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 […]
The world is listening to Stephanie Poetri right now. With over 500 million streams on her 2019 single “I Love You 3000” and the 2021 release of her EP AM:PM (plus an acoustic version), Stephanie is no slouch when it comes to creative output. Combined with her activity on YouTube, Twitch, and TikTok, Stephanie is […]
Deciding which songs would be on our Best Songs of 2019 list was, in many ways, leagues different than it was for 2018. When I was putting our list together back in 2018, it was mostly a singular effort–I was scouring Spotify playlists, combing through YouTube recommendations and SoundCloud links in order to find the […]