ATL’s Makonnen will drop the sixth volume of his Drink More Water series on March 18. Naturally, Drink More Water 6 follows up last March’s Drink More Water 5. Interestingly, Makonnen teamed up with Philly’s Tunji Ige teamed up in LA to record a track that won’t be on the album. Tunji Ige and Makonnen’s “Don’t Do Too Much” features hypnotic […]
Our original Treefort Showcase in 2014 was only two years ago, but watching the progress of Bellingham, WA producer Manatee Commune since then has been amazing. From releasing a steady stream of singles including “White Smoke” and “Clay” to a deep run in NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert contest to appearances at Sasquatch and Bonnaroo, Manatee Commune (Grant Eadie) has not […]
Noise Pop 2016 rolled on in the Bay Area as California’s own jazz master Kamasi Washington played two, consecutive sold out shows at the Independent on Thursday night. Now there’s “sold out” at the Independent. And then there’s “10% over max capacity, good luck getting through the door, let alone making it to the bathroom” […]
London’s Nao released several of the most surprisingly solid tracks of 2015. If you’re unfamiliar with October’s “Bad Blood” and November’s “Good Girl“, get on that. She also lent vocals for Mura Masa’s excellent EP last spring. As Nao preps her debut LP–which will apparently be announced soon–she shared another single. Nao “Fool To Love” […]
By: Rachel Milani If you haven’t noticed, shoegaze is back. Although our generation isn’t comfortable with the identity that word conjures up– traversing genres is, admittedly, the worst part of writing about music– there is no doubt that dreamy, reverb-heavy rock n roll is having a(nother) moment. Cue the lineup at Bottom of the Hill […]