Quiet Light is a tour de force; Houston native Riya Mahesh has not only produced five albums and two EPs in three years but has done so while being a full-time medical student. She recently came to indie fame from her 2023 folktronica album, Blue Angel Sparkling Silver, hot on the silver heels of her other 2023 album, Fourth of July. She’s already opened for Superfan, Hovvdy, and Luna Li, and has managed to offer us her new project just three months after her fourth album.
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Oklou is entrenched in the scene, though you may not know it. She’s released an EP on the record label/artist collective NUXXE (founded by Sega Bodega, Shygirl, and COUCOU CHLOE), and been involved with PC Music: appearing on Namasenda’s Unlimited Ammo, A.G. Cook’s Apple vs, 7G, even remixing Caroline Polachek’s “Door.” She’s also appeared as a collaborator in more mainstream one-offs with her remix of Dua Lipa’s “Fever” and appearance on Flume’s “Highest Building.” Her 2020 track, “God’s Chariots” has even amassed over 8 million streams. Yet, in the space of modern French electronic music, she’s often overlooked.
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Ethel Cain’s musical craftsmanship reached new heights on Perverts. On January 8th, the Florida native dropped the highly anticipated follow-up to her 2022 debut, Preacher’s Daughter. The nine-track “project” breaks the 90-minute mark, with individual songs spanning over fifteen minutes.
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If a breakdown is the disassembly of a riff/groove to its heaviest, most primal instincts, Spineless takes theirs to a different level. The sheer force of Spineless’s instrumentals is so violent that it seems like even the microphones struggle to contain it. The sound itself begins to break down, the audio overmodulating at the most intense moments. The low end overpowers everything; trading hard-hitting rimshots for an earth-shaking, headphone-obliterating rumble. Every sidechained kick drum is a punch to the stomach. The guitars are oversaturated with an incendiary midrange, burning over thick distorted basslines.
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Central Cee finds himself in the upper echelons of rap music, rubbing elbows and collabing with the likes of Drake, 21 Savage, and Lil Baby, but his first full-length album CAN’T RUSH GREATNESS shows the extent of Cench’s shortcomings.
The idea for Eusexua began during her nights of sneaking out to raves in Prague between shooting days of Rupert Sanders' 2024 remake of The Crow, which she starred in alongside Bill Skarsgard. It was this club scene where Twigs began theorizing about Eusexua, a phrase she’s since coined. She turns to examples and anecdotes of the feeling when defining it. She outlined it as “the pinnacle of human experience,” in an Instagram post. In interviews with Jake Shane for his podcast, Therapuss, and Chioma Nnadi for British Vogue, she’s described it as “the feeling just before an orgasm,” and “when you’ve been kissing a lover for hours.”
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Arooj Aftab has spent her career mastering the art of seduction. Firmly rooted in the Hindustani classical music of her native Pakistan, the 39-year-old singer and composer’s music also draws from Western folk and jazz influences in pursuit of a wholly unique sound.
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The night was truly unforgettable. I never wanted it to end. What made the show so special was the fact that Jamie xx seemed to be having just as much fun as his fans. He understands them, what they want, and how to get a “Baddy on the Floor.” Jamie xx is an icon in the dance/electronic world, and his contribution to the music industry is nothing short of monumental. I feel grateful to have experienced a night like that one, and I want to thank him for showing up when Los Angeles needed him most. We will persevere, keep dancing, and keep living. We’re Los Angeles and we’re incomparable. Even Jamie xx knows it.
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Valentine’s Day was made extra sweet this year with the release of the deluxe version of Sabrina Carpenter’s Grammy award-winning album Short n’ Sweet. This version features four brand new tracks and a new duet version of Please Please Please featuring the incomparable Dolly Parton. The new tracks stick to Sabrina’s usual formula featuring cutesy turns of phrase, glittery production, and a hint of country flare.
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Valentine’s Day was made extra sweet this year with the release of the deluxe version of Sabrina Carpenter’s Grammy award-winning album Short n’ Sweet. This version features four brand new tracks and a new duet version of Please Please Please featuring the incomparable Dolly Parton. The new tracks stick to Sabrina’s usual formula featuring cutesy turns of phrase, glittery production, and a hint of country flare.
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Amidst the currently thriving alt-pop landscape, French electronic and pop artist Oklou’s debut studio album manages to carve a uniquely ethereal niche defined by melodic and rhythmic subtlety.
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