her latest, follows this same trend and fits snugly […]
Blue heads are the first thing you notice when you watch No Rome and The 1975’s music video for “Narcissist”. The video starts out with futuristic tones and then explodes into bright color as No Rome (Rome Gomez) and Matty Healy of The 1975 appear–looking almost identical in their bright-blue, decked out hairstyles. Flashy cars, […]
“Nostalgia is bullshit”. At least, that’s one of the ideas behind “History”, one of the highlights from 88Rising’s collaborative showcase album Head in the Clouds, released earlier this year. Featuring Indonesian rapper Rich Brian (Brian Immanuel) of viral “Dat $tick” fame, “History” returns him to the public eye in the form of a well-executed, high-production music video […]