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.

I want to strongly discern that Kenny is not only a skilled multi-disciplinary musician, but someone I see as a generational talent...
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...
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...
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...
I expected nothing short of perfection when witnessing a Thundercat live set, and that was what I ultimately received...
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.
It was amazing to witness not only how skilled of a vocalist Masego was, but also his talents as a dancer and entertainer.
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...
RANDOM

ETHEREAL.PRESS is an independent digital media publication focused on the expansion of human creative consciousness. Merging the (mainstream + underground)

Ugly Mane is a catch-all for whatever creative drainage leaks out of me. I think it's a dumb name that makes most people immediately write me off and not investigate what I do purely based on the preconception of how dumb the name is. I like that...

I think internet is the influence that has the most inspiration, saturation of information is something I love and try to replicate on my music...

One of the highlights of the set was Marc stripping down to his underwear and diving into the crowd with a bottle of champagne...

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)...

LMAO hell yea I got some crazy song titles I can go off on which ones are some of my favorite. It's gotta be Gentrify Water, J Train Cyberpolice, Kingdom Hearts In Bisexual Atlanta...

Nature, spirituality, my every-day life experience. Emotions, interpretations of experiences. Theology, psychology, physics. My cats. Weather patterns. The mystery of life...

I had no planned coverage until 4:00pm the first day to cover Paris Texas so my time was spent conversing with the other media members in attendance...











