Mean Lady – “Far Away”
Mean Lady‘s latest offering, “Far Away”, is the kind of song you play when you need a few minutes on a tropical island. Not forgetting the flight there, it gives...
Julia Brown – “Library” (Hi-Fi Ver. + Official Video)
It’s been an interesting few months for Maryland lo-fi darlings Julia Brown. For the band who tried their best to shake the vestiges of past projects, things seem to moving a...
Home Alone – “Blunts”
Home Alone made things very clear upon his arrival into cyberspace: he loves music, weed, and making music about smoking weed. His first release, Teddybears And Weed, lead us right into the...
Monthly Residency: Coma Cinema (Week 2)
In his second week as May’s Artist Resident, Columbia, South Carolina’s Mat Cothran (aka Coma Cinema) shares a new song he recently recorded with close friend John Forest Klein (aka...
Nicholas Nicholas – ‘Comfort Falls’
Nicholas Nicholas, a project by Chris Masullo of Phantom Posse, is a swoony electronic pop crooner that feels like a vaporware take on a John Hughes film. Comfort Falls is easy...
Storytellers: Spectrals
Spectrals (aka Louis Jones) takes us through a nostalgic story of how his father’s cover band changed his life forever. When I was about 15, my dad and his mates started up...
Psymun & Damacha – ‘Serious Sauce Vol. 3′
MJ MJ records use their Serious Sauce compilations as a vehicle to introduce talented beat producers to the world. Volume 3 is a sensuous split by Psymum and Damacha. Both producers pay...
Tentatively Untitled Collaboration
Collaborations create new directions for creative minds. Dijon Duenas of Home and Water knows this and still effortlessly transcends every insular element he’s been known for into this project. Striking the balance with...
Beowulf – “Silent Sister”
Beowulf‘s take on chamber music is both familiar and subtly bold, a perfect combination for easy listens that hold their own upon the scrutiny of closer examination. Perhaps a pivotal...
Julianna Barwick – ‘Nepenthe’ (Teaser Video)
Perhaps she knows something we don’t. Perhaps she knows herself better than we do. She seems to be in some cathartic state, perhaps above. While we may know some tiny...
Column: Songs I Can’t Listen To Anymore
PORTALS columnist Jasmine Zhu reflects on the role songs play in our emotional lives and the weight of the associations they carry. Here are some palatable phrases—love of beauty, resentment...















