Staley Sharples

Hotel Garuda Opens Up About Mental Health and Touring Solo

After amicably parting ways with Manila Killa earlier this year, Hotel Garuda has made a name for himself as a solo act. As he prepares to embark on his “One Reason” headlining tour early next year, Hotel Garuda (Aseem) and I caught up on music, managing mental and physical health, and what fans should keep [continued]
Essentials: NOVA (The Remixes, Vol. 1)

Following the release of his highly-anticipated second album NOVA, RL Grime dropped a monster set of NOVA remixes. NOVA (The Remixes, Vol 1) features artists like Hex Cougar, AWAY, and Tynan, and Volume 2 (out on December 14th) will include artists such as Valentino Khan. It’s hard to describe how awesome these remixes are, so [continued]
Essentials: “One Reason (feat. Imad Royal & Kiah Victoria) [SNBRN Remix]” – Hotel Garuda

Hotel Garuda’s “One Reason,” out now on Mom+Pop, gets the remix treatment from SNBRN. The pop-leaning single is transformed into a deep house stomper by SNBRN, and still retains the emotional impact of Hotel Garuda’s original track. About “One Reason,” Hotel Garuda writes, “It’s about the feeling of wanting to stay together no matter what, [continued]
Anti-Christmas Music: Albums To Cleanse Your Palette

Ah, Christmas. A time of year where our deepest capitalist fetishes are preyed upon through the inundation of Michael Bublé‘s sweet, sweet croon. I like Christmas music as much as the next guy, but when you’ve been barraged by it since November 1st, it starts to get a little bit old. If you need a [continued]
Essentials: “Reset” – Gesaffelstein

GESAFFELSTEIN IS BACK!!!!!!!! OH MY GOD!!!!!!! via GIPHY Everyone’s favorite brooding French producer returns with the aptly-titled “Reset,” establishing a new chapter in his enviable career. The single, Gesaffelstein’s first release on Columbia Records, and its video dropped simultaneously. In the video, we’re walked through a museum exhibit of culture, starting in the early 90s. [continued]
An Interview With: JSPH

Before his show with How To Dress Well in Chicago on November 20th, we talked to JSPH about his music and what it’s like to be put on by Pharrell. Hey there! Tell us a little bit more about you and how you got started as a singer. It’s just something I’ve always been drawn [continued]
Essentials: “Ordinary Love” – Yianna

Penning “Ordinary Love” in a bedroom in East Harlem, songstress Yianna says that the track represents the “first time since I had started making music that I had full creative control over everything I was doing.” Yianna’s rich, smoky voice drips with dreamy sensuality, sweeping from a robust lower range to a breathless falsetto that [continued]
Essentials: Illegal Mixtape Vol. 2 – Malaa

The masked musician we know as Malaa is back with a bang in the second installment of his Illegal Mixtape series. Illegal Mixtape Vol. 2 features tracks from Malaa that he’s been rinsing on the road, as well as features from fellow Confession label mates. Check out the tape below, and see if Malaa’s hitting a [continued]
Kodak Black and 6ix9ine Are Sentenced To Success

Everyone forget he’s a rapist? https://t.co/iuZQdb7xoY — Kaneki Ikari (@bewitchking) November 3, 2018 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js In 2016, Kodak Black was charged with sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl, ignoring her pleas for him to stop as he forcibly performed oral sex on and penetrated her. Kodak Black’s sexual assault is all but forgotten at this point. As [continued]
Halloween 2018 Part II: An Unknown Terror

The atmosphere is heavy. There’s something in here with you. You can’t see it, but it can see you. Something that lurks just out of your peripheral vision. Unexplained visions, unfortunate coincidences. A shadowy figure that places a cold, weighted hand upon your shoulder at the most inopportune times. It’s with you, always. It’s a [continued]