Author: Layla Moore
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Classical meets dream pop without sounding pretentious. Michelle Bouey said hold my bow
A dream pop track from Michelle Bouey inspired by classical themes and her background as a cellist. “ode to romanticizing” unfolds at a steady pace with strings forming the mood and structure, supported by soft harmonies and pure vocals. The track promises an airy, warm influence with a mysterious aura. Bouey’s classical training clearly shapes…
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Jazz meets pop and they actually get along. Who knew cooperation was possible?
The second single from LA-based project Sis and the Lower Wisdom. Mason gathered talented local musicians to blur the lines between jazz improvisation and pop structure, creating what they call “music at the junction of strangeness and bliss.” Wolf Child emerged from home experiments—recording ideas born from playing with different instruments until melody took shape…
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Mac DeMarco records 12 songs in 12 days. Sounds like he was in a hurry to be sad
The long-awaited sixth studio album from Mac DeMarco, recorded solo in his home over just 12 days last fall. The album features stripped-back acoustic arrangements, rarely crossing the three-minute mark, with standout tracks like “Phantom” and “Sweater.” DeMarco promised intimacy and introspection—and he delivered exactly what you’d expect. BISQUIET: the publication that makes tabloids blush.…
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Beautiful Noise: The Second Pynch Record About Love, Faith, and Meaning
Following their acclaimed debut Howling at a Concrete Moon, a coming-of-age record that captured the disaffection of youth in austerity-era Britain, Pynch return with Beautiful Noise. Less concerned with making sense of the world around them, their second full-length shifts its gaze inward, taking a trip though love, death, faith and the pursuit of meaning…
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Back in early March 2017: Tokio Hotel’s ‘Dream Machine’
Let’s take a trip back and revisit an album that marked a turning point for Tokio Hotel their fifth studio release, ‘Dream Machine’. Back in early March 2017, it signaled another shift in the band’s sound. It took Tokio Hotel just about a year to record by the standards of their previous seven years of…
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Whispers of Honesty: néomí’s Dreamy Folk Confession
writing songs has been a second nature to her since she first picked up the guitar. debut ep ‘before’ is released on june 24th via [pias].
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Twenty One Pilots: From College Beginnings to Global Icons
Like many bands founded and localized on the western fronts, the “Pilots” began their creative activity within the walls of college. Three friends Tyler Joseph, Chris Salih, and Nick Thomas ame together under the name twenty one pilots in 2009. The idea of forming the band originally came from Tyler; he also came up with…
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David Bowie: Reflections on a Legend and His Legacy
So, I picked a day and listened through David Bowie’s entire career in one go, and now I feel a bit sad, and there’s a lot to say about it. He is, without a doubt, an icon. This icon stares at you from yet another album cover or photograph, and you meet his gaze in…
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Simon Popp: Master of Polyrhythm and Experimental Sound
Exploration and play are at the core of Simon Popp’s creative process. Trained in jazz drumming and polyrhythm, the Bavarian-born artist draws from a vast array of percussive instruments to build his expansive sound palette. Learning the drums and listening to a wide range of genres from a young age instilled in him a ravenous…
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When Therapy Is a Song: How Victoria Staff Heals Through Music
After getting her degree in Behavioural Neuroscience from UBC, she decided her passion of helping people with anxiety, depression and sexual trauma (like herself), was maybe not her true calling.
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