Midnight In A Perfect World: Ryan Hemsworth
Canadian artist
Ryan Hemsworth is a chameleonic figure in the music world, equally adept at producing club bangers, emotional ballads, and charming indie folk music. Born and raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Ryan emerged as an innovative producer in the early 2010s with a unique cinematic sound that blurred the boundaries between hip-hop, electronic, R&B, and progressive club styles. His first proper solo album
Guilt Trips came out in 2013 and won the Juno Award the following year for Electronic Album Of The Year. Since then he s gone on to release two additional albums, numerous EPs and mixtapes, and he s also consistently showcased his infectious collaborative spirit, producing tracks for a wide array of artists ranging from Mitski to E-40, and launching his own label Secret Songs to provide a platform for emerging new artists. Ryan continued to expand his resume in 2020 with his signing to beloved indie label Saddle Creek Records for
Icepack | Dec. 17-24
Now that my Philadelphia has its first round of pandemic-related vaccine inoculations out on the street (are we there yet, Thomas Farley?) for hospital/medical personnel…
…(these first responding heroes should get something for their trouble, what with having to wear scrubs as a fashion statement 24/7), there’s a whole host of fresh headaches and frank ideas to consider while the healing begins:
a) Who would call a government development program “Operation Warp Speed” other than some Trekkie in the Trump administration, someone goofily stargazing and self-possessed enough to turn even a vaccine-worthy world emergency into a screaming kids cartoon, a reality show, or a Marvel Comics Universe action-adventure? Vroom, vroom.