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 […]
This might be one of our more chaotic roundups yet? Check out the wide variation of genres in this week’s column! As always, some ground rules: Xinxin – “Red Flags” C: The video’s hazy aesthetic and instrumental recall laid-back dream pop and indie acts like Crumb or No Vacation. However, Janize Ablaza’s vocals sway up […]
In many ways, 2021 felt like quite a tame year compared to the one that preceded it. The shock and the cultural anxieties of life during a pandemic became commonplace. There wasn’t another world changing virus permeating the world (though different variants are still making their rounds). Hope felt imminent. Things were looking up. But […]
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 (with Slip Away topping From The Intercom’s Best EPs of 2020), her debut album Always in Motion sees her at […]