Vee Hua 華婷婷High Scores And Records is an independent, artist-owned record label from Portland, Oregon, interested in new sounds, fun, dark spaces, and the weird line where complete avant-garde experimentation begins to meet up with pop sensibility.
Marjorie OwensIt’s that time for hot summer days with dips in the pool, ice cream treats and driving along the beach with your windows down. Go!
[ABOVE] Nieves’ logo, which looks a little bit like McDonald’s Grimace — only much more well-read… Swiss publishing house, Nieves, really knows how to make you drool over a hard-copy art book. Their latest offering is...
Lauren Fukano1970’s Yé-yé punk pop? An old genre’s new sub-genre? Even in this, the heyday of music categorizing snobbery that seems to delight fans, bloggers, and YouTube commenters round the globe, The Better Letters aren’t that easy to...
Erik BurgIn the back of your mind, there exists a type of music that you’ve always wanted to hear but never seem able to peg down. You want it to be X and Y while still remaining Z. Every person has this formula, whether he admits it or not, for the...
Jesse C. DiennerDuring my first listen to this record, I hated it. It seemed whiney, and the tape hiss and overall crunchiness overshadowed the melodies. The songs were like musical vitamins, so concentrated my body couldn’t absorb them. But after a few more...