In between a Music Feature and a Playlist is the purgatory of music. It's digital embodiment is my bloated, ignored, and more than slightly intimidating Current Favorites playlist on Spotify. I have attachment issues that prevent me from deleting songs ...
It's always kind of weird when I find out about new music... through the fashion industry. Then I remember how extremely intertwined the two industries are. (Quite.) Then, it makes perfect sense that, along with a mind-blowing use of silk ...
The universe shone brightly onto two interdisciplinary artists named Charly & Margaux. Once they met through a chance encounter, they instantly became Chargaux: a visual art and music collective, and it's unlike anything you've ever seen or heard. ...
This Latvian is about to completely mess up and rearrange the way you see disability. Her name is Viktoria Modesta and she, at 20 years old, had an elective lower leg amputation due to an neglectful doctor's accident at her birth. But ...
Have you noticed the explosion of bluetooth wireless speakers in the last two years? Everywhere I look, I see a new bluetooth-connected wireless speaker that you can throw in your bag, and connect to your phone, computer, or any other music-producing ...
Ida Maria is fronted by a punk rock Janis Joplin called, surprisingly, Ida Maria Siversten. She hails from Nesna, Norway, where she picked up guitar as a child and performed concerts by age 14. She escaped her 2,000 population village ...
Sometimes, I will rave and wax about a particular style or outfit for months, and I'll write about it here and post about on social media endlessly... but never actually wear it. It's usually the result of a combination of ...
I was introduced to Elle King through a friend's Facebook post, in which she was criticizing all of us - the people on her friends list - for forcing her into the uncomfortable position of having to listen to the ...
Two best friends and ex-lovers come together to create the dual-voiced band, The Echo Friendly. Their release, Love Panic, has quickly found it way into my regular rotation due to its ability to wrap a warm blanket of comfort around ...
If I were okay with naming playlists with obvious names, this would be called The "Justify Spending Your Day Off in Bed With A Sweater and a Cup of Coffee When It's Raining or Snowing Outside" Playlist. It's an important ...
You know the feeling you get when you stumble across a musician you've never heard before, and upon listening to their records you realize... you've heard their music before? Not only that, but you really like the music and had ...
It's always a little scary when my headphone addiction rears its ugly head. Life can go from zero to full shopping cart in 5 minutes, so I have to be careful. Now that it's the middle-ish-end of summer, I'm thinking about ...
As far as summer usually goes, it can be a mixed bag in the Pacific Northwest. Sometimes, our summer is only a week long, and is more of a hot springtime than a hot summer. Other times, it's a raging, ...
Laura Gibson, hailing from Portland, OR, retains the signature quirkiness of Pacific Northwestern folk artists like Mirah and Kimya Dawson, but her fourth studio album, La Grande, envelopes classic folk music in a cloak of dreamy mystery that pulls you ...
Lana Del Rey's last album was sweet. Sickly sweet. It was syrupy and viscous and while it was rich with luscious depth, it didn't have much in the way of variety, or emotional variance. Her latest release, Ultraviolence, is still ...
If we remember the internet for one thing, it will probably be fandoms. Sites like Tumblr, Pinterest - even just Google Image search allows us to obsessively drool over whatever delectable mind-morsel we last thought about, or the last TV show ...
Since 2014 seems to be the Year of Contemporary Pop Music Appreciation for me, I'm just going to roll with it. That means that I definitely allowed myself to rock out and sing along to "I Think I Like You," the ...
TJ Maxx challenged me to redecorate and refresh a room in my house. I picked the music studio and, with $150 and a fear of home decor, I set out to conquer the challenge. ...
Admist her new tour announcement and working with Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys on her new album, Ultraviolence, Lana Del Rey managed to score a gig singing the title track to what's sure to be a major summer blockbuster, ...
No, thankfully, I am not offering up a shoebox of poorly constructed mix tapes from my 31 flavors of previous relationships, though that isn't a bad idea... Wait, yes it is. I'm talking about Cassette From My Ex, the book ...