In the chaotic and confusing world that was 2025, I couldn’t help but find solace in music. While the world was burning around us (quite literally for us Southern Californians), it became a necessary escape from what felt like the apocalypse that was happening at that moment. As I’m writing this in 2026, it doesn’t […]
New week, new tunes. Check it out! As always, some ground rules: Sab Star – “How Many Miles Is Too Far?” Mya: Oh I adore this. It’s the repetition that gets to me here. “You’re still stuck in my head / still stuck in my head…And I’m still stuck in my bed / still stuck […]
This week’s bullet reviews may be a bit more lengthier than usual. Say hello to C, one of our new writers for the site! Also up: brief reviews of the three Spotify Singles that Gold House and Spotify funded for the Gold House Futures Accelerator program. All great covers; go check ’em out. As always, […]
I’m not going to pretend that it’s not already March 2025 by the time we release this. Shit’s been tough, I’ll admit it! But even though the world’s burning down and it’s starting to feel like everything’s all topsy-turvy these days, I still want to take the moment to celebrate some of the music that […]
As we’ve written on the site over and over again, SXSW consistently brings the chaos. There are interviews where things can go awry, but then there are SXSW interviews, which really are in their own category of crazy. My chat with the Taiwanese American folk-pop singer-songwriter Chance Emerson started out with me being 40 minutes […]