TIMF Preview: Skylar Spence’s future funk kicks off Saturday
Ryan DeRobertis is a name you should already be familiar with — having been subject to a wide array of acclaim in the past few years, whether it's being named one of Stereogum’s “Bands to Watch” in the summer of 2013, or the word of mouth that made any of his vast backlog of previous releases so buzzworthy. He sparked a new fire in an already well-worn pop song with his sauntering reinterpretation of Carly Rae Jepson’s “Call Me Maybe,” a savvy move that brought a number of new listeners deep into his realm of vaporwave. A flashy-twist on Drake’s [...]
SAINT PEPSI making West Coast debut at F8 with Glenn Jackson
If caffeinated Catholics are the only things that come to mind when you hear the words SAINT PEPSI, you clearly haven't been paying enough attention to the Internet. The New York-based producer is making his West Coast debut this Saturday at F8 (1192 Folsom) with Glenn Jackson, Hawtline, and DJ Cool Greg. Don't miss your chance to catch a rare glimpse of the mysterious artist... outside of a Tinychat window, that is. https://twitter.com/saint_pepsi/status/433710740089098240 While the lush, sample-laden "liquid disco" sounds of SAINT PEPSI started to catch on during last year's fleeting vaporwave craze, his surprisingly spot-on edit of "Call Me [...]