Music

Alae is able to conceive a tapestry of cool and weave in the stuff of jazz, trip hop, and indie pop.

Using the same tools we all have - an acoustic guitar, a backing band, a piano - Max García Conover builds a riveting narrative with his deep baritone and plain wordsmithery.

The way the bass and the guitar work together is like two snakes woven around a drum stick. Crank up that open hi hat and shuffle it.

A dream-pop songstress and a formidable lyricist with a clear and haunted point of view. This song could live on the melody alone.

The Sideshow Tragedy is able to lay down the foundations of a Petty-style groove and throw a few self-deprecating grenades of revelation over the top.

The guitar strum has that frantic energy of a Richie Havens, and there is plenty of room for spinning around in circles.

Its got that bass you want booming out of the trunk of your car; disco throwback synth-pop with a killer duet and a fun dance beat.

What we are left with is a sweet conversational melody and a tumbling beat that feels like falling into the arms of a synthesizer.