Hatchie – WPTS Interviews
By Scales The sugar-coated dream-pop sounds of Melbourne native Hatchie are best played loud. Her debut EP quickly turned heads last summer with its refreshing mix of shoegaze and pop. Now, Hatchie is gearing...
Tagged: pop
iDKHOW’s “1981 Extended Play” is the Found Footage Film of Music
By Matthew Lawhead There have been a few watershed moments in my life when it comes to music. When my father introduced me to The Monkees as a child I became enamored with the...
Dystopian Disco, or just Dull? “Novelty” by Primer
By Sam Taylor I was excited about Novelty by Primer before I even pressed play. Some of my friends had raved about her work on Parts, and Primer’s “about” section on Spotify claimed that...
“Delivery” by Mikaela Davis – Review
Reviewed by Scales When you hear “classically trained harpist,” funky/ pop music is one of the last things that comes to mind. Yet here we are talking about one of the most original albums...
“Small Car, Big Wheels” by Enjoy – Review
By John Wright It’s interesting to consider what great artists would excel when dropped into other eras; would Hans Zimmer be considered a great composer had he lived in the baroque period? Would the...
“Like a Baby” by Jerry Paper – Review
By Spencer Smith On Like a Baby, Jerry Paper is as goofy and sardonic as ever, yet ever poised and hyper-focused on crafting his brand of mockingly digestible pop. Paper, also known as the...
“I’ve Tortured You Long Enough” by Mass Gothic – Review
Review by John Wright Score: 7/10 It’s always seemed, to me at least, that creating art in collaboration with someone you love must be a deeply exhausting experience. Working relationships, even for artists, need...
“Negro Swan” by Blood Orange – Review
Review by Spencer Smith Score: 9/10 In rank opposition to 2016’s percussive and funky Freetown Sound, Dev Hynes aka Blood Orange strips back for his most minimal project yet. Instrumentally it also places Hynes’...
“I’m All Ears” by Let’s Eat Grandma – Review
Reviewed by Nick Jacobyansky Edited by Spencer Smith Score: BIG BOWL O’ PITLESS CHERRIES/10 (9/10) RIYL: Clarence Clarity, CHVRCHES, Kirin J Callinan, SOPHIE “It’s like the rhythm of the beat is just a feeling,...
Two Songs by Brightside – Review
Review by Dustin Butoryak Score: 8/10 Growing up, pop music always seemed for me this holy amalgamation of infectious and oftentimes obnoxiously catchy melodies paired with recklessly swollen celebrity egos. When I started exposing...
