Laurence Guy - Making Music is Bad for Your Self Esteem

February 28, 2019

Musicians today have so much available to them in instrumental and stylistic options. Thanks to the internet, the Information Age, sophisticated synthesizers and digital production software, the eclectics never had it so good….

Sofia Kourtesis - Sofia Kourtesis EP (3SR)

February 28, 2019

Sofia Kourtesis has released the most self-titled EP a person can release with Studio Barnhus, or any record label for that matter. High mix-in-mix-out-ability, this texturally rich and exotically jubilant EP is crafted with the dispossessed …

Marquis Hawkes - Light of my Life EP (3SR)

February 28, 2019

Thick, dance-conscious, textured, syrupy beats floating on a warm blanket of dense synths and tasteful compression. This four song collection from the London born producer takes listeners on a journey through …

Tierra Whack - Only Child

February 19, 2019

Your tongue is pink. What have you been doing? Eating candy?

It’s less likely we invented music because we liked the sound and more likely we invented it to cope with love lost. Musical history is littered like a landfill with the lovesick, the lonely and ailing hearts of us all. As the trope of couples …

Various Artists - Kankyō Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental, & New Age Music 1980-1990

February 15, 2019

As spring pokes its head around the corner, a new album of old music has emerged. Complied by Spencer Doran of Visible Cloaks for Seattle, Washington based Light in the Attic Records, Kankyō Ongaku (Japanese for “environmental …

Tourist - Everyday

February 15, 2019

Tourist debuted his second full-length album Everyday, fittingly enough, on Monday Records. The album takes the path of late 19th - early 20th century literature, providing vignettes of arbitrary moments. Tempting thoughtful …

Headie One - 18HUNNA ft. Dave (Four Tet Remix)

February 14, 2019

I am by no means an avid listener of UK drill, grime, trip hop, road rap, and the like, but I treat music like I treat food. I’ll try anything once, and there’s almost always a sauce that can make even the worst thing taste good. That’s not a …

Ariana Grande - thank u, next

February 8, 2019

Ariana Grande’s album thank u, next which occupied the top three billboard spots, revels in adolescence, but finds Ariana dabbling in profundity and introspection. An outstanding mindless listen and a powerful mindful …