chris wills @ cancelled plans music festival 2020
Chris Wills absolutely melted our hearts with his beautiful music at Cancelled Plans Music Festival 2020. Check him out below, and be sure to donate if you love him as much as we do!
natie @ cancelled plans music festival 2020
Natie is already an established musician in her own right, but her new EP just dropped. So being able to celebrate that by partnering for Cancelled Plans Music Festival was kind of a perfect fit, and was also the most exhilarating experience. Natie, you are a force. Love on her and send her tips, my friends!
nona @ cancelled plans music festival 2020
NONA always shows up and always brings optimism to our take on music. Multi-instrumentalist Michael Goldman somehow juggles so many projects, but every time he circles back to the solo moniker he creates under, his nuanced writing impresses and puts us in a good mood. Feel free to tip him here!
satin nickel @ cancelled plans music festival 2020
Incredible Folk/Americana collective Satin Nickel was not to miss at Cancelled Plans Music Festival 2020. We were transfixed. See why for yourself below!
thin lear @ cancelled plans music festival 2020
Thin Lear did a SXSW Takeover for us back in March, and then decided he was in for an encore during Cancelled Plans Music Festival 2020. We absolutely love this man, and are thrilled that he has shared his talents again. If you missed the performance, peep it below. Again and again and again.
looms @ cancelled plans music festival 2020
Sharif Mekawy of Looms serenaded us in the early hours of Cancelled Plans Music Festival 2020 on April 17. We’re smitten, and think you will be too. If you haven’t seen it, check it out below. If you have, you know it’s time for a repeat.
nicole kiki jaffe @ cancelled plans music fest 2020
Nicole Kiki Jaffe was one of the celebrated artists who donned our “stage” during the Cancelled Plans Music Fest on April 17th, 2020. Celebrate her set below, and feel free to donate to her virtual tip jar if you love what you see and hear as much as we did!
(Yes, we did screen cap the main photo. This one – though blurry – is so delightful, we couldn’t resist!)
carrousel, magnificent desolation
LA indie duo Carrousel continue an incredible year with the release of their new album Magnificent Desolation. This 10-track album examines the dystopian direction of current life and the spiraling process of depression, both in ourselves and the world we live in.
Joel Piedt (songwriter, vocals, production) and Sharon Piedt (songwriter, vocals) craft pop melodies that are more futuristics and lean towards the prophetic. Carrousel’s music seamlessly lives on the plane of several genre styles cohesively.
Standout track “Exile in NY” focuses on the feelings of depression and its toll on the individual and how that affects those around them. By playing with echo and atmosphere, this track feels like it’s being pulled straight from your inner thoughts. With a slow build up by the middle of the song all sounds and feelings overlap to create a state of unrest. Ending the track with recorded voicemails help show separation between the two subjects of this track, as we know see them drift away from one another.
Consistently, the duo creates music that looks to disorient the understanding of the present, and the over-digitization of knowledge, and does so in a way that does not hold back.
(sxsw) sofa sessions: a conversation with ryan cassata
Ryan Cassata has dived head first into all things art and creation, especially, it seems, since this whole “social distancing” thing started. But the energy around music for Ryan is all the more palpable when you realize that his new album The Witches Made Me Do It just dropped. AND IT’S PHENOMENAL.
- 0:00 Intro
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imperfectfifth.com/merch - 0:24 Ryan Cassata
- 1:35 Have you found that this time of social distancing has inspired you more or has it brought more distractions?
- 2:40 What’s keeping your head above water right now?
- 3:57 What music is getting you through?
- 4:39 While everyone else is pillaging paper products, what one item would you buy the store out of if given the chance?
- 5:10 What’s your favorite type of Reese’s?
- 5:17 What can you tell our audience about your album that’s dropping? (Just dropped at time published.)