I first sat down to listen to this album on an exploratory adventure via mass transit across the city. Back in May, LADOT cut the ribbon on several new metro stations, extending the Expo line to somewhere that no Los Angeles rail transit line has ever gone before: the beach. For the first weekend of its opening, fares were waived, so I decided to take … Continue reading Trekking Across the City with Still Parade
Tafari Anthony fights transparency with humanity. “You see right through meYou don’t see more than what’s standing right in front of me I’ll keep believing Until you see” Continue reading
Archivist kick up dust of the past, searching for a feeling they lost. Source: SoundCloud / ARCHIVIST Continue reading
Living Hour brought their enduring dream pop to an abandoned church in La Forestière, France for a surprisingly spiritual performance of “Summer Song.” Continue reading
rtt: Groenland- Distractions Continue reading
Left-field capitalist pop. Source: SoundCloud / Dazed Digital Continue reading
theautumnroses: Luisa Gerstein has performed in Landshapes and Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, and in 2013 she founded singing collective Deep Throat Choir. A joyous and celebratory release, “Be OK” bounces on complex rhythms as voices blend and soar. Assured and ecstatic, the track concludes their Be OK LP, one due out through Bella Union on February 17th. You can pre-order it from iTunes right now. Continue reading
Embrace the comfort of your origins, be they your childhood home or the depth of the ocean as this video clip from Bleu Roi for their single, “Home,” suggests. Continue reading
Best Albums of 2016#11-20, ordered alphabetically, pt.2 NOTE: Some albums have been excluded from this list due to the inclusion of the artist on my best songs of 2016 list. Peruse the tag and look up all the albums where those songs appear for they are all beautiful. Jaunt – Chat EP midnight – 0:00 EP Shura – Nothing’s Real Trails & Ways – Own … Continue reading
Best Albums of 2016#11-20, ordered alphabetically, pt.1 NOTE: Some albums have been excluded from this list due to the inclusion of the artist on my best songs of 2016 list. Peruse the tag and look up all the albums where those songs appear for they are all beautiful. Bayonne – Primitives C Duncan – The Midnight Sun Consilience – Under Our Beds Cub Sport – This … Continue reading
Sawdust & Gin 