Some picks for an alright time. By Issac Scott Saturday April 25 Outer Bass ft. SIXIS While still in school at Evergreen, Ben Wyss, AKA SIXIS, began his ascent into the high echelons of the world of progressive electronic music. In 2012, his self-released EP “Transhuman” topped the charts on […]
Best New Music: LAKE – “Circular Doorway”
LAKE – CIRCULAR DOORWAY (K Records) By ISSAC SCOTT LAKE assembles a cabal of talented players for laid back, vintage-sounding grooves in what is arguably most quintessentially Olympia band imaginable. Nearing a decade since their first release, Circular Doorway shows that the quartet has settled comfortably into their offbeat pop […]
Brooklyn Quintet Fuses No-Wave and Hip-Hop
BY ISSAC SCOTT Ava Luna hails from the heady Brooklyn music scene that favors the often impossibly intricate and angular experimental rock evidenced by Dirty Projectors, Akron Family, and Battles. Listening to these bands, it is clear they emerge from the epicenter of every musical style from no-wave to hip-hop. […]