Even if you’ve been to as many shows as I have, SXSW always manages to dazzle with its myriad of live performances. The fact that nearly every barbecue joint, bar, and grocery store becomes a makeshift music venue for the week means that you’re bound to see some cool things, even if you’re just walking […]
Can you believe it’s been five whole years since From the Intercom started making year-end lists? Five. Whole. Years! I still remember sitting alone in the local coffee shop (which has since closed down), typing away at a list that I thought that no one would bother to look at. My selection process for the […]
Deciding which songs would be on our Best Songs of 2019 list was, in many ways, leagues different than it was for 2018. When I was putting our list together back in 2018, it was mostly a singular effort–I was scouring Spotify playlists, combing through YouTube recommendations and SoundCloud links in order to find the […]
Grainy film. Stark blue skies contrasted with grey concrete. Vintage camcorders and 90s headphones that have been dusted off just to be put in front of the camera once again. These are just a few motifs that indie artists from all over the Japanese music scene are embracing. It’s a new aesthetic that evokes […]
Six-piece collective Balming Tiger is about to set fire to the hip-hop scene. Taking their name from the iconic Asian ointment “Tiger Balm”, the self-proclaimed “K-Pop band” has somehow remained one of SoundCloud’s best kept secrets, with hundreds of thousands of streams on their debut mixtape Balming Tiger vol. 1: 虎媄304. What’s even more amazing are their wacky […]