18 songs for a transformative Taurus Season

18 songs for a transformative Taurus Season

For an astrologically intense solar transit, listen to songs by M.I.A., Tokischa, and Sexyy Red. M.I.A. and the surface of Pluto.   NASA / Mel Ashley via publicist. I’ve never planned my life around a horoscope, but I enjoy astrology as a meditative practice. I find astrological charts mesmerizing, and reading someone’s birth chart is…

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18 songs for a chaotic Pisces season

18 songs for a chaotic Pisces season

For a go-with-the-flow solar transit, listen to songs by Anna Wise, Ninajirachi, and Eem Triplin Saturn and Moh Baretta.   NASA / Ben Brill and Elias Cruz I’ve never planned my life around a horoscope, but I enjoy astrology as a meditative practice. I find astrological charts mesmerizing, and reading someone’s birth chart is a…

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Watch Oxis perform “Fry” and “Piranha” live at The FADER

Watch Oxis perform “Fry” and “Piranha” live at The FADER

The Los Angeles-based singer makes electronic songs sound like mini epics. Los Angeles-based singer Valentina Cy only began uploading songs under the name Oxis in 2023 but has already released seven albums. That prolificness doesn’t seem to dampen her ability to create consistently innovative-sounding, soft-hearted love songs using just electronic bleeps and clipped guitar loops….

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Oxis’s electro-pop is a siren’s call

Oxis’s electro-pop is a siren’s call

The LA-based artist makes quietly devastating songs with an oceanic theme. Get to know her in this week’s Opener interview. Jay Bradley The Opener is The FADER’s short-form profile series of casual conversations with exciting new artists. There are over 30,000 species of fish in existence, something that must assure Valentina Cy a.k.a. Oxis. For…

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