Moon Age Spa Trip: Keita Onishi’s “Dream”

Tucked away at the very end of Cornelius’ 2006 album Sensuous is “Sleep Warm.” It’s a welcome come-down after a typical Cornelius record of all-over-the-place music, a straightforward lullaby with only one wrinkle – slightly digitally modified vocals. It’s an excellent closer and also one of that album’s strongest moments, the usually manic Cornelius settling…

New Atlas Young: “Transfixing”

Another day, another hazy bit of bedroom pop leaking out of the CUZ ME PAIN family, this time from Atlas Young. “Transfixing” hits all the pleasure points that makes Young’s music enjoyable…rainbow-bright music flowing over heavily obscured vocals, all resulting in something best described as “encompassing.” Nothing really drastically different on this go from Atlas…