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Nutalism (also known as Nu Brutalism or Neo Brutalism) is a resurgence of the Brutalist movement in architecture starting in the mid-2010s. Many of the defining aspects of the classic style have been softened in newer buildings, with concrete façades often being sandblasted to create a stone-like surface, covered in stucco, or composed of patterned, precast elements.
Nutalism has been used in renovations of older Brutalist buildings, such as the redevelopment of Sheffield's Park Hill.
by Keith Courage October 30, 2024
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Many restaurants are using mid-century postmodern design to create an atmosphere that is both sophisticated and relaxing.
by Keith Courage June 25, 2024
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Similar to slowed + reverb or daycore, hypnopop reframes pop music and pushes the ambience further into a more ethereal and transcendent result.
by Keith Courage June 21, 2024
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Stereogum has published an article called "TikTok Has Made Shoegaze Bigger Than Ever", which mentions several pedalstare artists.
by Keith Courage June 20, 2024
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When the terms "slosh" and "goo core" were devised, they were intended to describe an outpouring of noise music that was bubbly/playful like pop, but “without the structure".
by Keith Courage January 6, 2023
Get the Slosh mug.Cottagecore, also known as farmcore and countrycore, is inspired by a romanticized interpretation of western agricultural life. It is centered on ideas of simple living and harmony with nature. Themes associated with cottagecore include self-sufficiency, baking, and caring for people. While the aesthetic is prevalent on several social media sites, such as on Instagram and more recently TikTok, the community notably prospers on Tumblr. It is particularly popular within lesbian and woman-loving-woman (WLW), and nonbinary loving women (NBLW) communities.
"In the cottagecore universe, there are no phones pinging constantly with updates, no urgent work emails, no evenings spent responding to the onerous demands of a tyrannical boss. In fact, there is no labor beyond domestic, and workaday tasks are completed with a gauzy sense of fulfillment." -via The New York Times
by Keith Courage February 20, 2022
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The genre of hyperpop was born out of EDM and traditional pop, and has influences from electroclash and witch house. Other genres of music that are incorporated into hyperpop include dubstep, chiptune and cloud rap. It is also seen as similar to nu-rave. Another heavy influence on the genre is electroclash, which is a very similar genre which died out in the 2000s.
The genre of hyperpop was born out of EDM and traditional pop, and has influences from electroclash and witch house. Other genres of music that are incorporated into hyperpop include dubstep, chiptune and cloud rap. It is also seen as similar to nu-rave. Another heavy influence on the genre is electroclash, which is a very similar genre which died out in the 2000s.
In 2019, Spotify listed an official hyperpop playlist, which further publicised the genre. This playlist consisted of 100 Gecs, Slayyyter, Gupi, Caroline Polachek, Hannah Diamond, and Kim Petras.
by Keith Courage February 19, 2022
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