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...

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...

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, 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...