Tracing the Queer Roots of Dance Music and Club Culture 

When we look at music history, many elements of each movement and subgenre, from visuals to sound, can usually be traced back to gay culture. Even long before LGBTQ+ was in the cultural zeitgeist, a lot of rock’n’roll pioneers were…

Interview: Chatting with Adventure Club about Their New Album, ‘Love // Chaos’

Celebrated electronic music duo Adventure Club, aka Leighton James and Christian Srigley, releases a monster of an album, Love // Chaos, spanning 25 tracks via Ultra Music. Love // Chaos is their first album since 2016’s Red // Blue. Brimming…

New Music: chasing luma introduces debut single – “bittersweet”

Alt-pop artist chasing luma, aka Luke MacDonald, unveils his debut single, “bittersweet.” chasing luma shares, “‘bittersweet’ was the song that made me decide to make the chasing luma project. For a long while I was really lost and not sure…

NIN3S Releases Debut Single/Music Video – “So Far So Close”

Experimental jazz electronica artist NIN3S released his debut track/music video, “So Far So Close,” just a few days ago via Dorado Records. “So Far So Close” is lifted from NIN3S’ upcoming debut album, Hopeyard, slated for release in spring 2022…

“Sunshine Radio” review: debut album from Casper Sun exudes emotional passion

‘Sunshine Radio’ exudes emotional passion both intense and focused, delivering cap-a-pie layers of vibrating colors resting on throbbing rhythms.

‘Nurture’ review: Porter Robinson’s latest album is a window to a bright and hopeful future

Nurture, the second studio album from the Atlanta-born, Chapel Hill-based artist, is a foray into some of his most emotionally driven work yet. Coming from his complextro era (a term he coined around his Spitfire EP), Porter ventures into a…

TYF Music Crash Course: IDM

Since the popularization of the synthesizer around the mid ‘70s, electronic or “digital” dance music has been incredibly relevant. Whether it was made more subtle, through new wave, or obvious, through synth-pop, the increase in technology brought a whole new…