An Interview
with Bryson the Alien

Will Hagle speaks to the Ohio-born emcee about how being a father affected the creation of his new album KUMA, going through a break-up while watching Wayne's World, the influence of video games and...

The Best Hip-Hop Albums on Bandcamp, October 2023 [KUMA]

The notion of locating the present by glancing backward and looking forward recurs across the album, bryson rapping in a grainy hush over dusky lo-fi backdrops provided by Texas’s GHOWSTE

— Phillip Mlynar

Bryson the Alien and Tezmanian share otherworldly song “Faces”

Bryson the Alien has dropped off a new song called “Faces”, featuring Tezmanian and produced by Ghowste.

Bryson the Alien and Fatboi Sharif connect for hypnotic single, “Shepherd”

“Shepherd” contains moody, eery keys that create a darkly hypnotic atmosphere, suiting the hushed, ominous flows of Bryson and Sharif.

WONDERLAND

PREMIERE:
D E E P T H O U G H T
SUN 🌞 GOD


May 2023

The experimental producer has unveiled a new project in collaboration with Bryson the Alien, and it’s as expansive as ever.

“Probing Bryson The Alien…”
[Interview with Cabbages]


January 2023

In 2014, a college kid from Toledo, OH headed to Portland, OR for an extended visit at the behest of a friend living there. Done with school, he would move to the Pacific Northwestern city the following year, taking a marked step forward in his artistic journey the way countless aspirants do. With the February release of hail mary, a project recorded in his former city but finished in his newfound home, he made his proper debut as Bryson The Alien…

The Great Adventures Of… [Album Review]

Portland Oregon’s emcee and producer Bryson The Alien has teamed up with Stockholm’s PNKSLM label to release The Great Adventures of…. Bryson and PNKSLM founder Luke Reilly connected during the pandemic and started bouncing ideas off each other which this led to early versions of ‘Super Fun Apocalypse’, ‘Return Of The Scarecrow’, ‘No Time For That’ that appeared on the Lucern Raze LP International Breakdown

Conversations with Dwyer:

BRYSON THE ALIEN

Episode 318:

Dan Cable Presents Podcast

PNKSLM single

“I’m Out!”

“I think that’s why it works. It’s poppy and airy, but also weighty and just the right amount of heavy.”

PNKSLM single

“I’m Out!”

“All in all one of the more impressive hip hop tracks we’ve had come our way in a long time…”

Best Hip-Hop on Bandcamp


April 2022

Conceived in a musically borderless futurama, Unexplained Aerial Phenomenon brings together the hushed interstellar patter of Bryson the Alien with the psychedelic-tinged production of Pioneer 11.
Philip Mlynar

Archibald Slim Joins the Blunt Rotation in Unexplained Aerial Phenomenon’s “Georgia O’Keeffe” Video

I DIG RECORDS! - Vol. 30 - [Interview]
KMD
'Mr. Hood' w/ Bryson The Alien

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Bryson the alien Premieres New “TLC” Music Video Featuring Production by Blu

POW proudly premieres Bryson the alien's aquamarine-veiled video with original animation from SPELLWRKS

Unexplained Aerial Phenomenon keep their eye on the skies in "3D" [Video]

Portland Rapper Bryson the Alien Drops a Video With Open Mike Eagle

Portland’s Bryson the Alien celebrates birthday with two rousing EPs

Episode 255:

Dan Cable Presents Podcast
(BTA World Edition)

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Bryson the Alien levels up on BTA WORLD 64
(album write-up)

The new album "BTA World 64" from Portland, Oregon's Bryson the Alien is a wild ride through classic video game, Hip-Hop and Pop culture…

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Hero vs. Villain: “Impostas”

Bryson the Alien of the group Sumalienz speaks to the villain opening up a new world for him via this MF Grimm-assisted track.

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Portland rapper Bryson the Alien embraces the new DIY

The musician battles Keyboard Kid and isolation on his new EP.

Bryson the Alien On the Intergalactic Vibes of His Keyboard Kid Collab

Bryson The Alien Likes ‘The Way’ Some Women Do Things

Bryson The Alien Likes ‘The Way’ Some Women Do Things

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Time: A Brief Review Of The New EP [Rumble Pak] From Bryson The Alien

Episode 218:
Dan Cable Presents Podcast

Checking Up On... Bryson the Alien

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Bryson the Alien hopes for some ‘Good Vibes’

On Juenethia, Bryson the Alien Honors His Heroes, Homies, and Above All, Family

Bryson the Alien shares impressive new 'Juenethia' EP

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Bryson, the Alien's new single 'Tour Song' is an ode to DIY traveling artists

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Episode 118:
Dan Cable Presents Podcast

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PORTLAND’S HIP-HOP: FRESH OFF THE SPACE SHIP! BRYSON THE ALIEN INTERVIEW

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Bryson the Alien - ‘2heavy’ [music video] write-up