Album Review: Cut Copy’s Haiku From Zero Is A Cosmic Caribbean of Sound

Haiku From Zero seems like a gorgeous title for an album sparkling with 80’s influences. This record can be best described as electric twilight; with…

Concert Review: Mondo Cozmo Gives His Best Show Yet At Bowery Ballroom

I have reviewed Mondo Cozmo a few times, and he never fails to amaze, but, more importantly he never fails to grow. His debut album,…

Album Review: Wyclef Jean Continues To Show How He Grows In Carnival III

Eight years can bring a lot to a person’s life. Heck! Even one day can change everything! For Wyclef Jean, his Carnival albums have always been about…

Album Review: Sløtface Tell You To “Try Not To Freak Out” About Haters

I LOVE Sløtface! They remind me of the bad-ass 90’s, femme rock bands like, Garbage and The Cranberries, that soundtracked every teen film where a…

Album Review: Human Heat Show How All Is Too Much During Breakups

I am literally feeling Human Heat. This band’s new album, All Is Too Much, feels like Bill Withers and Bon Iver decided to create an…

Concert Review: Joywave Send Waves of Joy Through Summerstage Rain

I loved Joywave in concert. Their album, Content, is one of the best of the year for its blend of sheer fun and thoughtfulness over…

Album Review: Ariel Pink Makes Us All Dedicated To Bobby Jameson

Ariel Pink has left critics torn. Why? Because he goes for the weird! Dedicated to Bobby Jameson should be no different. The album’s title makes…

Album Review: The Texas Gentlemen Are The “TX Jelly” To Your Soul’s Peanut Butter

YAAASSSS!!!!!!!!!!! YAAAAASSSSS!! YAAAAASSSS! This is what i said when I heard The Texas Gentlemen’s TX Jelly. Ugh, just call my ears peanut butter with how…

Artist Close-Up: The Novel Ideas Put Massachusetts In Their Music Melodies

The Novel Ideas are a country-folk quartet of friends hailing from the great state of Massachusetts, and in their self-titled record you feel the power…

Album Review: L.A. Witch Debut Like An “Andy Warhol” For Punk Rock Music

L..A. Witch self-titled debut is  packed with reverb-heavy, garage-rock, and psych sounds that scream “Punk Chic”. From its very beginning, you feel like you are…

Album Review: Leikeli47 Makes You “Wash & Set” In Style

Leikeli47 has made her highly anticipated debut in Wash & Set, and it is a Rap Fantasy. To press play is enter a Hip Hop…

Concert Review: Dent May Brings The 80’s To Baby’s All Right

I have to laugh, in a good way, at Dent May’s Baby’s All Right concert. From lighting to demeanor, this show felt so 80’s that…

Album Review: Me Not You Prepare For A “Reckoning”

Me Not You feel like dark pop for the era. Their debut EP, Reckoning 1, feels like a black stick of gum you chew for…

Album Review: Carmen Villain’s Infinite Avenue Ask If The Earth Is Reflective of Humanity

How we own a space can be reflective with how we own ourselves. With how conversations over borders and climate grow in intensity, one has…

Album Review: Freedom Fry Highlight The End of Summer In Strange Attraction

Reverb-drenched guitars and a funky bassline are what course through Freedom Fry’s Strange Attraction EP. In both name and sound Parisian-born Marie Seyrat and Michigan-born…