Vancouver musician Crystal Dorval records music under the name My Friend Wallis.  On her bandcamp page, she described her music as:  "tropical dream...

I tend to associate certain foods with certain places.  For example, I associate chicken and dumplings with the suburbs.  This may be because ...

Planes is the project of Brooklyn based experimental-pop songwriter Peter Toh.  Toh and collaborator Zach Botham have prepped their debut EP entitled...

This year has been a great year for music thus far, and I believe the monthly mixtapes here at Musical Pairings have been a testament to that.   Eac...

The Memphis, Tennessee-based Magic Kids write some of the most delicious, youthfully exuberant pop songs I've heard in some time--well-written pop c...

Longstay is a San Diego-based band led by primary songwriter Nik Ewing (vox/guitar/piano), and featuring Jordan Groth (guitar), Josh Dunn (bass/vox), ...

Welcome to the Musical Pairings' My Brightest Diamond rarities collection.  It consists of a few of my MP3s I recorded from some of the live sets...

We Are Trees is a Virgina Beach, Virginia 4-piece band that meticulously weave together beautiful acoustic, folk-pop melodies reminiscent of folks lik...

Innocent Wildlife is the project of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Brian Johnson.  On his website, Very Arbitrary, Brian notes that he has been recording...

You know what I love?  When I discover things that are "awesome."  It's even better when I discover something that I should have discovered befo...

Guadalajara, Mexico's DannielRadall crafts a hip hop-influenced, mashed up, slowed down, dismantled and reassembled form of electro-pop that will get ...