Foxy Digitalis
In the face of collapse and horror, Charbel Haber turned toward his music for clarity and solace. The Lebanese musician, now in Paris, has such a deep connection to his home, but being geographically removed allowed for a different kind of perspective. Days moved slower. Times were quieter, calmer. This became a foundation for gentler […]
Well, we made it. Sort of. I mean, it’s not like this arbitrary changing of the year is going to change, well, anything, but it still feels like we’ve crawled over some kind of finish line. As I say just about every year, what an incredible year of music. This list will be incomplete every […]
I’ve been pretty floored by a lot of the music coming out of Beirut over the last few years – and I realize I’m a bit late to the party here – but the city’s scene has produced a handful of my absolute favorite albums in recent memory. One thing many of those records have […]
A thing that has grated on my nerves the past few weeks, but this week especially is artists using fake locations in their Bandcamp profiles/tags. Something I do every week-ish is surf Bandcamp tags, particularly by location, to learn about interesting sounds being made in places outside of the usual coverage zones. It’s one of […]