One of my favorite artists of all time is Louis Cole, due to his musical versatility and structure in composition. He has been featured on many projects, including Vulfpeck’s “It Gets Funkier IV”, taking over the drums for Jack Stratton and Theo Katzman on that song. I have been following Cole since his KNOWER days, which I suppose are still going on, but today I want to focus on Time, as well as how it relates to the prominence of Californian artists, specifically in Los Angeles. Time is Louis Cole’s third full LP, following Louis Cole and Album 2. It was released almost two years ago on September 21st of 2018. After hearing previous singles "Weird Part of the Night" and "Things" while watc

This will be an abridged review on the Homey EP by The Ryne Experience, which was released on July 31st of this year, following the release earlier in the year of their full length Funky Town. "D Digg" is the opener, giving off some earlier seventies vibes with the chord progression and the overall flow of the song, similar to that of modern day artists like Foxygen. "Spray the Sun" starts with some tasty crunchy bass, moving into some very interesting chord territory, arguably toying with some jazz cues here and there. Big fan of that washy chorus guitar and panning solo at the end. "Impossible Task" uses that slippery chord structure that is common in many bedpop songs these days, wit

As I grew up, I was surrounded by plenty of different kinds of music. My parents were older so I’d listen to what they’d put on and then I had my older siblings to influence my taste. As I reached the age where I began to discover what kind of music I liked the most, I was drawn to the alternative, indie, and rock scene. But then after a while of searching, saving music, and getting into different bands, I began to notice the lack of representation that this genre of music has of BIPOC. I’m ashamed that it took me how long it did to consider the music I was listening to and who it came from, because music is how people are heard. I think that music can be your own individual learning experie