I caught Your Smith at the Empire Garage as part of Neon Gold’s SXSW Showcase. Ever since I heard “The Spot” I’ve been dying to see Your Smith live, and she definitely didn’t disappoint. She threw in a cover of “Hold On” by Wilson Phillips that had the entire audience freaking out. You threw in a Wilson Phillips cover! Tell …
Minke: Sad Songs But Make It Rock
Minke’s SXSW show at the British Music Embassy was so packed I could hardly see her, she’s so tiny and sings the saddest songs but somehow makes it rock n’ roll. In the most sxsw fashion, we chatted in an alley after her set. So let’s get started with how you got started in music. Minke: So my dad used to …
New Music Friday: March 22 2019
I always hold my breath when I hear about anew Wrabel release. His songs are just so gorgeous and I don’t know if I can handle the tears sometimes. He released a live collection of his songs that were just SO GORGEOUS. Fans were wondering when he’d release a studio version of “i want you” and he listened. On Instagram …
SXSW 2019 Diary
(Photo by Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for Culture Trip) Monday Okay, let’s be honest the time before Tuesday is just time for me to go to parties and feel important before I go back to feeling like human trash. Monday I just went to the Soco x Soho Culture Trip party which was Drag Bingo. We met Manila and Bob The …
The Cant-Miss Acts of SXSW 2019
Artists To See Donna Missal Donna’s voice is full of contradictions, the song that first had me hooked was “Jupiter” a spacey dream. At around 3:02 she sings “Baby, baby, baby” in the most delicate and heartbreaking whisper that I couldn’t stop thinking about it. After hearing “Keep Lying” I realized how she would turn that angelic whisper into a …
New Music Friday: March 8 2019
We love UPSAHL’s music so much and we’re so pleased that she just dropped her debut EP “Hindsight 20/20.” With songs like “Drugs” and “ She said, “I wrote this EP over the course of 2018 and after I moved from Phoenix to LA. I was writing songs every day and learning to be alone while all of my friends went …
New Music Friday: March 1 2019
Carly Rae Jepsen is incapable of making a song we don’t love. We’re seriously so stoked that she’s back with new songs. We needed this. She sings, “You know me way too well to keep it complicated/ I don’t wanna hide my love/ I don’t wanna waste it.” We love that unadulterated pop-love. Her new songs are a little edgier …
New Music Friday: February 22 2019
FINNEAS is setting himself up for another year of stunning music, starting with the release of his new single “Claudia,” available on all streaming platforms today. Unafraid to be vulnerable, honest, and open, FINNEAS’ penned his new single “Claudia” as an ode to his girlfriend, Claudia Sulewski. It’s a true story of love at first sight: FINNEAS wrote the first verse the night …
Blake Rose Gets Lost
Blake Rose’s “Lost” is popping up on everyone’s radar lately. From being featured on various artists’ instagram stories and even Spotify’s New Music Friday, it’s a song that’s a bit darker, but with the synths, it seems anything but. The video, however, fits the dark moody vibes Blake is going for. He says, “Lost” is a realization of letting someone …
Rosie Carney Bares Her Soul
Rosie Carney just released her extremely personal debut album Bare last month and we can’t get enough of how vulnerable she is, we talked to the singer-songwriter about what has been inspiring her lately. How old were you when you first started writing your own music? What drew you to music in the first place? I was 10 years old …