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Anna Justen
“It's young Anna's dream to not have that turmoil but through the lens of this innocent viewpoint of a cat who, regardless of the screaming and the pain and the fear, was still a loyal creature always and loved purely despite the pain and the violence. Basically that's the concept of the album; it's his dream metaphorically.”
Read Above: Anna Justen, the Seattle-born singer-songwriter, has been carving out her own artistic path in Montreal for the past few years, and, with the recent release of her debut album, MiCHOU’S DREAM, has burst fully onto the scene as a dynamic, introspective, and sonically intriguing young artist.
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Rhys Langston, the literary-minded, enigmatic abstract rapper from Los Angeles, has been calibrating his pen and creative approach since he was a child, but, since his full-faced discovery of music as a creative outlet as an adult, has become one of the most intriguing rappers on the scene.
Rhys Langston
“On the clock”- The Making of 3rd shift documentary
2024, Directed by Ryan Heinz
In compliment to their recent album, “3rd Shift”, veteran rappers Squadda B and JUS have released a documentary compiling footage of their months of writing and recording. Made in summertime Detroit, the album is, in part, based on the grind mentality of the Motor City. With beats by Squadda and flows by JUS, Fat Ray, and more, it has been one of the must-listens of 2024.
Normally based in Oakland, Squadda says that traveling repeatedly to Detroit in order to make the album was “Definitely needed. You’ve got to kind of get out of your comfort zone a little bit, and I'm very comfortable in Detroit. But still… you're not at home. You're not near your bed.”
Watch the documentary now to see how the two artists push each other out of their comfort zones in order to create a gem of a project.
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10 Questions w/ odelet
Odelet, the Detroit-born producer and multi-instrumentalist, has been experimenting between genres for multiple years now, and, with the release of their newest album, Angels (Revived), the experiment has reached new heights.
A dynamic blend of soul, funk, jazz, reggae, and other musical roots, the album encapsulates perfectly the genre-agnosticism that permeates Odelet’s creative output.
Currently based on the West Coast, their work in visual art has slowly become intertwined with their musical ventures, and the ultimate result, which is in part represented in Angels (Revived), has blossomed into a transformation of their creative process and manifestation of sound.
Artist profiles
KhanPhAro and the New Creatures, a punk-rap band initially born from the basement genre experimentations of brothers Marc and Kris Pacheco, has now blossomed into a full, boundary-pushing outfit, and, with the release of their new single “AOAS”, they have continued to forge their sound in the crosshairs between hardcore energy and pulsating rhythm.
Khanpharo and the new creatures
Chloe Berry, the indie pop artist from NYC, has spent years refining her sound, prancing between the cinematic stylisms of coming-of-age films and the pounding, glittery rhythms of ‘90s rock, and, now, as she anticipates the release of her debut album, she has solidified her creative approach around her production to such an extent that the album’s release will certainly serve as a victorious arrival on the burgeoning scene of her creative niche.
Chloe Berry
ELYUT HERBERT
Elyut Herbert, the enigmatic indie pop artist from San Francisco, California, has never been one to conform to the rules that have been placed upon him, and, now, with the release of his new album SHOW & TELL, he has delved even deeper into his enigmatic and zany creative landscape, etching out another eleven tracks that have burst forth from his eclectic creative process.
Dp0mmy, the Atlanta-based and St. Louis-raised hip-hop producer, came relatively late to the art of beatmaking, but, with his jazz-interweaved and deeply nostalgic boom-bap instrumentals, has already made a name for himself in the industry, advancing his craft with each successive project he has released.
Dp0mmy
Vavrix Owens, the artist from Phoenix, Arizona, discovered his passion for music in the wake of a personal tragedy and, in doing so, found an avenue through which to broadcast a message of wisdom to the world, etching out his personal learnings across the driving rhythms and densely-packed rhymes of his tracks.