Millan Verma

Dec 12, 2024 | complex.com | Millan Verma

A Pigeons & Planes deep dive into The Hellp, a divisive band with a devoted fanbase and an unwavering artistic vision. Just don't call them indie sleaze. December 12, 2024Poster-sized prints of children holding pistols covered the art gallery’s tall white walls. In the center room, people stood around a small monitor that displayed footage of America’s military prowess. Towards the exit, plastic bags holding a VHS tape and a water gun were being sold for $100.

Aug 20, 2024 | pitchfork.com | Millan Verma

Late last April at a small German beer hall in Queens filled with steins and bolo ties, Charley Crockett took the stage to celebrate the release of $10 Cowboy. Backed by the Blue Drifters, his trusty band by way of Austin, Texas, he played a style of music he calls “Gulf & Western,” an amalgamation of the blues, folk, soul, and country influences he absorbed growing up between South Texas, Dallas, and New Orleans.

Jun 10, 2024 | nobells.blog | Millan Verma

This column was originally published on Nina Protocol on 6/4/24. A dark room, chattery but calm. There’s no opener in sight; instead, a man fiddles with a DJ controller, abruptly switching between ballroom waltzes, obscure 50s country, and new-gen rap. The venue is sold out but doesn’t feel suffocating. Drops of what smell like sewage drip down from the ceiling. With little fanfare, the New Jersey-born, Los Angeles-based virtuoso Mk.gee and his band of two hit the stage at 9:30 on the dot.

May 6, 2024 | nobells.blog | Mano Sundaresan |Millan Verma

This column was originally published on Nina Protocol on 4/29/24. Mano: If you know where to look, rap artists are doing increasingly maniacal things with 808s—and the masses are increasingly fucking with it. We covered this in our first Nina column, where we talked about the post-rage bass bombs of xaviersobased, Nettspend, and a whole slew of rule-breakers, and again in last month’s essay on the firecracker rapper LAZER DIM 700, who is one of the biggest breakout artists of the year so far.

Apr 22, 2024 | nobells.blog | Mano Sundaresan |Millan Verma

This column was originally published on Nina Protocol on 3/25/24. Millan: A new rapper from Atlanta named LAZER DIM 700 has been climbing the ranks of the internet and industry. He raps memeable punchlines over blown out beats with even more blown out vocals. He leans into the crude vocal chain that Glokk40spaz helped popularize, but sacrifices the musicality that prevents such music from being harsh noise. LAZER DIM’s songs are harsh noise. And they are very annoying.