The influence of Latinos in hip-hop culture is especially potent in Texas; it’s hard to say what Houston rap would sound like without the lowrider and slab culture Mexican-Americans helped pioneer. Bay City rapper That […]
Reason: Porches
If Reason’s inherited anything from his erstwhile TDE labelmate Kendrick Lamar, it’s a bone-deep exhaustion. Across good kid, m.A.A.d city and To Pimp a Butterfly, Lamar’s weariness underscored his subjects’ dim horizons: bright-eyed boys lapsing […]
Public Image Ltd.: End of World
John Lydon has made a career out of being contrarian, so it seems less surprising that some fans had written him off as a frustrated old reactionary tarnished by his pro-Trump and pro-Brexit views than […]
Dhanji: RUAB
Dhanji has spent the past four years working feverishly to probe the limits of his genre-blending iconoclasm and restless, larger-than-life imagination. The seven mixtapes he’s dropped since 2019—five in 2020 alone—are all over the map, […]
seventh stitch: murmuring chasms of nostalgia
Listening to the shadowy, crepuscular compositions on Jon Gooch’s murmuring chasms of nostalgia, it’s hard to fathom this is the same guy behind a screeching dance hit called “I Do Coke.” After developing a reputation […]
D.J.C. ‘s Debut Release “Sexy House Thang” Introduces An Eclectic Fusion Of Sounds
D.J.C. ‘s latest release, “Sexy House Thang” emerges as a true testament to the magic of spontaneous collaboration. The much-awaited video has finally graced the screens, leaving viewers captivated and curious about the story behind […]
Julee Cruise: Floating Into the Night
When she was in high school in Creston, Iowa, Julee Cruise was a popular girl with a host of deep-rooted suburban fears—boys, cars, getting sucked down the bathtub drain—and a secret pastime that even those […]
Mikaela Davis: And Southern Star
Fom Alice Coltrane to Joanna Newsom to Mary Lattimore, a rich lineage of artists have sought to liberate the harp from its familiar roles in the symphony and the church. In the worlds of jazz, […]
Siavash Amini: The Sweat of Earth
Siavash Amini makes music of almost unfathomable complexity. Like a weather system, it might appear relatively static from afar, but inside, it churns. On his recent album Eidolon, released in early July, the Tehran-based composer […]
“NarciSecond”: Kara Major’s Evolution From “Everything Works Out” To A Fusion Of Hip-Hop & EDM
Following the impressive release of her track “Everything Works Out,” up-and-coming musician Kara Major unveils her newest single, “NarciSecond.” By fusing her adeptness in hip-hop with the dynamic essence of EDM, she takes the captivating […]
Madeline Kenney: A New Reality Mind
Madeline Kenney sings like she has a lump in her throat: Every time you think she might be on the cusp of sliding into a note that’s soaring and clarion, she hovers for a moment, […]
Bush Tetras: They Live in My Head
Like Mission of Burma or Minor Threat, Bush Tetras are a band whose influence vastly exceeds the quantity of their initial output. They shaped the no wave scene of the early 1980s, made Thurston Moore […]