Lingua Franca is many things: a narrative that spotlights the many untold stories often left in the margins, a lyrical polemic on trans sexuality and desire, an expression of the anxieties induced by Trump’s America, ...
In today’s age of bedroom DJs and synth fanatics, James Ivy revisits acoustic songwriting to reach his inner storyteller. Based in New York, the 21 year-old Korean-American artist recently shifted away from his electronic music ...
Alt rock band The Happy Fits is as out of their depth as the rest of us in their newest release, What Could Be Better. The album operates at the thin line between thrill and ...
Though Krithi’s most recent summer album, Pada-Pada-Ppu (படபடப்பு), contains tracks that are free of lyrics, it is anything but silent or without a message. The nine-track album features a variety of pulses, beats, and colors ...
London-based singer-songwriter beabadoobee (Beatrice Laus) is bringing back the ‘90s in a big way. Her EP from last year, Space Cadet, traded in the lo-fi acoustics of her earlier work for a more lush sound, ...
“cook4u” from Hong Kong-born, London-based indie artist bb sway is an ode to her favorite way to make someone feel loved. Written on a lovely winter night with good friends, “cook4u” definitely warms the soul. ...
Rapper Jason Chu released a 10-track album perfect for at-home listening called living.room on June 2020. Four years since releasing his last solo album, Arrivals, and since joining trap-rap group, NITEMRKT, he returns to his roots of laying down terse bars over ...
Jordan Singh’s debut single, “Like a Knife,” has lived many lives. A cursory search on YouTube will reveal the multitude of forms that the song has taken, the first of which dating all the way ...
What first comes to mind when you think about the Chinese music industry? For most, it would probably be the idea of excess: mass-produced idol culture, singing competitions, and polished Mandopop. So for those of ...
Chinese American singer/rapper Demie Cao sure knows how to make an entrance. On the singer’s US debut “YUNG” released back in May, she’s established that much. An ode to youth and all of the carefree ...
