Khu.éex’ (pronounced koo-eek; “potlatch” in Tlingit) is a 10-piece intergenerational band whose musical style is fluid, with improvisational prowess that allows them to span genres as wide-ranging as funk and hip-hop to jazz and...
It’s been over ten years since I first interviewed musician and interdisciplinary visual artist Jimmy Edgar – who goes often these days as simply JIMMY – at a hotel room in Seattle. At the time, he was flying all over the world, DJing world...
Confession: the live shows of Portland duo Phone Call are one of the few things I miss about living in PDX, because no lie: their delightful electro-funk synth pop vibes are just feel-good, limb-flailing goodness. Now, emerging from nearly three...
Waiting Game, the latest full-length album from Junior Boys, is the Ontario duo of Jeremy Greenspan and Matt Didemus’ first album in six years. Billed as contemplative, the nine-track record certainly sets the tone for such sentiments from its...
On her latest EP, Nine Spells, Berlin-based Italian artist Jolanda Moletta has crafted invocations which are dedicated to nine of her female ancestors, as well as herself as a child. The vocal-only record is devoid of specific words — yet it...
Queer love is on full display in “arayemohenay,” a playful ditty of a jam by Portland-based pop musician Theresa Sweetheart. Shot on cellphones in vertical format, the track’s lo-fi music video serves as a mini-documentary about...
Growing up, Queens-based electronic artist Urner‘s first encounters with music highlighted the range of immersive experiences one can have. From bedtime routines of falling asleep to a repeating Hindu mantra playing on cassette tape, to...
Terence Nance and I leapfrog through time and space. Numerous missed connections and mutual schedule misalignments occur until — two weeks later — we finally manage to get on the phone to speak about Nance’s new record, V O R T E X...