Vee Hua 華婷婷We’ve traveled around the world, in a sense, releasing sounds from international artists. Since we never stuck to one genre over another, our artists not only span the globe but span sonic styles and approaches.
Thad McKrakenListening to this album makes me wonder what it’d be like to accidentally attend kind of a boring party and all of a sudden have some random girl wander up to you and be all like, “Did you know that I’m utterly insane?” and...
You know, I’ve been sort of conflicted about the multiple directions metal has gone as of late — none of which involve much of a focus on basic songcraft. It’s probably just because I came of age back in the early ’90s. Back...
Jesse C. DiennerBorn With Stripes is a chameleon of an album. It starts off with a catchy, pop — “accessible indie,” as I like to call it — number, entitled “We Don’t Know Who We Are.” This album has so many varied styles...
Is Tropical blends old school cartoon and video game with real life in this video where boys will be boys. The headshots are okay because it’s animated violence, kids, and fake chemistry sets with briefcases full of money and boxes labeled...
Take an emaciated lady in the Kate Moss realm of beauty and make her lipsync to Tom Vek’s “A Chore,” and the casting and execution are so appealing that this entire video feels strangely and androgynously natural.
With extreme macro shots of eyes, mouths, and other indistinguishable slimy body parts, this video for “Beard” leaves one scratching one’s head just as Colourmusic’s style of indie psych-sludge mash-up leaves you scratching...
Strangely, I am most fascinated by the slight patterning to be found on this video for Architecture In Helsinki’s “Escapee.” Other than that, not much happens; the video’s appeal lies in the fact that it is shot like a dreary...