“Considering the size of the size of coastal town Hawthorne, California – a mere 88,000 as of the last census in 2016 – its hit rate for game-changing artists is pretty fantastic. Every member of the Beach Boys, including brothers Brian and Dennis Wilson grew up in the southern California town. Decades later, Hawthorne proved to be the stomping ground for Odd Future founder and creative polymath Ty”
“After a traumatic car wreck, the Chicano wunderkind embraces his shadow side”
“Subtly sad, sweetly distorted and at times outright trippy, the result is perfect for long drives under summer skies. ”
“Omar Banos is very online ™. Part of a new wave of DIY bedroom musicians, he’s a self-taught Chicano producer, singer and song-writer that has reached millions of streams and viral fame with his catchy, lo-fi beats and irreverent attitude. Singing in a mash-up of Spanish and English (“Spanglish”) his music feels intimate and honest, yet never takes itself too seriously. In a genre that’s marked b”
“The 21-year-old bedroom-pop artist’s major-label debut displays shaggy charm and an eclecticism that’s still confined to the more pleasant parts of the color wheel.”
“Over the course of a handful of self-recorded EPs and singles, Cuco (born Omar Banos) earned a reputation for his sweet Spanglish love songs that eagerly melted Brazilian bossa nova with Atlanta’s trap scene, managing to stand out in a field of Mac Demarco lookalikes in the process. With painfully earnest lyrics like “Lost in the words that you say to me / Y pasando tiempo juntos is the ultimate d”
