Michael's Cut

Just a Postgrad Looking for Good Music

Category: Features

  • 808 Hot Cues Mark 2: Mr. Celestic – godfather of DOWN., underground music nerd with a mission towards global club pluralism and never-ending socials

    We slouch our bodies in the back of a red Toyota Tacoma outside Miki’s, where late-night cruisers and construction workers share the same curb for Filipino-local plate lunches. Motorcyclists burn so much rubber I’ve to bring the recorder up to our ears. An AriZona iced tea can lounges in his…

  • 808 Hot Cues Mark 1: Nasty Nate, from NCAA champ to Hawai’i’s rising day-party curator

    “Nasty” Nate, coined during his high school football laurels, traveled with Nathan Taylor to the University of Auburn in 2010, where he was part of the sixth-year NCAA National Championship reign under the Auburn Tigers, #49. When deciding on a stage name years later, he contemplated “DJ Seoul,” a quip…

  • The Music Treatise 2: Summer 2024

    My summer has been busy and exhausting – but it’s also exceeded my brat expectations, I’ll admit. Hangovers spent flipping seven or more tables, trashed front seats cleaned the next day or two, and an alarm set to catch the Sunday sunrise at a beach at which I always fell asleep.…

  • Year-End List 2022: Albums 10-1

    At one point, I thought this list couldn’t get done, let alone an article about it. Though I started the re-listening period last January, I was also an undergraduate preparing for spring commencement. A dilemma approached me, one that had beaten me multiple times. I tried to balance my academics,…

  • Year-End List 2022: Albums 30-11

    At one point, I thought this list couldn’t get done, let alone an article about it. Though I started the re-listening period last January, I was also an undergraduate preparing for spring commencement. A dilemma approached me, one that had beaten me multiple times. I tried to balance my academics,…

  • Year-End List 2022: Albums 50-31

    At one point, I thought this list couldn’t get done, let alone an article about it. Though I started the re-listening period last January, I was also an undergraduate preparing for spring commencement. A dilemma approached me, one that had beaten me multiple times. I tried to balance my academics,…

  • Year-End List 2022: Songs 10-1

    At one point, I thought this list couldn’t get done, let alone an article about it. Though I started the re-listening period last January, I was also an undergraduate preparing for spring commencement. A dilemma approached me, one that had beaten me multiple times. I tried to balance my academics,…

  • Year-End List 2022: Songs 30-11

    At one point, I thought this list couldn’t get done, let alone an article about it. Though I started the re-listening period last January, I was also an undergraduate preparing for spring commencement. A dilemma approached me, one that had beaten me multiple times. I tried to balance my academics,…

  • Year-End List 2022: Songs 50-31

    At one point, I thought this list couldn’t get done, let alone an article about it. Though I started the re-listening period last January, I was also an undergraduate preparing for spring commencement. A dilemma approached me, one that had beaten me multiple times. I tried to balance my academics,…

  • Year-End List 2022: EP’s 10-1

    At one point, I thought this list couldn’t get done, let alone an article about it. Though I started the re-listening period last January, I was also an undergraduate preparing for spring commencement. A dilemma approached me, one that had beaten me multiple times. I tried to balance my academics,…