By Ben Boddez
The former YouTube star and sonic experimentalist’s latest set of tracks takes influence from global musical cultures and follows a sailor lost at sea.
Sometimes simplicity is best and sometimes you just want to feel— Sister Ray’s Communion is full of feeling. The album is mostly just Ella Coyes on their guitar, singing personally abstract songs with a few one-liners that resonate fully after multiple listens. The way it’s mixed makes it feel like Coyes is right there in the room with you or catching up with you over the phone about the joys and sorrows in their mind and life. It’s relatable, but also deeply vulnerable — pure poetry.
By Ben Boddez
The former YouTube star and sonic experimentalist’s latest set of tracks takes influence from global musical cultures and follows a sailor lost at sea.
By Megan Magdalena
The LA psych-punk shapeshifters on the special bond of friendship and the electric energy that fuels their legendary live shows.
By Khagan Aslanov
Johnny Stewart weaves a moody genre mosaic from the unlikely calm of Clayoquot Sound.