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Interviews, Zines

Honors & the Significance of Feel-ing Better

Originally appeared on the 405 as “The 405 Meets Honors”; view archived article here.  Honors, a Toronto-based band not-so-coincidentally named after a virtue, values qualities like trust, perseverance, and brotherhood. Yet their new album was borne of vices. The alternative pop group just released Feel Better, a moving 9-track LP written during what began as a dark moment, particularly for lead vocalist Patrick Gillett. Depression … Continue reading Honors & the Significance of Feel-ing Better

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Squishy synths and whirrs comprise Art Feynman’s new single “Ideal Drama” Originally appeared on the 405, view archived article here.  Art Feynman thrives in ambiguity disguised as anonymity. He doesn’t show his face in press photos, and his vocal style is all but obscured by overlayed effects. The aesthetic he achieves could be described as waterlogged bedroom pop producer.  Read more.  Art Feynman | Facebook | Instagram | … Continue reading

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Wade through El Mañana’s shoegaze debut, “Gota en el Mar”

Originally appeared on the 405, view archived article here. Danny Murcia is the brilliant mind behind the new bilingual rock trio from LA known as El Mañana. He is an artist with striking depth, making his new single all the more apt. The debut from El Mañana is called “Gota en el Mar,” an enduring shoegaze track that hovers gently above the water’s surface. Read … Continue reading Wade through El Mañana’s shoegaze debut, “Gota en el Mar”

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Follow Bill Baird into the cybersphere via ‘Bubo / Runcible’ video

Originally appeared on the 405, view archived article here.  The Arthur King Presents series has another release under its belt, this time from prolific experimental artist Bill Baird. Called Owl, the new record is Baird’s third this year alone, having released dozens of others in his nearly two decades as an active musician. The ten new tracks ruminate on—what else?—owls. Sometimes the title is a … Continue reading Follow Bill Baird into the cybersphere via ‘Bubo / Runcible’ video

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Scott Orr’s Worried Mind is a peaceful welcome for winter

sngalbums: Originally appeared on the 405.  The newest release on earnest Ontario label Other Songs is a fitting welcome for winter. I felt lucky to finally experience it myself when I left the desert to visit the midwest this past weekend. Snow fell for an hour in Minneapolis on my final day in the city; the neighborhood where I was staying was quiet save for … Continue reading Scott Orr’s Worried Mind is a peaceful welcome for winter

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Album Reviews, Zines

Scott Orr’s Worried Mind is a peaceful welcome for winter

Originally appeared on the 405.  The newest release on earnest Ontario label Other Songs is a fitting welcome for winter. I felt lucky to finally experience it myself when I left the desert to visit the midwest this past weekend. Snow fell for an hour in Minneapolis on my final day in the city; the neighborhood where I was staying was quiet save for the … Continue reading Scott Orr’s Worried Mind is a peaceful welcome for winter

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The 405 meets Laura Jean Anderson

Originally appeared on the 405; view archived article here.  It took Laura Jean Anderson some years of adjusting to feel comfortable in her own skin. She was always a fish-out-of-water, growing up in a traditional Mormon household…in the grunge haven of Olympia, Washington. Hovering between these communities, she felt fully accepted by neither, which made her double down on her eccentricities. Fast forward to what … Continue reading The 405 meets Laura Jean Anderson

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Traverse mystic landscapes in Kan Wakan’s new clip for “Effigy” + “I Would (Reprise)”

Originally appeared on the 405, view archived article here.  Music by Kan Wakan inspires feelings of wonder. Nature and spirituality seem to mingle on Phantasmagoria vol. 1, and in his new video, that sentiment is taken literally. There isn’t much left to learn about the planet that satellites haven’t revealed, but with the imagination of a child, you can traverse all sorts of unknown terrain. … Continue reading Traverse mystic landscapes in Kan Wakan’s new clip for “Effigy” + “I Would (Reprise)”

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The text that stole Lucy Arnell’s shadow Originally appeared on the 405, view archived article here.  Remember when text messaging began to take over in the early 2000s? The hot acronym was SMS which stands for Short Message Service, and it became a staple of the growing cellular phone phenomenon. Lucy Arnell probably uses SMS frequently, but in her recent single, she draws a parallel … Continue reading

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Dana and the Wolf imagine fixing their boss’ bad “Attitude” Originally appeared on the 405, view archived article here.  The grind: how we refer to an average work week. Sure, overworked Americans have reclaimed the term as a positive, but the reality is that work sucks. We’d all rather be doing something we love all day, such as creating music—something to which Dana Hobson and … Continue reading

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