The Weeknd, Justin Bieber, Celine Dion, Avril Lavigne, Alvvays. Sure, it may be overly decorated Canadian company, but only one artist managed to top tastemaker Pitchfork’s top five for album of the year in 2022. Sporting three indie classic LPs, Alvvays has firmly cemented themselves as one of Canada’s premiere exports — or at least one that appeals to the dad sneakers, mom jeans and lumpy ball cap crowd. On March 11, Mac Hall played evening host to 2,000+ pairs of New Balances in their cavernous “basement” campus venue. On this particular frigid winter’s night, the university ev ..read more

Welcome to The LoFix, a column to share some LoFi & ChillHop that I’ve recently discovered and love. Giving you that fix of chill; something we all need regularly. And if you’re feeling the tracks, do share them with your friends. In this fifth edition of the series we present some calming beats to sooth the mind and help your focus or relax, the perfect songs to zone in or out. The okwow label have released many beautiful productions and also planted over 1500 tree’s with their “Beats for Trees” project, so a massive shout out to the crew there. Birds Of The West & Wishes and Dreams ..read more

When Tom Falle isn’t composing music for fashion giants like Hermes and Fendi, he’s creating funky music videos about Normativity and our mobile phones. Falle is the mastermind behind Rhumba Club — a musical project with a mission to interrogate conventional ideas of society. It provides a space and soundtrack where queerness and beautiful weirdness is embraced. In 2021, Rhumba Club released his debut album, Welcome To The Rhumba Club. Now he’s partnered up with Grammy-nominee, Mikko Gordon to produce his second album (due to be released later this year). The lead single off the album is call ..read more

We’re in East London this month to share a new mix of music in the sub genre of Jazz Exotica. We’ve got almost two hours of new music jazz, soul and psychedelic music from El Michels Affair, Sudan Archives, Photay, Sven Wunder, Surprise Chef, Tenderlonious, and Biig Piig. We quick the whole mix off with a Les Baxter tune called “Quiet Village” from his 1952 album, Ritual of The Savage.  This track is one of the pillars of jazz exotica for me — a little bit of Hawaiian sway, and a whole lot of big band jazz. I think you can trace a lot of music on this mix back to this sort of composition ..read more

After 8 years of listening, learning, and developing his ability, 19-year-old producer, Gan Gemi is releasing his debut EP. The ‘Runner‘ EP incorporates all the elements that Gan Gemi loves from spiritual jazz, hip hop and electronic music. “After” is the first single off the EP and it starts off with a minute of atmospheric before launching into something more percussive and electronic. Gan Gemi – After ..read more

Arms and Sleepers started as a duo consisting of Max Lewis and Mirza Ramic in 2006 in Boston, Massachusetts. With Lewis being less active for the last three years, Ramic has taken over. This year sees his first EP emerge with a more experimental spirit. Arms and Sleepers musical catalogue has developed over the years as an exploration of genres spanning from trip-hop and electronica to downtempo, ambient, hip hop, and subtle pop. Mirza decided to continue the tradition and not stay loyal to one type of music on this EP. “I conceived the idea behind this EP after seeing the World War II painti ..read more

Welcome to The LoFix, a column to share some LoFi & ChillHop that I’ve recently discovered and love. Giving you that fix of chill; something we all need regularly. And if you’re feeling the tracks, do share them with your friends. In this fourth edition of the series we present some laid back guitar riffs and calming melodies to sail away from a stressful day. Straight out of Washington and producing since 2018, Guustavv is back with the translucent groove that is “Unsubmarine” and taken from his new Myspys EP. The perfectly balanced sound lets you float away with a subtle head-bop ..read more

Los Vii is a Spanish producer currently based in Salt Lake City, Utah. And from his latest single, “Macchina,” It sounds like the deserts of Utah are playing a role in the creation of his music. “Macchina” is a sprawling five minute psychedelic indie track that finds its foundation in the desert sands. The song is heavily influenced by music of the Arabian peninsula as well as sounds from Persia. It includes Arabic musical elements presented in a modern way, as well as brief spoken word part taken from an Italian poem. According to Los Vii, the lo-fi indie production is actually a foil for th ..read more

I don’t know what it is about the winter months, but it really does get me in the mood for psychedelic indie rock. And if that’s what you are after, the four-piece Canadian band Meltt has been serving that up for a few years now. In 2019 the band released their debut full-length album called Swim Slowly. It was a diverse twelve-track reflection on love, mortality, time, personal growth and the hazy line between the spiritual and material worlds. And it was delivered on a beautiful blue marbled vinyl. The band has been praised for their combination of heavy riffs, colorful instrumentation, de ..read more

This month’s mix features a wandering collection of jazz, indie and electronic. Look out for new singles from Floating Points, Four Tet, Session Victim, Gillian Moss, Clive From Accounts, Bentley, Nia Archives, and Leon Vynehall. Only one video from this month’s mix: the fantastic animated joint for “Take A Trip” by Brijean. Check out the full playlist below with links on how to support each artist. The Monthly Mixtape is also available on iTunes, and Stitcher. Also, check out our Ten Year Anniversary album in beautiful translucent yellow vinyl. Also available in a limited-edition ..read more