Canadian musician Tonetta is the savior of lo-fi music. Free from the irony associated with chillwave and shitgaze, he crafts poetically course tunes using whatever equipment is available, with lyrics like the raunchiest passages of a William S. Burroughs novel. He has been recording these songs for nearly three decades, and only recently released his first album, 777, on Black Tent Press. I had the honor of speaking to him over the phone about his music, his videos, and his life.

Correspondence #1: Kate Miller-Heidke

Andrew Reynolds is from Lakeland, Florida and now lives in Hollywood, California. Andrew is a rad, creative human being and is one of the most influential street skaters of all time. He owns Baker Skateboards and Brigada Eyewear, and is the Creative Director of Altamont Apparel. Besides being a sick skater, Andrew has a beautiful daughter named Stella and plays guitar in the skate rock band
“The Goat”. I met Andrew when asked to write out “AC” text that he and a bro got tattooed on their arms. Since I met Andrew, he has sent me some of the funniest and most amazing photos, YouTube videos, and music I have ever received. Because of that I asked him to answer these questions.

Tame Impala will take you on a journey. ‘What kind of journey?’ you may ask. A saga that starts in the subconscious, travels through the psyche, says what’s up to Freud, funnels into the bloodstream, and courses through your veins with densely textured and infectious riffs. The Perth quartet’s deep-groove psychedelic sounds have caught the attention of many over the past few weeks, as they trek along their first US tour in support of their debut album, Innerspeaker. I spoke with the band’s singer/guitarist/mastermind Kevin Parker on a day off during the group’s jaunt of dates opening for MGMT.

Guest Mixtape #6: Andrew Kuo