It was the hottest day of the year so far in Seattle’s Rainier Beach neighborhood, where local activists, vendors, artists, and community members gathered for the Rainier Beach Mutual Aid on July 25, 2021. Singers, [...]
Clouds are simply water particles clinging to solid matter in the air. And yet they are so much more intriguing than just these basic ingredients. Cumulonimbus are storm clouds, formed when hot and cold air [...]
If you know who Anuel AA is, chances are you have a strong opinion on him. A Boricua singer/rapper known for his bold and frequently controversial public image and powerful voice, Anuel AA doesn’t pull [...]
So yesterday was dope. I’m not even talking about Thanksgiving for real, cuz Bad Bunny just dropped his third album of the year. And lemme tell you ... it goes HARD. For Puerto Rican pop [...]
Nearly every teen and young adult in America is familiar with Travis Scott’s 2018 hit SICKO MODE from his album Astroworld. It topped charts for months, on arguably the biggest album that summer. However, fewer [...]
When I was 11 and a half years old, I’d been taking guitar lessons for a few years, having been brought up in a very musical family. But none of my dad’s Joni Mitchell CDs [...]
Most high schoolers have someone in their class who “isn’t like the other kids.” No, I’m not talking about the girl who listens to Billie Eilish, or the one kid who still rocks out to [...]
Anyone who says “blues is dead” has not heard of Fantastic Negrito. On his debut album, The Last Days of Oakland, the Bay Area blues man, born Xavier Amin Dphrepaulezz, takes you back to a [...]
Rather than a steady stream of output like most artists, Kendrick Lamar Duckworth – a prodigy from Compton in South Central Los Angeles - prefers to focus on quality over quantity and has released three [...]
This morning I woke up wanting to listen to some Meshuggah. I don’t know, I guess I just wanted some tight riffs and technical grooves. But a couple songs into Obzen, I was in the [...]
