Writing about vaporwave in 2016 is almost impossible. Neophytes often seem baffled by the genre, assuming they've heard of it at all. Meanwhile, fans insist that vaporwave is dead. How do you write ...
Vaporwave is a modern subculture born on the internet that's largely remained online until now. This past weekend, 100% ElectroniCON — the first-ever vaporwave music festival — took place in Brooklyn, ...
The Vaporwave album Conditions at Hickory begins with static, as if you’re tuning in to a 1940s radio broadcast. First and second tracks “Foothills” and “Daily Commute” start out humdrum and benign ...
Put on your dancing shoes, your beach attire, and possibly an anime-themed T-shirt, because you are now listening to BAE. Once upon a time, YUNG BAE was yet another anonymous Bandcamp producer working ...
"I just watched the Fyre Fest doc," George Clanton tells me backstage near the start of his own potentially madcap takeover of Brooklyn's enormous three-room club Elsewhere with the world's largest ...
They say don’t meet your idols, but George Clanton would disagree. The electronic musician grew up listening to 311 in Virginia and he’s continued to champion their unique brand of reggae, hip-hop and ...
The aesthetic niche combining electronic music and digital art finds an ancestor in Surrealism, particularly in the self-taught French painter Yves Tanguy. Vaporwave is about failed promises and ...
Marcus Estrada is a Contributor from USA writing for the Digital Publication Hardcore Gamer. His favorite genres include horror, visual novel, rhythm and platformer. While many point to how lifelike ...
Most people know Michael Nesmith as the Monkee in the green wool hat who wrote some of their greatest songs (“Listen to the Band,” “Circle Sky”) and sat out most of their reunion tours. Others know ...