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...
RANDOM
I had all these strange pieces of audio, from conversations w/ my friends, snippets of old medical films, warped acoustic noise, and chaotic synthesized recordings, and they all struck me a certain way...
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...
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...
I think of this song as a journey that started with a love folk song that somehow turned a different direction into something more mysterious and beautiful that even I can't explain very well...
I manically decided to go to McDonalds, went on Instagram live and was just screaming the idea over and over, got back home still live and recorded it all to a click track, no beat, then made the beat after. A crazy moment that everyone from Anthony Fantano, to T-Pain, to Knxwledge reacted to and enjoyed thoroughly...
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...
Zguba is dead and buried, never to resurface with a full-fledged release...
Given JPEGMAFIA's notoriety our expectations were high for his live performance...
The sense of community around during the festival was striking, given the dystopian nature of the early pandemic...
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...