Articles by Ashley Hampson
Death from Above 1979 Have Settled into Their Lives and Sound on 'Is 4 Lovers'
PUBLISHED Mar 23, 2021
Since forming Death from Above 1979 in 2001, Jesse F. Keeler and Sebastien Grainger have taken their melodic post-hardcore and dance-punk a...
Seba Kaapstad Embody the Spirit of Collaboration on 'Konke'
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2020
The collective Seba Kaapstad embody the spirit of collaboration and experimentation; their latest release, Konke, takes its name from the Z...
L'Orange and Solemn Brigham Bring Together Superb Sampling and Biting Rhymes on 'Marlowe 2'
PUBLISHED Aug 7, 2020
Seattle-based hip-hop producer L'Orange and North Carolina rapper Solemn Brigham have only been creating music together as Marlowe since 20...
Romare Continues His Dance Music Explorations on 'Home'
PUBLISHED Jul 31, 2020
As an artist, Archie Fairhurst's output as Romare has been so rich and engaging that it's a bit of a surprise that his latest, Home, is onl...
Wye Oak Stray from Their Typical Sound on Brooklyn Youth Chorus Collaboration 'No Horizon' EP
PUBLISHED Jul 30, 2020
After more than a decade of music making and plumbing the depths of sound as Wye Oak, multi-instrumentalists Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack hav...
Clubs Are Closed, but Jayda G's 'Both of Us / Are U Down' Couldn't Have Come at a Better Time
PUBLISHED Jul 2, 2020
BC-born, London-based artist Jayda G struggled with whether to release her latest EP, Both of Us / Are U Down, in the midst of everything t...
k-os's Rhymes Pair Expertly with Kaytranada's Beats on 'Boshido' EP
PUBLISHED Jun 11, 2020
"Freestyles over Kaytranada beats." They're simple opening lyrics but they accurately sum up the contents of the latest drop from k-os. Wi...
Royal Canoe Innovate with Instruments Made of Ice on Live EP 'Glacial'
PUBLISHED May 29, 2020
As artistic mediums have changed and mutated, so has our curiosity expanded and indulged in the unimaginable and the uninhibited. Royal Can...
