Kids are home, offices are shuttered, and the news is a parade of horrors. That makes the pandemic the perfect recipe for stress and lack of productivity. It also makes it the perfect time for lo-fi ...

Lo-fi: it’s a term that’s become inescapable in 2024. This vibe-based musical style, which has gained millions of streams via various study and focus playlists, is not to be confused with the ...

SXSW: Bernardo Britto’s time loop movie seamlessly blends sci-fi tropes with modern reality, which sometimes keeps its high concept premise from reaching its full potential. There’s one detail of Zoya ...

Arlington’s local radio station has been playing the same music on repeat since December. Staff packed up and stored all AIM’s non-technical equipment in its new Green Valley outpost while its TV and ...

If you want to try your hand at building a lo-fi track, then beats are a solid place to start. The good news is that these beats don’t need to be complex - in fact they really shouldn't be. This means ...

J Dilla's legacy as a hip-hop producer and artist continues to be examined. The contributions he made to artists and groups like A Tribe Called Quest, D'Angelo, Erykah Badu, and The Roots, as well as ...

In the mid-2010s, when I was in high school, the genre known as lo-fi beats was like a brain cleanse for all my time spent mainlining Minecraft and YouTube. The music was tender, with drums sizzling ...