TS Recs: Noise Pop 2020
Noise Pop Music and Arts Festival 2020 kicks off next week! Wether you attend a show this year or not, we invite you to listen to our favorites from this year’s lineup.
Feel free to follow along with the playlist below - three tracks from each of our recommendations, in the order in which they’re listed.
Aaron Axelsen - Music Director of local radio station Alt 1053, founder of Popscene, DJ, and Bay Area staple. Axelsen’s DJ sets draw from a wide range of genres.
Ami Dang - Baltimore based ambient musician. Mixes sitars and synthesizers to create dynamic, ambient soundscapes.
Mirah - Brooklyn based musician and songwriter. Her haunting vocals and lo-fi, punk-like production blends into experimental indie pop perfection.
Tall Heights - Boston based indie folk duo with soaring harmonies that float above a subtle mix of acoustic and electronic elements.
Mary Lattimore - LA based classically trained harpist and experimental musician who weaves cinematic soundscapes from silence.
Vacationer - Philadelphia based electronic project with dreamy, psychedelic pop leanings and break-beat inspired percussion.
Suzi Analogue - NY based recording artist who blends hip hop sensibilities with vocal processors to create a sonic dreamworld all her own.
Shigeto - Brooklyn based electronic musician, whose beat driven, jazz based compositions traipse effortlessly through a multitude of genres.
Hikes - Austin based quartet blending technical, math-like guitar work with dense, emotive vocals; a nexus point between folk, indie, metal and math rock.
Have Mercy - Baltimore based alternative/ post hardcore band with a small dash of emo and a large helping of nostalgia. This is their final tour!
Experimental Housewife - San Francisco based experimental electronic producer, DJ, and label owner. ExHouse's aesthetic merges a myriad of influences and eras to create a hypnotic, industrial ambience.
Computer Data - San Francisco based electronic music producer and owner of Pure Bread Records. Lo-fi house with an air of 90’s nostalgia.
Baltra - NY based electronic artist by way of Philadelphia. Purveyor of shadowy, lofi house; a romanticization of late night loneliness.
Kornél Kovács - Sweden based house producer with deep roots in the Stockholm music scene. Kovács' tunes are buoyant, festive, and layered.
Chaos in the CBD - New Zealand based duo - Brothers who produce mellow, late night house music.
Mahawam - Oakland based producer, artist, rapper/ vocalist forging a fresh path forward with a tool kit full of life experience, hip hop, pop, r&b, and eloquence.
The Seshen - Bay Area based six-piece fusing elements of R&B, synth-pop, and electronic music, beneath the unmistakable vocals of Akiyoshi Ehara.
Mahawam and The Seshen play Rickshaw Stop Thursday 2/27
Habibi - New York based five-piece girl group who blend Middle-Eastern melodies with psychedelic, garage rock.
Sudan Archives - Los Angeles based singer and violinist whose beats blend sultry vocals and an R&B aesthetic with compelling helpings of violin.
The Jungle Giants - Australian based indie dance quartet, whose driving beats and sparkling synths seamlessly blend into earworms you can’t help but sing along to.
Heno. - Oakland based creative, rapper, producer and first generation Ethiopian-American. His style is self described as “alternative soul”; combining elements of hip-hop, r&b, and soul.
Injury Reserve - Arizona based hip-hop trio with refreshingly frenetic beats, production, and delivery.
Barrio Manouche - San Francisco based international septet with influences as wide as the band's worldly origins. Complex, euphonious, and enthralling world music.
The Onyx - Oakland based, all black, female, six piece music ensemble. Rekindling the early 90's/ 00's R&B girl group sound, alongside an eclectic mix of rock, electronic, and latin vibes.
Resavoir - Chicago based artist and improviser collective, performing songs written and directed by trumpeter Will Miller. An illustrious collaborator, Miller’s compositions are thoughtful, soulful, and sprawling.
Imperial Teen - San Francisco based indie-pop/ alt-rock outfit hailing from the late 90’s era.
Salami Joe Rose Louis - Bay Area based producer and composer. Self described as “haphazard.” It’s no surprise she signed to Brainfeeder in 2019.
Mannequin Pussy - Philadelphia based indie/ punk band whose chaotic melodies elegantly intertwine with vulnerable, honest vocals.
Kilo Kish - Brooklyn based singer-songwriter, rapper and visual artist. Her work ranges between art pop and experimental hip hop; always managing to stay exciting.
M. Bootyspoon - Montreal based ghettohouse revivalist, creating playful, compelling grooves.
NAVVI - Seattle based electronic duo creating propulsive and moody synth-Pop.
Jacques Greene - Toronto based DJ and electronic music producer of sprawling experimental house.
Raphael Saadiq - Oakland based singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer. Saadiq is our local R&B/ soul legend.
Maya Jane Coles - UK based DJ, producer and engineer. She composes and plays techno from a wide spectrum of influences.
Femmelectric - San Francisco based DJ, event coordinator, and vital member of the Bay Area music community. Her sets often transcend mood or genre - a true chameleon, adapting to the room or a mood as she pleases.
Washed Out - Georgia based singer-songwriter and electronic producer of chillwave/ synth pop.
Rose Droll - SF based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist with a bedroom pop aesthetic.
Pendant - Oakland based multi instrumentalist whose latest is a lush, shoegazey, slowcore testament to 90’s rock.
Meernaa - Oakland based four piece creating soulful, bluesy tunes grounded by the thoughtful lyrics of vocalist Carly Bond.
ZOLA - San Francisco based singer-songwriter whose dreamy, jazzy compositions are hard to fit into one box.
