Our Favourite Songs of 2020
This is the music that soothed us during countless moments of anxiety, channelled our anger, and pumped us up when we needed to push back.
Tom Beedham
Why I'm Not Writing About DIY Anymore
What opportunities are we missing out on by approaching the informal creative environment we call the underground in centralist, individualist terms. Can we really keep talking about DIY and independent music if we truly wish to further the goals that initially attracted us to it?
Cryptozoologists - Pond Life
Maybe it’s time to take Cryptozoologists seriously.
Blxck Cxsper - EUROSTAR vol.1
Boasting untameable Capricorn energy, this September mixtape from Trans Trenderz founder Blxck Cxsper was supposedly assembled in two weeks, but it rallies a cast of producers and features that could speak to months of calculations.
Mi’ens - Future Child
RIYL: Sonic Youth; Lightning Bolt; Yonatan GatFuture Child, by Mi’ens8 track albumMi'enstofupotpie
Climbing into the future on a mathy spiral of guitar and drum rushes, Vancouver based duo Mi’ens tap into their surroundings and go widescreen on their third proper release. The guitar squalls of tracks
French Class - Tape 2
RIYL: Junichi Masuda; Brad Allen Fuller; more cowbellTape 2, by French Class7 track albumFrench ClassBandcamp New & Notable Mar 20, 2025
The second tape from Megumi Kimata’s French Class project often feels like a video game obsessed electronic producer trying on different genres, but each track on Tape 2