Hidden Gems

14 Years of Prospect Hummer

14 Years of Prospect Hummer

14 years ago, Animal Collective and Vashti Bunyan met in London and recorded an EP about 14 minutes long. At the time, Animal Collective had just released 2004’s Sung Tongs, another change in sound for them, and British folk legend Bunyan had only recorded one album:...

Hidden Gem: The End of Comedy by Drugdealer

Hidden Gem: The End of Comedy by Drugdealer

We live in a world of endless comedy, one in which—all jokes aside—L.A. based musician, Drugdealer, is trading acid trips for real life. It’s been a longtime coming for Michael Collins, the man with many monikers, known as Run DMT, Salvia Plath and half of Silk...

Hidden Gem: Summer in Pain by Jimmy Whispers

Hidden Gem: Summer in Pain by Jimmy Whispers

Though seasons come and go, Jimmy Whispers lives in a perpetual summer of hell. Released back in March of 2015, Summer in Pain is a 23-minute lo-fi tale of the apocalyptic world of heartbreak, love, life and death that not even a vacation can save Whispers from.  It...