Interviews

When your music can be described using words typically reserved for the sounds made by supernatural beings of fantasy and horror (i.e. gut-wrenching shrieks, hair-raising wails, guttural roars) then it stands to reason you’ll get more than a few people asking “What the hell is this?” Add a generous

If the literary theory of “death of the author” can extend to an artist’s chosen moniker, then one could argue for a new spin on what water’s name means. A fairly new face in the Puerto Rican indie rap scene, water (stylized in all-lowercase) has been making a

Whether you’re familiar with the offshoot genre of dreampop or not, there’s something in Andria Rose’s newest project that scintillates the senses of anyone who gives it a listen. Her third EP in five years, Coming Up Roses is made up of six tracks that are a

Less than a year ago, Puerto Rican alt-pop songstress Ana Macho went into a sitdown interview with an idea: they would perform the whole thing in-character, but not just as “Ana Macho”. Instead, they would add more levels onto their already fierce and fabulous personage. This time, as they recount,

The long, winding road of contemporary R&B’s rise in popularity might have started in the 1980s but arguably picks up steam in the 1990s during the breakout years of acts like Boyz II Men, Tevin Campbell, TLC, Dru Hill, Brownstone and more. Neo-soul acts like Erykah Badu, D’

Hyperpop fills every empty space of a song’s running time. There’s no lull or pause that can’t be filled with a beep, vroosh, or pew-pew. In Puerto Rico, where reggaetón and Latine trap reign together over music fan’s attention, some artists have staked out their own