The Vaporwave album Conditions at Hickory begins with static, as if you’re tuning in to a 1940s radio broadcast. First and second tracks “Foothills” and “Daily Commute” start out humdrum and benign ...

Sterling Campbell had co-founded a cassette label and a VHS tape label in Ottawa, but needed a new creative outlet after moving back to Cornwall, Ontario, to be closer to his daughter. “I was like, ‘I ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook In the early 2010s, electronic music producer Vektroid — operating under the alias Macintosh Plus ...

Last month Chaz Allen played a Web-only vaporwave concert from his bedroom with six artists he's never met. Credit: Alison Green Vaporwave, to the extent it can be said to still exist, is sample based ...

Vaporwave is a modern subculture born on the internet that's largely remained online until now. This past weekend, 100% ElectroniCON — the first-ever vaporwave music festival — took place in Brooklyn, ...

Dan Mason releases new compilation of his vaporwave singles Credit: Courtesy Photo Over the past decade, Orlando’s Dan Mason has become a preeminent name in vaporwave, and few of his works epitomize ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Emerging in the early 2010s, vaporwave as a subgenre of electronic music, visual art style, ...

Most people know Michael Nesmith as the Monkee in the green wool hat who wrote some of their greatest songs (“Listen to the Band,” “Circle Sky”) and sat out most of their reunion tours. Others know ...

Marcus Estrada is a Contributor from USA writing for the Digital Publication Hardcore Gamer. His favorite genres include horror, visual novel, rhythm and platformer. While many point to how lifelike ...

Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit the banal ennui of vaporwave with its pioneering ...