New York-based lo-fi quartet LVL UP are carefree and nonchalant on the surface. In fact, their name came from a Facebook chat between band members Mike Caridi and Dave Benton on the rationale of “fuck ...

Streams of chill, endless hip-hop beats set to visuals of animated characters have taken over YouTube, beloved by millions of users who listen to these videos while working or trying to fall asleep.

As the Recording Academy honors Fela Kuti posthumously, it reminds us that culture doesn’t wait for institutions to catch up. Contributing to that introduction is the recent rise of lo-fi hip-hop ...

Canadian multimedia artist Annika Zee has been crafting solo and collaborative work since 2013, but come January 22, she’ll finally release her debut EP, Aging Aesthetics. Bookending its sung-through ...

On November 27, 2020, in the wee hours of the night, Tanish Mittal, a 16-year-old web developer from Chandigarh who makes music for fun, uploaded his first 'lo-fi' song on his YouTube channel, Mittxl.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Though the term 'lo-fi' was thrown around, back then, it was more of a descriptor of a no-frills ...