Shamus Hill

Jan 24, 2024 | complex.com | Alex Gardner |Jacob Moore |Annabelle Kline-Zilles |Andrea Aguilar |Olive Soki-Kavwahirehi |Lee Mcintosh | +7 more

Do people still read intros? Probably not—nobody has time for that. It makes me think of an old saying about music on the radio in the 2000s: “You’ve got seven seconds to capture the listener’s attention with a song. If you don’t do that, they’ll change the station.” In 2024, there’s probably a rule like that for TikTok, but it’s probably more like three seconds.

Nov 29, 2023 | complex.com | Alex Gardner |Jacob Moore |Shamus Hill |Sundhya Alter |Olive Soki-Kavwahirehi

Every month, we round up some of our favorite new music discoveries. Look back at all of our Best New Artists features here and keep up with them all on the Best New Artists playlist. The sonic underground of new age shoegaze is often rendered through its promise of liminal spaces, where the idea of eternal youth concedes to the creation of an alternate plane of existence. In these spaces, ephemeral vocal hues translate into fading moments and the concept of time becomes less clear.