The Stumptown Groove
Debut albums are imperfect by nature. For most artists, the first album release is them announcing their arrival to the game, with raw talent often overpowering any lyrical prowess or top tier production. But that’s not the case with Leon Thomas’ debut album, Electric Dust, in which the 30 year old phenom drops a masterful […]
For two bands who hit the radio jackpots more than ten years ago, Milky Chance and Young The Giant can put on a show that feels, more than anything, youthful and energetic. On Saturday, the two bands played back to back during their sold-out Portland stop at McMenamins Edgefield on their summer 2023 tour — […]
For Claud, it’s not a question of if they will be able to transition from a lowkey bedroom pop signer to full-fledged indie pop star, it’s a question of when. It’s only been a handful of years since 24 year old singer-songwriter Claud Mintz arrived to the Chicago music scene, but their future rise to […]
One of the biggest joys of my life is finding new music to fall in love with. Often, this means scouring the “New Releases” tab of Apple Music to find fresh albums and songs to latch on to. But in a year where many of the most popular music releases have been a little underwhelming, […]
Throughout its discography, Summer Salt has consistently chased and succeeded to capture a feeling: the feeling of cruising along a curved road on a warm summer day, sun-soaked air tossing your hair in every direction. Or the feeling of laying on a sandy beach on the warmest afternoon of the year, floating in the balance […]
Daniel Caesar knows what he’s good at. The 28 year-old Toronto native is known for singing about love, relationships, and making sense of it all through soul and gospel-inspired tracks. Caesar knows his niche, and on his third LP Never Enough, released April 7, the R&B singer doesn’t stray far from his usual tricks — […]
“Forever” feels like the right word when describing most of the songs on M83’s newest record, Forever, where ambient, drawn-out tracks meet the new wave percussion and synths that has kept the French electronic group at the forefront of dream pop for the last quarter-century. More than anything, Forever sounds like an escape into infinity, […]
On his third studio album, Since I Have a Lover, Ricardo Valdez Valentine Jr., better known as 6lack, largely sticks to his tried-and-trued repertoire of songs dedicated to love, relationships, sorrow, and finding happiness in relationship and himself — and he pulls it off, with songs like “Fatal Attraction” and “Stories in Motion” showing off […]
Compelling. That’s the word that I think best describes music, with its myriad of definitions and massive umbrella of genres. Over my life, I’ve found that there will always be a few constants: death, taxes, traffic, to name a few. Most constants in life aren’t exactly positive. But music is one of the few constants […]
The Stumptown Groove 