Remember chillwave? The buzzword used by music journalists more than artists themselves? The name existed solely for the sake of pigeonholing. This was no conscious movement; it was artists creating to their heart's content and critics scrambling to assign a file for it. In 2026, chillwave is most certainly dead. Like vaporwave, or tropical house,... Continue Reading →
Must Hear Tracks: "1983" "Unexpected Delight" Before the lofi hip hop wave, the tommpabeats, Kenny Beats in the cave, Jon with his Octatrack, the army of beat makers on YouTube brandishing an SP-404 and an affinity for wonky, lopsided loops – before them all, back in 2006, there was Flying Lotus. And before he became... Continue Reading →
There are people out there who really don’t like Bad Bunny. People who couldn’t stomach a Spanish speaker headlining the Super Bowl halftime show. But a casual look at his metrics – his massive global following – and a casual listen to his lengthy and consistently excellent LP, Debí Tirar Más Fotos (I Should Have... Continue Reading →
Home was close, death was hard, friends were both You can't put a sticker price on hurt Trust is a flower that is toxic to some, and it grows from beneath I learned that time was not my friend nor my foe, more like one of the guys from work Life was safe if you... Continue Reading →
Must hear tracks: “Revans” “Etude: Diagonal” "Rayuela (ii)" Sometimes our wires get crossed. Every time I had Everlasting Gobstoppers as a kid, I had the same perception: these taste the way Windex smells. Young as I was, I still knew the notion was absurd. I mostly kept the idea to myself. When I finally ventured... Continue Reading →
Must Hear Tracks: "What About Now" "Grateful" "Shabang" "Letters To The Editor" "Ace In The Hole" It takes a special band to make the songs that every wide-eyed kid with a guitar wants to make without sounding unbearably derivative. It requires a certain fearlessness — to walk confidently down the most beaten creative paths, rather... Continue Reading →
Ah yes, "Berghain." My favorite song named for a nightclub I've been stoically rejected by. As an avid sci-fi fan and amateur music enthusiast, every year I wait patiently for humanity's pop stars to finally start sounding as cosmically epic as that blue lady from The Fifth Element. With Rosalía's LUX, I'm ecstatic to announce... Continue Reading →
Back in 2015, I embarked on a journey to build the ultimate Christmas playlist. Now, 10 years later, it's a 10-hour-long behemoth capable of soundtracking an entire night of yuletide debauchery without repeating (and hopefully without skipping). Every passing year brings new additions from friends' recommendations, lightning-fast Shazam-ing, and happy accidents. You'd be surprised how... Continue Reading →
Must Hear Tracks: "mq9" "Is It Now?" "Don't Wanna Dance" Some bands just sound like their name. Los Angeles trio Automatic fulfills this phenomenon to a tee. As their name suggests, they are a well-oiled machine, cranking out precise and danceable new-wave with mechanical precision. In their finely tuned sound, you hear traces of The... Continue Reading →
Must Hear Tracks: "Long Island City Here I Come" "Au Pays Du Cocaine" "Taxes" "Getting Killed" “Trinidad” God invented the rock band to do two things: lay down tasty riffs, and say cryptic shit. The legends of rock history understood this calling. The Zeppelins, Beatles, Stones, Velvets, T Rexes, all the way down the line... Continue Reading →
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