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…

Concert Review: Yelle Is A Living Dorothy At Rough Trade NYC

From the minute Yelle walked out with a ruby-shined jacket and skirt, I knew I would love her. Fabulosity could not be denied as she…

Album Review: Barns Courtney Debuts With Tales of “The Attractions of Youth”

Barns Courtney’s brilliant debut, The Attractions of Youth, is rocking feast of sounds and analysis on being young, ambitious, and totally lost on how to…

Album Review: Demi Lovato “Tell Me You Love Me” And I Will Say It Right Back!

Demi Lovato’s Tell Me You Love Me might as well be the club album for every woman that has danced with her man, loved him,…

Album of The Month: Jhené Aiko’s “Trip” Is A Beautiful Guide To Grieving And Loving Again

At 22 tracks, Jhené Aiko’s Trip is a psychedelic nose-dive into the much needed but much procrastinated desire to grieve. At least most of us…

TV Review: Why Are We So Obsessed With Jack’s Death On This Is Us (My Theory)

I am CONVINCED I know why I and so many are obsessed with how Jack ends, and it does not ALL have to do with…

Album Review: The Hype Lives In Hoodie Allen’s New York

Hoodie Allen IS a New Yorker, and his new album, The Hype, is a love letter to the sounds and souls you will encounter in…

Concert Review: Langhorne Slim Steals Hearts And Laughs At Bowery Ballroom

Langhorne Slim began his stellar Bowery Ballroom performance with a political statement. Well, it was a actually virtuous one, but it became political because the…

Artist Close-Up: Gabrielle Shonk Brings Modern Blues In Self Titled Debut

Gabrielle Shonk is the feel good you tune in when feeling bad is turning you off. With a guitar in hand and a voice that…

Jen Reviews: Soraia Confronts Your Inner Demons At Berlin NYC

Soraia brought out the spiritual exhaustion that inspires rock at Berlin NYC, and so perfectly plays to this time. With “Trumpito” on constant news over…

Artist Review: Hercules And The Love Affair’s Omnion Are The “Kiki” Album of The YEAR!

Hercules & The Love Affair might as well be a giant, KIKI session. Their newest record Omnion was made for the Vogue scene, and every…

Artist Close-Up- Moses Sumney Captures The Fuzz of Feeling In “Aromantic”

If Pink Floyd and Frank Ocean had a child, it would be Moses Sumney. Each act aims for the surreal of humanity, and so does…

Concert Review: The Polyrhythmics Give A Late Night Boogie To Knitting Factory

The Polyrhythmics are a hard review for me because “boogie” is my jam. I swear that I was born on a disco-floor and not some…