October 23, 2023
Interviews
Interviews
I took inspiration from the somewhat schizophrenic yet entertaining behavior of a few cats I've owned who purr for attention and then sink their teeth into you without reason or warning.
October 18, 2023
Events
Events
I want to strongly discern that Kenny is not only a skilled multi-disciplinary musician, but someone I see as a generational talent...
October 16, 2023
Articles
Articles
No matter what type of art you produce, you can learn from the past, and there may be aesthetics you cannot reproduce on modern digital software...
October 14, 2023
Events
Events
I love going into sets, not knowing what to expect, and being positively impressed by a performing artist. Smino is absolutely someone I would see again...
October 13, 2023
Interviews
Interviews
I think it's just really hard to find a band name. I feel like a connection to it. It just kind of was intuitive...
October 11, 2023
Events
Events
I expected nothing short of perfection when witnessing a Thundercat live set, and that was what I ultimately received...
October 11, 2023
Events
Events
Center stage were several instruments, including guitars, keyboards, synths, sequencers, and much more. Seamlessly, FKJ flowed between all of these inputs, performing in a unique/multi-faceted set.
October 10, 2023
Events
Events
It was amazing to witness not only how skilled of a vocalist Masego was, but also his talents as a dancer and entertainer.
October 7, 2023
Events
Events
Their visual imagery on album art is some of my favourite in the underground scene, with 'Shrines' depicting an NYPD officer grappling down the side of a building in Harlem looking into a window at a 425-pound tiger...
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Everything needs to make sense together. It's easy to create music that is overbearing when you have six instruments on stage. You have to make sure every single one of them is playing something that is contributing without smothering...
The first computer I ever had the chance of using was my family's HP Compaq DC7100 running Windows XP and that clean yet primitive UI design had a very big impact on me...
Their visual imagery on album art is some of my favourite in the underground scene, with 'Shrines' depicting an NYPD officer grappling down the side of a building in Harlem looking into a window at a 425-pound tiger...
I’ve been lucky that I’ve always had more ideas for music than time to produce them all, so in the beginning, it was easy. I was releasing 15-20 tracks a year, and labels were eating them up...
My day started a bit earlier for day two - I headed in and immediately went to the merch stand to grab my buddy a shirt...
Windowshopping is me fucking around on Ableton in my bedroom hoping to cultivate a large and expansive enough discography to warrant people writing dozen paragraph-long essays in RateYourMusic comment sections.
Throughout the album, different subjects are tackled such as the spirit of competition, industrialization, the destruction of our ecosystems etc...
I wanted it to feel like acceptance. Saying acceptance makes it feel a bit stiff, when really the vibe is like, f*** yeah everybody, hell yeah, and if you can’t get down with this, f*** off...
Because of Flying Lotus’s nature I knew the visuals at this live show would be postmodern abominations...
During the 2020 quarantine year I spent a lot of time indoors only listening to music and chatting with people on forums and Discord...