Chromesthesia on Freeform Portland

21/02/2025

Drum & Bass / Jungle are pretty much where EDM begins and ends for my particular tastes. I was friends with genre DJs back in the day and those were my only occasions to "rave." I haven't kept up with any of it in years, aside from the ocassional Squarepusher release. I need my EMD cut with jazz, bossa nova, or some other instruments and melodies, for the rhythms to be less predictable and monotonous, and for the beeps, boops, and such to be just the right tones, frequencies, and intervals, if not absent entirley. Just my preferences, not judgments, which I'm not qualified to make. Generally, across genres, my tendency is to like music you can dance to rather than music made specifically for dancing.

Mantra and Double O’s Rupture is a vital force, bridging eras and pushing the sound forward.

19/02/2025

https://pitchfork.com/news/the-jams-rick-buckler-dies-at-69

Buckler played drums in the British new wave outfit largely responsible for ushering in the mod revival of the late 1970s

16/02/2025

Good Looks

19/01/2025

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jan/18/she-couldnt-walk-she-couldnt-talk-music-therapy-helped-joni-mitchell-recover-from-a-stroke-could-it-ward-off-depression-and-dementia-too

When his friend, the legendary songwriter, had a catastrophic stroke, neuroscientist Daniel Levitin put together a programme of music therapy. Now he’s recommending it for a whole range of conditions

22/11/2024

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/nov/21/father-vinyl-records-instagram

Jula began sampling albums from her father’s extensive collection on Instagram. Her ‘listening parties’ connected her with people who shared his passion

31/08/2024

Celebrating 20 years of “Shake the Sheets” with Ted Leo and the Pharmacists

22/08/2024

Song About An Angel

30 years of Diary with Sunny Day Real Estate

13/07/2024

Les Savy Fav

11/07/2024

https://www.stereogum.com/2271075/stephen-malkmus-matt-sweeney-jim-white-emmett-kelly-are-teasing-a-new-indie-rock-supergroup/news/

Well, here’s something exciting: Stephen Malkmus, Matt Sweeney, Jim White, and Emmett Kelly seem to have formed an indie rock supergroup. At least that’s the message we’re getting from the teasers each musician has been sharing on their Instagram stories. “A hard band is good to find,” Swe...

11/07/2024

https://www.stereogum.com/2271022/galaxie-500-announce-new-rarities-compilation-hear-two-previously-unreleased-songs/music/

Galaxie 500 were only active from 1987 to 1991, but they sure had a productive run, releasing three excellent studio albums in as many years. Turns out there’s even more where that came from. In September, the slowcore/dream pop icons will share 24 archival recordings — some of them previously u...

07/07/2024

05/07/2024

Blushing w/ and Helens

21/06/2024

https://laughingsquid.com/blue-monday-vintage-casio-instruments/

Polaroids of the Pyramids performed the New Order song "Blue Monday" completely on vintage Casio instruments.

19/06/2024

https://www.stereogum.com/2268649/no-wave-icon-james-chance-dead-at-71/news/

James Chance, the No Wave icon who served as the saxophonist and singer of the Contortions and Teenage Jesus And The Jerks, has died. He passed away in New York, his brother David Siegfried announced. He was 71.

09/06/2024

Camera Obscura

05/06/2024

https://www.sgvtribune.com/2024/05/22/a-90s-pop-star-with-lush-miki-berenyi-tells-her-own-story-ahead-of-la-show/

The singer and guitarist discusses her memoir ‘Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me From Success,’ which is out now.

05/06/2024

https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/shana-cleveland-la-luz-news-of-the-universe-review

The La Luz frontwoman goes deep on life, death, California, and being "really geeky about guitar solos."