Concert Review: Crystal Fighters Give Care And Spirit To Music Hall Of Williamsburg

For a night where you go crazy, you get spiritual, and you sing and dance without a care, Crystal Fighters are your providers. Meshing Spanish-pop…

Album Review: San Fermin’s Belong Makes You Question How You “Belong”

Sam Fermin have made an electro folk album that could be used in any contemporary dance across the nation. It leaps from record to remembrance…

Song Review: Harry Styles Has Gone 80’s Music For Sign Of The Times

Color me surprised out of all the styles that I thought Harry Styles would embody, I did not think 80s anthem would be one of…

Album Review: The New Pornographers Resist “Whiteout Conditions”

Seven albums is not an easy feat to achieve as an artist, The New Pornographers have not only climbed this milestone but have re-vamped it.…

Concert Review: Charly Bliss Is CRAZY, And I love IT!

I have reviewed Charly Bliss before, and admired the pixie-stick personality of lead singer Eva Hendricks. Like the sugar that gets pageant kids’ energy hopped…

Song Review: Find Yourself Through Marnie’s “Lost Maps”

Up-tempo, electro dream-pop is a concise definition for Ladytron’s frontwoman Helen Marnie, aka Marnie. Her new song “Lost Maps” proves why her band and her creativity…

Song Review: Halsey Declares It Is “Now or Never” like Romeo & Juliet

I love Halsey. In a world where brave can be used very loosely, she shows courage by being very open with her struggles for mental…

Concert Review: Operators Revive The Ghost In The Shell At Rough Trade NYC

Operators played Rough Trade NYC, and gave a show that left me in awe. Playing to the original, anime film Ghost In The Shell as…

Album Review: Karen Elson Offers You A Bouquet Of “Double Roses”

If Edgar Allan Poe was a modern, female singer of folksy pop ballads, he world be Karen Elson. The starry songstress has been known for…

Diandra Interviews The Crystal Fighters: Wisdom And Music ALIGN!

You ever meet a stranger and strike up a striking conversation. As they talk, you feel your mind expand, and you have one of the…

Album Review: Michelle Branch Is A “Hopeless Romantic” Like The Rest Of Us

Michelle Branch get her “Fleetwood Mac” on in the new album Hopeless Romantic. Her most autobiographical record EVER, Hopeless Romantic, brings in mystical guitar, piano,…

Film Review: Nacho Vigalondo’s Colossal Is A Funny, Monster Classic

Gloria (Anne Hathaway) is an out-of-work party girl who, after getting kicked out of her apartment by her boyfriend (Dan Stevens), is forced to leave…

Film Review: “The Ticket” Is One To Grab And See In Theaters

After James (Dan Stevens), a blind man, inexplicably regains his vision, he becomes possessed by a drive to make a better life for himself. However,…

Album Review: Diet Cig Finds The Bridge Between Punk And Pop In “Swear, I’m Good At This!”

Alex Luciano might be the Janis Ian of modern punk-pop. Her capacity to capture the loneliness, insecurity, and overall angst of punk music/ humanity is…

Artist Close-Up: Pick Up The Telefone And Go See Noname On Tour

I am a FAN of Noname. She is quickly rising as one of the most refreshing rappers/ artists of our time. Her album Telefone sparkles…