Grace Fleisher, Editor | The Sights And Sounds

Washed Out Band Photo. Ernest Greene pictured.

Chill

Washed Out Delights In New Nostalgia-Steeped Track ‘Face Up’

April 4, 2018 Grace Fleisher 0

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Washed Out‘s Ernest Greene has followed up his 2017 full-length with his first new single, now streaming exclusively via Adult Swim’s Single Series. After an enticing deliverance on Mister Mellow, where Greene archetypally wallows in equal parts euphoria and psychedelia — even managing to drop off a visually stunning counterpart to the new LP while […]

Festivals

FYF Fest Adds Against All Logic AKA Nicolas Jaar To Already Fervent 2018 Bill

April 3, 2018 Grace Fleisher 0

Los Angeles’ FYF Fest promises to be one of the year’s most exceptional events. With a jaw-dropping array of acts that spans a mouth-watering array of genres, FYF wets the 21st-century musical auteur’s palette with an insatiable tendency that already has attendees drooling in anticipation for its 2019 installment. Presenting bands from a myriad of genres […]

Euphoric

SALES Delight With Dulcetly-Human New Single, ‘Off and On’

February 26, 2018 Grace Fleisher 0

Similar to the ways in which The xx melds emotive elements of electronica with the celestial utterances of Romy Madley Croft and Oliver Sim, the Orlando-based indie duo SALES, too, embodies a sophisticated aural presence through their own distinct marriage of the aforementioned. With a sense of urgency and Lauren Morgan’s dulcet vocal confrontations, SALES thrills on their aptly-named […]

Dance Rock

Amen Dunes Is Waging A War Against The Rock ‘N’ Roll Confines

February 15, 2018 Grace Fleisher 0

Amen Dunes is Waging A War Against the Great Rock ‘N’ Roll Confines & Resistance is Futile. Damon McMahon’s not one for labels. Unless of course, one’s speaking about his Brooklyn-based Sacred Bones, which boasts an offbeat array of artists like Jenny Hval, The Soft Moon, and Zola Jesus, to name a few. Sonically speaking, McMahon’s on the […]

Heartache

Nilüfer Yanya Is Continuing to Delight With Her Blissfully Smooth Brand of Pop on ‘Thanks 4 Nothing’

February 6, 2018 Grace Fleisher 0

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Nilüfer Yanya is leading the wave of effortless female pop artists. Accessible and free from reservation, the 22-year old softcore pop erudite is cementing her left-of-field pop purveyor status in a blissful new track “Thanks 4 Nothing.” If a track’s title were ever called to lead an army front of its acoustic embodiment, “Thanks 4 Nothing” […]