Sometimes you don’t really need a destination. Just enjoy the journey and make adventures along the way.
Henry Laufer a.k.a. Shlohmo, hails from LA, repping the wedditcollective. His wobbly (sub-)100 BPM songs are glittered with a lo-fi air and layered with his own personal field recordings. You can tell he heavily embraced the Low End Theory movement and made it his own. Though this is only a 3 [...]
I was only back a few weeks and my mom made it a priority to go on a family vacation. It’s been years since my family has been stuck in a car for hours together and it was nice to catch up on the 15. It was the first time we all took turns driving, [...]
So, I know you all love the late and great Nujabes. He was an amazing producer with some of the best emotion in sound that I’ve ever heard. I recently was introduced to his partner in crime, Uyama Hiroto, who’s also on Hydeout records. He’s just as jazzy, smooth, and passionate. Though [...]
Over the holidays, I finally got to stop by the Huntington Library in Pasadena. Not to check out the library and examine their Gutenberg Bible, but to stroll around their 120 acres of botanical gardens. More specifically, to explore their Desert Garden, which has one of the oldest and largest collection of cacti and succulents in the [...]
This wedded indie-pop duo (+drummer) released their sophomore album recently with production under Patrick Carney of the Black Keys. You can hear the tenderness and endearment in Aliana’s voice and it makes you want to throw up fuzzy kittens. If you need a pick-me-up on a cold winter day, this is just the [...]
As you may know, film photography has infested my life the last few years. I literally always have a camera on me for any occasion. I love the learning process of film, the good and the bad. What I wish I had in Japan, however, is a group of friends to shoot with: to learn [...]
After our little photo shoot in Palos Verdes we walked around Redondo Pier and grabbed some happy hour at my favorite restaurant, Kincaids. It was a great feast to come back to since drinks were cheap and portions were American-sized. Whenever I visit the pier, which is only a few miles from [...]
For the third straight year I flew home to Cali to bring in the New Year with friends and family. Though I thoroughly missed Japan and my girlfriend, I definitely had a smile on my face when I stepped out of the airport with a T-shirt on, as if California was actually in the Southern [...]
Teebs aka Mtendere Mandowa is a beast. Skater, artist, and with a stroke of luck, an amazing musician. Became friends with Fly Lo and Samiyam in 2007 and ended up living with both of them. Gained their influences and smoothed it out. He is on the Brainfeeder label (obv.) and has been working with [...]
