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 […]
We at FTI have been busy covering a few summer conventions/festivals, but that won’t stop us from getting our Weekly Bullet Reviews out! As always, some ground rules: Tommy Genesis – “Loops” Justin: Hard hitting, rage boiling, and introspective. Canadian rapper Tommy Genesis spits a contemplative spoken word reviewing the generational, religious, and identity repression […]
Last week we wrote about how jorud, the solo-project endeavor of Jared Lim, released the title track of his new album, The song. Well, it seems like he’s back again this week with a track that’s almost the complete sonic opposite of that blissful lead single. “Wideview” finds the musician venturing into a more energetic […]
If you’re trying to learn more about the Asian indie pop scene, there’s probably no better entry point than the Singaporean band Sobs. Browse through the credits of a lot of up-and-coming bands and you’ll find their fingerprints all throughout the region – its members have produced, mixed, contributed vocals to many fellow musicians’ projects, […]