Always You Chase the Past on Dreamy New Single “1994”
LOS ANGELES, CA- There is something wonderfully deceptive about nostalgia. The further away we get from a moment, the easier it becomes to convince ourselves that life really was better back then. On “1994,” Los Angeles twins Christoph and Anton Hochheim, who record as…
A Perfect Circle Confront Our Algorithmic Despair on “To Whom It May Concern”
LOS ANGELES, CA- I have always been a huge Maynard James Keenan fan, though perhaps not in the order most people would expect. For many devotees, Tool sits unquestionably at the top of the hierarchy. For me, it has always been A Perfect Circle…
smush Find Beauty in Childhood Anxiety on “milkweed butterfly”
LOS ANGELES, CA- There is something almost cruel about the way childhood teaches us to believe we can outrun things we do not yet have the words to understand. On “milkweed butterfly,” Brooklyn-based smush capture that feeling in miniature: a child, a butterfly, bare…
Remi Wolf Reveals a Powerful New Side on “I Won’t Cry”
LOS ANGELES, CA- Now this is what I’m talking about when I talk about the evolution and development of an artist. “I Won’t Cry” is not the Remi Wolf I expected to hear. Wolf’s music has so often arrived bursting with energy, color and…
Ohana Festival 2026 Review: Five Visits, Still My Favorite
LOS ANGELES, CA- For my fifth Ohana Festival, I changed almost everything about how I got there. I changed nothing about why I wanted to go. For the first time, I did not stay in Dana Point for the weekend. Each morning, I drove down…
Wasia Project Expand Their Musical World With “Bleeding Gold”
LOS ANGELES, CA- There is something almost surprising about calling Nocturne Wasia Project’s debut album. Olivia Hardy and Will Gao have already spent the past several years developing the kind of musical identity that many artists are still searching for several albums into their…
Whisker Channels ’80s Power Pop on “Marry Into Money”
LOS ANGELES, CA- There’s something immediately familiar about Whisker’s “Marry Into Money.” Not familiar in the sense that you’ve heard the song before, but in the way a great late-’80s movie can transport you back to an era of oversized emotions, bigger guitars and…
Rhett Miller Finds Meaning in the Mistakes on “Wasted Time”
LOS ANGELES, CA- When Rhett Miller lands in my inbox, there is one Blurred Culture contributor I immediately think of: Vivian Wang. Vivian is a longtime fan of Miller and the Old 97’s, and whenever she writes about their music, she has a knack…
hemlocke springs Turns Perseverance Into a Battle Cry on “gloria!”
LOS ANGELES, CA- There are certain artists whose creativity seems almost impossible to contain within the boundaries of genre, and hemlocke springs is quickly becoming one of those artists for me. I was already impressed by her artistry when I caught her at the…
Becky Hill Finds Hope in the Chaos on Anthemic New Single “Changes”
LOS ANGELES, CA- A few days ago, I found myself in a pretty bad place. The circumstances that put me there haven’t necessarily improved, but sometimes you stumble across a song at exactly the moment you need it. For me, that song was Becky…
