Jazz musician Cody Dear is part of a burgeoning Instagram music community devoted to sharing, collaborating with, and encouraging musicians internationally. Dear is a Los Angeles-based multi-instrumentalist who plays a fusion of R&B, jazz, soul, and funk. On Instagram, Dear is quickly gaining traction by covering his own versions of others’ songs on the electric […]
Before diving into an album named Keep Drinking, you should already have a sense that you’re in for a good time… especially if the band who made the album is called Drinking Boys and Girls Choir. After all, any album that starts off with a track called “Keep Drinking!!” and ends with “KEEEEEEP DRINKING!!!!” has […]
The first three minutes on Singaporean math-rock trio susurrus’s Ultra Orange EP are immensely satisfying. With golden guitar riffs cascading into each other, a spunky drum accompaniment, and of course, the chanted “Oy! Oy, Oy!”s, that signal great things yet to come, album opener “Super Shinada” is already chugging along with high spirits. Then, out of […]
Budding singer-songwriter Sam Kaiser’s first EP Different Fires is like a breath of fresh air. For those looking to escape the “sound pollution” of songs reliant on heavy dance beats or less-than-wholesome lyrics, the 18 year-old’s stripped-down tracks are a welcome change of pace. Inspired by Kaiser’s own life experiences such as moving from Hong […]
Widely making headlines as “China’s Rihanna”, 88Rising signee Lexie Liu has dropped her latest—and very first—EP, 2030. Featuring both Chinese and English lyrics, her bilingual songs are not out of the ordinary for 88Rising, which has cultivated a reputation for an international approach to pop music. The songs on 2030 EP also showcase some styles that reoccur amongst […]