Alexis Neon: Sink Into It

From the Canadian duo’s forthcoming Seven Windows EP, “Sink Into It” is a grainy and cinematic track made for gloomy days. “Your skin is like sand / I sink into it,” the melody emphasizes. Though subdued, the song is precise and expansive, and there’s significance to the omnipresent melancholy—even when keys, a slow strumming guitar or strings are all that surface.

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The Elusive Smile in Art History It’s a common misconception that the reason subjects in portraits of yesteryear didn’t smile is because of unappealing looking teeth. In fact, the reason is quite logical: smiling for hours on end is awkward and straining for models. In an essay on the topic, writer Nicholas Jeeves says, “A smile is like a blush. It is a response, not …

Jonah Yano feat. Nono: Perfume

Slipping into a genre of its own that could perhaps be dubbed digital jazz, Toronto-based Jonah Yano and Vancouver-based producer Nono’s “Perfume” (from Yano’s debut EP Nervous) is delightfully of-the-internet, yet undeniably jazzy. “I know you’re not around / you fled to solid ground / but you’re in my head, safe and sound / like perfume,” Yano sings. There’s longing in his voice and, as …