Album Review: St. Vincent’s Masseduction Is The Album of The Week

St. Vincent’s Masseduction is colorfully creepy, and my choice for album of the week. By now, most have seen the video for her track, “Los…

Concert Review: Syd Stays Present In Love At Irving Plaza

Syd, of the band The Internet, was like a sparkling, livewire of scintillating data at Irving Plaza. It was  a sensory overload that was not…

Concert Review: Hundred Waters Give A Replenishing Aesthetic At MHOW

Hundred Waters is such a gorgeous name, and represents the exact feel of their music or, at least, their performance at Music Hall of Williamsburg.…

Album Review: Alex Lahey Needs You To Know “I Love You Like A Brother”

Remember Josie And The Pussycats. The cartoon was a color splash of girl power, and the film soundtrack one of the BEST ever made. Both…

Concert Review: Craig David’s TS5 Takes Over Terminal 5

When I went to see Craig David at Terminal 5, I did not expect what I got. I think I thought I was going to…

Concert Review: The Babe Rainbow Run Carefree At Baby’s All Right

The Babe Rainbow are weird, and, in essence, that is why you love them. To go to their show is to enter a tepee and…

Concert Review: Tayler Buono Shows Young Love Isn’t Easy At Rough Trade NYC

Young love! Am I Right? I remember my first love from beginning to end, which is the point. When you are young you fall fast…

Album Review: Yumi Zouma Give You Peace By The “Willowbank”

Sometimes, it is a location that inspires a spirit. We go to people and things like, books or Oprah, in hopes that someone or something…

Artist Close- Up: Shigeto Turns Detroit City Into A Fashion Capital For Music

Combining trap, hip-hop, jazz, Detroit techno & ambient electronics, Shigeto’s The New Monday has turned the sounds of Detroit into the neon city of Tron. Basslines…

Concert Review: The Belle Game Serve Synth- Pop Self-Empowerment At Brooklyn Steel

I reviewed The Belle Game’s Fear/Nothing for its usage of synth-pop as a platform for self-empowerment. Lead singer Andrea Lo furthered proved what I already…

Album Review: Romes Show Us Why We LOVE Mainstream Pop In Happy Debut

I had the pleasure to see Romes in concert, and their self-titled debut album delivers in barrels their fun, summery energy. This band aims for…

Album Review: JP Cooper Shows We Can Live Both In Pain And Love Through “Raised In Grey Skies”

    It is a somber time in this world, which is why JP Cooper’s Raised Under Grey Skies is befitting in title and times.…

Artist Close-Up: Bebel Gilberto Gives Music For A Good Day In “Live At The Belly Up”

  Bebel Gilberto has been making music for years, and is one of Brazil’s top artists. With a voice that flaps and flips notes like…

Album Review: Benjamin Clementine Gives Unusual Soul In I Tell A Fly

Benjamin Clementine can be for soul what Frank Ocean is for Hip Hop; adding a sense of strange to the heart of these genres. Clementine’s…

Artist In Review: Miley Cyrus Shows She Has Gotten Older In “Younger Now”

  What unabashed irony that Younger Now is about Miley Cyrus on getting older! Yes, she is still in her early twenties, and I am…