London-based musician Eva Liu is an experienced explorer of the unknown. Having grown up with dual Chinese and British identities, Liu is well-acquainted with navigating the shadowy spaces between cultures, as well as channeling her experiences into off-kilter pop with her band Dama Scout. On “pour a brain,” her first solo release under the moniker […]
“cook4u” from Hong Kong-born, London-based indie artist bb sway is an ode to her favorite way to make someone feel loved. Written on a lovely winter night with good friends, “cook4u” definitely warms the soul. A steady loop of a simple backing track paired with sultry vocals set the mood for a relaxing and intimate […]
Blue heads are the first thing you notice when you watch No Rome and The 1975’s music video for “Narcissist”. The video starts out with futuristic tones and then explodes into bright color as No Rome (Rome Gomez) and Matty Healy of The 1975 appear–looking almost identical in their bright-blue, decked out hairstyles. Flashy cars, […]
The fun-loving London-based trio Kero Kero Bonito are back again–and this time with some good news! After signing with American record label Polyvinyl (the label of choice for artists like Jay Som, Alvvays, and Jeff Rosenstock amongst others), they’ve announced the release of their sophomore album Time ‘n’ Place, the follow-up to their 2016 debut […]
What do you see when you look at a painting by Japanese artist Indo Hisashi? For most, the answer is nothing. Hisashi’s paintings are monochromatic, simplistic, and seemingly unskilled to most–belonging to the same class of controversial modern-art painters like Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Robert Ryman. But although most people would write-off his paintings […]