January 30, 2024
Interviews
Interviews
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...
January 12, 2024
Interviews
Interviews
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Obviously, it is much easier to keep in touch, exchange files and information. But nothing compares to the real organic work. That’s where the magic begins and it’s impossible to achieve it through the synthetic connection. Especially when the music is spontaneous and interactive...
December 22, 2023
Interviews
Interviews
The role that labels used to play pre-internet adoption had much more to do with building up an artist, and getting them to where they need to be to become superstars. Today, the artist builds themselves up on their own...
December 15, 2023
Etc.
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You thought we were done with just astrxl.awards this year? Nah we had to step that s*** up...
December 14, 2023
Interviews
Interviews
You enter this wormhole, the room disappears and you're thrown into a bunch of patterns, and stuff like that. There wasn't a lot of color...
December 6, 2023
Events
Events
I knew that Jeff Rosenstock was going to have a good opener for his tour, so I decided to show up right as the doors opened. Small Crush was first to take stage...
December 6, 2023
Events
Events
The stage background was a sight to behold, being an American flag with the stripes changed with rainbow colors representing the pride flag. Where the stars would be, they were replaced with the numbers 666 and a ring of weed leaves...
December 4, 2023
Interviews
Interviews
Nearly every Thursday night, we would park our cars at Comps and have a listening party for which ever rap album we chose to listen to when the clock struck midnight...
December 3, 2023
Events
Events
I don't know how I've gone this long without seeing Kendrick or Keem. I was supposed to photograph one of their shows back in Vancouver in 2022...
RANDOM
The year is 2014 - You're watching a multi-cod (Call of Duty) montage and hear Logic for the first time. Logic's rise to fame came from this unconventional method of being pushed by organizations like Faze and the online gaming community...
Again, like last year, this is my neurodivergent, smooth-brain Zoomer opinion, so if you don't like my picks, I can't help you (and you don't like good music)...
Right now, the norm is for labels to make decisions based on data. And they've all got access to more data than ever before, so it turns into a science. They look at the trajectory of streaming numbers and social media followings, and they avoid artist development...
Plus we're all having midlife crises and doing this was cheaper than buying a Miata or getting TRT therapy...
It was amazing to witness not only how skilled of a vocalist Masego was, but also his talents as a dancer and entertainer.
The sound selection in some of the instrumentals were really unique and haven’t heard anything like it in some of the previous projects like space requiem, spiral, and four walls. shellboy has some new style melodies/flows on this project that i haven’t heard them use before like on no evil and guardian angel...
Are you ready to start this journey?
CKay's 2019 release titled, 'Love Nwantiti (Ah Ah Ahh)' was the first African song in history to surpass 1 billion streams on Spotify and the track garnered a billion combined views in a single day on TikTok...
I wanted it to feel like how the internet feels to navigate, so the variety of sounds is very reflective of that...
Neupink is my tiny little noise rock slash digital punk slash diy slash whatever-I-feel-like-doing project that aims to explore whatever intense soundscapes I feel like