Diandra Reviews The Future: City And Colour To Play Manhattan Hammerstein

City And Colour may be from Australia but they sure muster an Americana vibe. Their folk-country rock feels like a drive through the meadows and…

Album Review: Kamikaze Girls’ Show The “Seafoam” Of Spiritually Crashing

In life, we can take some dark roads that for however far we steer from them, the memory of their shadows imprint on us like…

Album Review: Grey Gersten Experiments With Naked Light

There are those that see music as a giant, social experiment. It is not secret that music moves the soul, but for some musicians like,…

Album Review: Katie Buchanan Asks “Who We Are When We’re Standing?”

Katie Buchanan brings a grassroots vibe to her new album, Who We Are When We’re Standing, and such an aura is needed when asking that…

Concert Review: Hand Habits Brings Honesty To Church

Hand habits is so cool. Done! Made my point! Good Night! No, but in all seriousness, I loved her album, Wildly Idle (Humble Before The…

Album Review: Big Thief Show The “Capacity” Of A Human Spirit To Break And Heal

Bands like Big Thief live and breathe according to the vocals/ gems of its lead singer.  In their new album, Capacity, Adrianne Lenker has a voice…

Album Review: Prairie Cat’s Is Cary Pratt Feels Like A Music Prom

If someone told me Prairie Cat studied every single 70’s catalogue on love, dating, and restless romance, I would believe it. His new album, Is…

Album Review: Dave Depper Gives You An Emotion Freedom Technique

Another great album, another great week! Dave Depper makes his debut in Emotion Freedom Technique, to which his album might actually be one. The album…

Album Review: Cigarettes After Sex’s Debut Show The Broken Sensuality Of Love

  I reviewed Cigarettes After Sex, and was riveted by their uses of old, torn city images to build an emotional tear in the crowd.…

Concert Review: Roosevelt Reveals His Inner Rocker At Brooklyn Bazaar

Diandra Reviews has been jumping around the city trying to cover GOVERNOR”S BALL DOMINATION. Even late late nights are being ruled by this festival, BUT…

Album Review: Blessed Released “Love Letters” For Your Ears

Blessed might have earned his name. Born in Accra, Ghana, in a time when sickness was sweeping through newborns, his parents were shocked/ relieved that…

Album Review: Benjamin Booker’s “Witness” Reflects Upon Blackness In America

Being black in America is NOT EASY. Frankly, it can be really scary. From police shootings to mass incarceration and overall historical, systemic oppression, the…

Album Review: Ladi6 Brings Soul To The Future In Royal Blue 3000

I have a love/ hate relationship with electronica. I love the genre because, in essence, it is the Millennial music scene. We are a generation…

Album Review: Noga Erez Shows Music Is A Social Movement In “Off The Radar”

I love Noga Erez. I reviewed the star back in the day, and know that she can give a cool, electric performance. Like her concert,…

Album Review: Beach Fossils “Somersault” Is A Stringed Dream To Your Ears

Beach Fossils new album, Somersault, does exactly that upon your heart and mind. Picking upon classic 70’s, 60’s folk-pop, the album brews a sense of…