It’s been four long years since we’ve last heard from New Jersey-based indie pop artist Long Beard (Leslie Bear). Although she hasn’t released much new music since her underrated debut album Sleepwalker, Bear has been quietly touring with members of the now infamous Japanese Breakfast–occasionally playing bass for Zauner’s band and opening for them on their […]
Genre-transcending musician Humeysha (Zain Alam) draws on a diverse range of influences–quite possibly more than you can imagine. Perhaps social justice newspaper The Pacific Standard described him best: he’s an artist that draws influence from all over, including shoegaze masters My Bloody Valentine, the Bollywood film scene, and even Qawwali, a quite particular “genre of […]
Buried deep underneath the soft beats, twinkling production, and calming whispers, there’s something uncanny about “Perfect Place”. Something unsettling. As the first single off of Melbourne experimental artist Sui Zhen’s third album Losing, Linda, “Perfect Place” finds the musician moving into uncharted territory. Described as a record that is inspired by “the insights that we […]
Out there in the sea of DIY self-starters, perhaps no artist shines as bright as bedroom pop musician Jay Som (Melina Duterte). After releasing a loose batch of songs that became her debut album Turn Into in 2016 and the more fully formed Everybody Works in 2017 (both to widespread critical acclaim), a lot has changed […]
Earlier this year in an interview with Rolling Stone India, Gothenberg-raised Indo-Swedish musician Nadia Nair admitted that she was tired after a long year of touring. “Right now I just want to be [an] introvert in the studio for a bit,” she admits. So it’s only fitting that the R&B tinged “See Things,” Nair’s follow-up single […]