photo by: Micheal Maffei
It's Hard to believe that the Spring equinox kicked things off with snow, it seems Melt Fest had a higher source lol'ing with us! T...
"What a journey! five bands five short films! Had such a blast doing this and meeting some great people along the way. Shout out to Jennae Alexa Ruiz Santo...
Elevtrtrax Of The Day - P.O.S. - Sleepdrone/Superposition
"With hysteria and tensions abound, 'Sleepdrove/Superposition' is like P.O.S.'s swan song for mankind's innocence. It's a bursting of the soul into light from the dark. 'Sleepdro...
elevtrtrax of the day - Kick Puncher - Something else
"808's will never do you wrong! I love the sounds of the 80's brought back to life on 'Something El...
Elevtrtrax Of The Day - Phono Pony - My Apprehension
"There's something demented and gluttonous about Phono Pony. But they illicit more than they suggest by the barebones methodology scattered like a broken beer bottle on their latest Phon...
"Women can also be creative in total isolation. I know excellent women artists who do original work without any response to speak of. Maybe they are used to lac...
Elevtrtrax Of The Day - A Forest - 5 Fruits
"This is the weirdest song i've heard recently. Aside from the hook reminding you how much they, "want five fruits," the big picture vision of genre's being felt here are wide and organically bound. ...
Elevtrtrax Of The Day - Daye Jack - Finish Line
An absolute pocket destroyer, Daye Jack comes out with his latest 'Finish Line' after a fierce track comb...
Dizzy Juice are a band from Ridgewood Queens who were nice to invite me into their home for Episode 4 of our Melt Fest short-docs. Their living room, adorne...
"Ailing there are so numerous novels, but I think no rhetoric, no deliberate modification, there is no graph twists and turns, but that word softly, between the static and dynamic love: Love is in the chaptering between." –Eileen Chang...
"Now here comes a wild idea by Brooklyn's premiere cyberpunk label Colossal Squid Records, who put together a one of a kind concert showcase/video game competit...
Elevtrtrax Of The Day - William Onyeabor - Good Name
"One of Nigeria's leading funk-synth voices, William Onyeabor released Who Is William Onyeabor three...
"In fiction, plenty do the job of conveying information, rousing suspense, painting characters, enabling them to speak. But only certain sentences breathe and shift about, like live matter in soil." –Jhumpa Lahiri...
Elevtrtrax Of The Day - Srira - Stationmaster's Walk
Srira creates soundtracks from Pakistan, often bends genre's where he can bend towards funk and soul...
"What's funny about the slacker thing, people project an image of what they think a musician is: young, slack, unemployed - like a really romantic idea of a poe...
"With the sensations of Spring wafting in with Summer eyes, the coordinating of schedules for these short docs actually began way back in early February, when there were cold silent nights, nights we were prepared to march into the frost and film...
Elevtrtrax Of The Day - Young Runner - Post Op
I had the chance to see 'Post Op' during a Young Runner rehearsal I filmed at for our continued Melt Fest ...
“Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers. You can fill your life up with ideas and still go home lonely. All you really have that real...
Elevtrtrax Of The Day - Moses Sumney - Pleas
If you've ever hoped for the voice of an angel but only heard the silence, seen the Kodachrome, if you've ever felt lost and found, Moses Sumney might just have some rosewater for your wounds and wo...
Elevtrtrax Of The Day - Museyroom - Ballad By Grind Select
Whenever I hear someone who says, "I just don’t feel compelled to see bands live," whom, on ...
With only the distant sirens and the humdrum of Crown Heights, Oh Golly began playing two songs after inviting me into their apartment to have an interview for our continued Melt Fest coverage. Here's two vulnerable, palpable, heart string pullers, j...
"You learn that the only way to get rock-star power as a girl is to be a groupie and bare your breasts and get chosen for the night. We learn that the only way ...
This interview with Oh Golly took place in their Crown Heights residence, we spoke about post Pratt life, what art aspires to be for the listener, and things ...
Pakistan-Karachi Based Slowspin | A Bright Voice From The Shadows
Somewhere in the most populous city in Pakistan, there is a young women creating music that transmits her world into the sonic medium in Karachi, she goes by the moniker Slowspin. Whe...
