Category: audioirl

What we’re listening to: Caspian

[ad_1] Billy SteeleSenior News Editor I like to listen to music while I work. Over the years, I’ve found that instrumental tunes are the least distracting — even if they lean towards rock, hardcore or metal. My typical rotation includes J Dilla’s hip-hop tracks and the synth-heavy electronic stylings of Survive, Com Truise and Steve […]

What we’re listening to: Big|Brave and Beloved

[ad_1] Big|Brave Terrence O’BrienManaging Editor Big|Brave traffic in a particular type of metal. A type of metal that is often divisive. It’s not a specific subgenre so much as a style of songwriting and playing. They play loud, texturally maximalist metal. But with slow, minimalist arrangements. They’re similar to labelmates Sleep and Sunn O))) in […]

What we’re listening to: Brass Against and ‘Gastropod’

[ad_1] Brass Against Kris HoltContributing Writer YouTube gets a lot of flak over its recommendation algorithm, but it got one suggestion absolutely spot on for me recently with a video from Brass Against. The collective aims to create “brass protest music that calls fans to action.” So far, that equates to brass-heavy arrangements of well-known […]

Surfbort and ‘Kermode and Mayo’s Film Review’

[ad_1] Surfbort’s Friendship Music Christine FisherContributing writer Surfbort is the music the world needs right now: screaming about anxiety attacks, plastic in the ocean and Trump’s tweets. There’s a chance you’ve heard of the four-person, Brooklyn-based group. It’s been around since 2015, played SXSW a few times and has been called “one of New York’s […]

Surfbort and ‘Kermode and Mayo’s Film Review’

[ad_1] Surfbort – Friendship Music Christine FisherContributing Writer Surfbort is the music the world needs right now: screaming about anxiety attacks, plastic in the ocean and Trump’s tweets. There’s a chance you’ve heard of the four-person, Brooklyn-based group. They’ve been around since 2015, played SXSW a few times and have been called “one of New […]