Keeping it Cool with Rejjie Snow

Keeping it Cool with Rejjie Snow

Oct 29, 2018 | Archive

“This isn’t Hip Hop, this is an experience,” said Alexander Anyaegbunam, otherwise known as Rejjie Snow, to a handful of audience members on a Wednesday night at the Santa Ana Observatory. Wearing a blue jumpsuit and a black beanie, the Irish rapper’s mellow attitude...
Defining bedroom pop: Clairo’s catapult to fame

Defining bedroom pop: Clairo’s catapult to fame

Aug 20, 2018 | Archive

It starts with a screen. But before that, a bedroom. Scotch-taped posters plastered on the walls and a thumbtacked string of lights; the familiar objects of Claire Cottril’s space which would soon be recorded and uploaded online as the minimal setting for her...
The unapologetic teenage energy of The Regrettes

The unapologetic teenage energy of The Regrettes

Jul 9, 2018 | Archive

“Let’s dance,” said Lydia Night, frontwoman of The Regrettes, facing an audience eager to embrace everything the punk rock band represents: unapologetic teenage energy. The 17-year-old tipped her cowboy hat and joined the audience in singing the first few lyrics of...