What were the best albums of the year? As time goes by, it only gets harder and harder to answer that question. With an audience of listeners with shorter attention spans and a seemingly infinite amount of music released to compete for that attention, finding a favorite album that you can truly sink your teeth […]
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 […]
A little preamble here. Melina Duterte is a lore figure at From the Intercom. We often cite a prophetic 2018 show at The Glass House Pomona featuring Jay Som and headliner Japanese Breakfast pre-Jubilee, pre-NYT Best Selling author as a foundational reason for the FTI’s existence; in no small part to founder Li-Wei Chu living […]
New week, new tunes. Check it out! As always, some ground rules: Yukimi – “Get It Over” C: Yukimi’s “Get Over It” opens with an “ooh hoo hoo” that reminds me of “Back on 74”. The song is built on a sparse loop that cycles through instruments; the piano, acoustic guitar, and bass march along […]
This is not a drill: Jay Som (Melina Duterte) is coming back with a new album! But make no mistake – even though we haven’t had a full length solo album from Jay Som since 2019 with the wonderfully lush Anak Ko, Duterte has been busy. Between releasing a collaborative album with her buddy Palehound, […]