The first time I heard Kishi Bashi was from the MTV series Catfish. I recall hearing “Chester’s Burst Over the Hampton,” followed by “Bright Whites,” tumble out of the speakers, during the pilot episode. The ...
When now Austin-based indie pop band Letting Up Despite Great Faults first released their self-titled debut back in 2009, the music scene was completely different. Spotify was nonexistent, and the place where bands got discovered ...
Did any band at SXSW have more fun at the fest than Ragamuffs? During their set at Las Perlas, Ragamuffs bandleader Haley Finesse and her band ran through a quick set of hits off of ...
In a way, Kainalu (Trent Prall)’s music sounds timeless. Even back when he released his first Bloom Lagoon EP (2017) and its pulsing retro-psychedelic debut album Lotus Gate (2019), Kainalu’s music already established itself as ...
It’s no exaggeration to say that music and film have always been connected. Their unity has always been integral to each other’s success and an audience’s understanding of characters, places, and stories, real or otherwise. ...
Sometimes, one of my favorite things to do when listening to a song I like is to close my eyes, take a breath, and to put the world on pause as I’m being teleported to ...
Multi-instrumentalist Luna Li is no stranger to the music scene. As the self-proclaimed moon fairy stage name of Toronto’s Hannah Bussiere Kim, Luna Li had been making music for a few years in other capacities ...
Do your best to capture the fuzzy feelings of your adolescence. If you’re lucky you’ll hear the sweet blissful tones of Wallice there, probably dancing with a knowing tip of her hat, I reckon. LA ...
It’s been a hot minute since we last heard from Dacey, the Vancouver-based alt-pop supergroup made up of musicians Dacey Andrada, Justin Tecson, Joshua Akow, Nathan Chan and Marco Marin. Fresh off of releasing their ...
Usually you’d hear an artist finding their footing in a debut album. That isn’t so much the case for Los Angeles-based musician Lexi Vega, who performs under the stage name Mini Trees. After two EPs ...