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Live Review: Los Ángeles Azules – Toyota Center Kennewick, Washington 17.03.23
By Nestor Salgado The show kicked off with “Entrega de Amor” (Delivery of Love) which immediately set the crowd on fire. The lights went dim, Los Ángeles Azules walked on stage and the band started playing their instantly recognizable keyboard and accordion combo. The dancing didn’t take very long to start as the upbeat tropical …
SEE: Sneaks – ‘Mars In Virgo’: lofi astrological rave rhyming
LET there be no doubt: Sneaks, known to friends and family as Eva Moolchan, is COOL. Last year’s Highway Hypnosis album for Merge wended through seductive, deconstructed electro; leftfield, whispered lofi soul with an eerie undertow; almost nursery-rhyme incantations, stripped back grooves. I mean, she wears yellow Cons too. This a woman you can trust …
Meet: Washington Hardcore Punks Technicians
We recently featured Mistakes, the new single from Washington DC hardcore punks Technicians, which dropped ahead of their album Now That We’re Home. It’s a record that was first recorded in 2015, but, unhappy with the results – the band went back and re-recorded the whole thing. It’s filled with adrenaline soaked melodic punk, that …
Track: Alphanaut – Electricity
Working with a revolving cast of friends has meant that often songwriter Mark Alan has traversed a wide range of musical styles over his career under his Alphanaut moniker. He’s firmly entrenched in Synth-Pop with his latest effort, Electricity – taken from his forthcoming third album ‘Meanwhile back on Earth’. Sounding almost quintessentially English, something …
New Music: Tangerine – Nothing Better
Back in late August we were helped into autumnal slumber by the gentle swells of “Feel This Way”. Seattle, Washington’s Tangerine are back in action this month with a new single. Lead track “Nothing Better” premiered through MTV’s Buzzworthy in late March and there’s plenty to justify that level of endorsement. That same sense of …