Ted Davis

Los Angeles, New York

Music Editor at Merry-Go-Round Magazine

Copy Writer at Freelance

Basically working every job in music, and also making it under the alias DJ STEPDAD 🌱

Articles

The Best Ambient Music on Bandcamp, March 2025

3 weeks ago | daily.bandcamp.com | Ted Davis

BEST AMBIENT The Best Ambient Music on Bandcamp, March 2025 By Ted Davis · March 31, 2025 Each month, writer, musician, and DJ Ted Davis wanders through the dreamlike outskirts of Bandcamp. Embracing a fluid, forward-thinking approach to ambient, anything deemed worthy of the genre tag is considered fair game for this column. Here are blossoming takes on IDM, balmy ambient jazz sketches, an ode to a retro FM synthesizer, and more.
The Best Ambient Music on Bandcamp, February 2025

1 month ago | daily.bandcamp.com | Ted Davis

BEST AMBIENT The Best Ambient Music on Bandcamp, February 2025 By Ted Davis · March 03, 2025 Each month, writer, musician, and DJ Ted Davis wanders through the dreamlike outskirts of Bandcamp. Embracing a fluid, forward-thinking approach to ambient, anything deemed worthy of the genre tag is considered fair game for this column. Here are final installments of a stellar listening series, feathery amapiano, spindly folk, and more.
Lawrence English, “Even The Horizon Knows Its Bounds”

2 months ago | daily.bandcamp.com | Ted Davis

ALBUM OF THE DAY Lawrence English, “Even The Horizon Knows Its Bounds” By Ted Davis · February 04, 2025 Lawrence English Brisbane, Australia follow &check; following unfollow ... Even The Horizon Knows Its Bounds Lawrence English . / pre-order buy pre-order buy you own this wishlist in wishlist go to album go to track go to album go to track .
The Best Ambient Music on Bandcamp, January 2025

2 months ago | daily.bandcamp.com | Ted Davis

BEST AMBIENT The Best Ambient Music on Bandcamp, January 2025 By Ted Davis · January 29, 2025 Each month, writer, musician, and DJ Ted Davis wanders through the dreamlike outskirts of Bandcamp. Embracing a fluid, forward-thinking approach to ambient, anything deemed worthy of the genre tag is considered fair game for this column. Here are albums that reimagine Americana guitar, introduce an exciting new label, pay tribute to a television score, and more.
Memory Pearl, “Cosmic-Astral”

Jan 17, 2025 | daily.bandcamp.com | Ted Davis

ALBUM OF THE DAY Memory Pearl, “Cosmic-Astral” By Ted Davis · January 17, 2025 Memory Pearl Toronto, Ontario follow &check; following unfollow ... Cosmic-Astral Memory Pearl . / pre-order buy pre-order buy you own this wishlist in wishlist go to album go to track go to album go to track .
Bandcamp Picks: Office Culture & Bursting

Dec 15, 2024 | merrygoroundmagazine.com | CJ Simonson |Ted Davis

BIt’s our Bandcamp Picks of the Week, featuring Office Culture’s complex sophisti-pop opus ENOUGH and Bursting’s self-titled radio friendly post-hardcore EP! Bursting – S/T Genre: Alternative Rock, Post-Hardcore Favorite Tracks: “Just Ghosts,” “Play It Nice” In the early days of Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl’s hardcore background was noticeably less at odds with both his band’s own stadium production and his solidified status as rock’s elder statesman—few artists have ever written a Top 40 radio...
buttechno - Merry-Go-Round Magazine

Jun 15, 2024 | merrygoroundmagazine.com | Ted Davis

It’s our Bandcamp Pick of the Week, featuring buttechno’s tense techno odyssey SOLSTICE PEAKS!buttechno – SOLSTICE PEAKSGenre: TechnoFavorite Tracks: “trancer,” “bleeps”Pavel Milyakov’s work spans the stylistic gamut. Sometimes—like on last year’s Perila collab PXMPER—the Berlin-based producer skews ethereal. But his music is just as strong when driving, his clubbiest DJ tools typically appearing under the alias buttechno.
5 Guitar Solos That Became Legendary

Sep 13, 2023 | americansongwriter.com | Ted Davis

It doesn’t get much more epic than a great rock ‘n’ roll guitar solo. Since the dawn of contemporary music, people have employed the six-stringed instrument to infuse their songs with energy, variation, and emotion. Whether it’s used to create a mysterious, jazzy interlude or an electrifying climax, the perfect combination of guitar notes can transform a solid song into a stone-cold classic. A lot of well-recorded solos have aged well.
Bandcamp Picks: Nathan Mongol Wells & DJ Double Oh!

Aug 24, 2023 | merrygoroundmagazine.com | CJ Simonson |Ted Davis

It’s our Bandcamp Picks of the Week, featuring the bluesy vintage country rock of Nathan Mongol Wells’ FROM A DARK CORNER and the varied festival ready club music of DJ Double Oh!’s ENTRE LUZ DE LUNA! Nathan Mongol Wells – FROM A DARK CORNER Genre: Blues, Alt-Country Favorite Tracks: “Juarez,” “In Years,” “Knew You,” “Honest Drinking” If you’ve been tracking any of the many characters in the current Dallas-Fort Worth country scene from afar, then the raspy, carnival-barking howls of Nathan...
Fievel Is Glauque, 'I'm Scanning Things I Can't See'

Aug 16, 2023 | npr.org | Ted Davis

Fat Possum Records YouTube Fievel Is Glauque puts a gritty spin on jazzy, psychedelic pop. It doesn't seem like the type of sound that would land a band tour dates with Stereolab or a newly-announced deal with Fat Possum. But, against all odds, the wonderfully wacky New York City/Brussels band is breaking out of its experimental niche. Fievel Is Glauque's new single, "I'm Scanning Things I Can't See," is its first for the aforementioned Mississippi label.