Between 400 and 600 million years ago, a period marked by the evolutionary emergence of both sharks and trees, an ocean stretched between unrecognizable continents. Iapetus, named for the Titan father of Atlas, would be the precursor to the Atlantic Ocean, but so far removed from our current era it may as well have been an alien planet.
For experimental electronic musician John Kennedy, it’s a wonderfully suitable title for his richly ambient debut album. Iapetus represents a journey through foreign territory using familiar elements but arranged for a hauntingly esoteric landscape. It represents a beginning. Continue reading John Kennedy’s ‘Iapetus’ is the Soundtrack to an Eon→
Quarry Island. A small chip of land not far from New Glasgow, NS. It is secluded, sedate, and cradled in nature. Quarry Island is, in short, everything that Brooklyn, NY is not. Yet it is here, in the company of friends, and with the world standing still, that Nat Osborn, a native New Yorker wrote his most reflective album to date. Continue reading Castaway in Nova Scotia: Nat Osborn Tells His Story on ‘The Quarry Island Sessions’→
A long-standing pillar of the Hali hip-hop scene returns with a slew of bars and beats that intertwine modern topics with a classic approach. The latest release from Tachichi bridges a 30-year gap with its gritty yet stylish production and flow. Gremmy Sip could seamlessly sit amidst the shelves of Music World in 1998 just as easily as it will settle into your Spotify playlist today. Continue reading Tachichi’s ‘Gremmy Sip’ is the Perfect Album for an After Midnight Snack→
TV Dinner is the high-water mark of Mike Trask’s musical career. Which isn’t to say that his latest full-length album has shown us Trask’s final form—every time he has released an album, we’ve consistently had to ask ourselves if this new and bizarre manifestation is peak Trask and he continually shows us that there is still more behind the curtain—rather, he’s arrived exactly where he’s meant to be all this time: on vinyl. Continue reading Vinyl is the Medium of Choice for Mike Trask’s ‘TV Dinner’→
Bravery takes many forms. We see it all around us. First responders running toward danger while the rest of the world runs away; closeted people coming out into a world that may not accept them; people staying in terrible relationships to give their children some sense of normalcy, and young men and women rushing onto battlefields to fight for their country. It is the latter scenario that finds its way into Juan O’Quinn’s debut single, “The Regiment.” Continue reading Juan O’Quinn’s ‘The Regiment’ Gives a History Lesson Disguised as a Folk Rock Song→
