Concert Review: Poppy Turns Brooklyn Into A Happy Hell

Going to a Poppy Show is like texting Barbie if she’d like to have coffee in the ninth circle of hell. There is something exuberantly…

Concert Review: PREP Turn Night Into Day At Rough Trade

PREP got Rough Trade in their FEELINGS! Their music is for those that feel heartbreak on the dance-floor; as if we relive every fight we…

Album Review: Anoushka Shankar Has “Love Letters” For You

Love Letters documents a time of profound flux for Anoushka: health issues, heartbreak, domestic upheaval – “These were heavy shocks and challenges, things which pushed…

Concert Review: The Paranoyds Are Sweetly Anarchic At Baby’s All Right

Sometimes, you really have to bash your head into the air so you don’t bash it on a wall. The Paranoyds lived in that head-banging…

Concert Review: Matoma Invites You To CampSuperdope

  At Terminal 5, Matoma’s Camp Superdope lived up to its name. People were flying through and climbing on friends to dance like they were…

Concert Review: Ali Gatie Has Devout Fans At Bowery Ballroom

From fake tickets to fake I.D.’s, Bowery Ballroom was packed with tweens and young adults eager to see “The Gatie” or rather Ali Gatie. I…

Concert Review:Your Smith Is Her Truth At Rough Trade

You ever have a weirdly, bad day? It just feels like the entire universe is off on its energy, and every little thing goes wrong:…

Concert Review: Remezcla & Popgun Unite For A Powerful Concert Series

If Remezcla and Pop Gun are planning to marry to create the Holy Grail of concert series…… well…… I’M IN! The two provided a night…

Concert Review: Loyal Lobos Is So Dreamy At Elsewhere

Loyal Lobos was PHENOMENAL at Elsewhere; providing songs so delicate that even a lion would feel tamed. She is so calm and effortless as a…

Concert Review: Run River North Make Me Wiser At Rough Trade

There is a beauty in noises that feel like silence talking; as if Heaven cracked open to speak, into your soul, that it is time…

Concert Review: Winona Oak Gets A Pop Queen’s Approval

Winona Oak is helming Swedish Pop with synth waves and lush vocals that make you feel like music can do snow angels within your ears.…

Concert Review: Nightly Are Pop Ambition At Baby’s All Right

If you read me, often, you know I am fascinated by how pop stars become pop stars. I live for music documentaries and am genuinely…

Concert Review: Temples Create A Time Warp At Webster

  Frankly, I was surprised by Temples performance at Webster Hall because it felt incredibly fluid and even commercial. I KNOW! Some artists put vampire…

Concert Review: Emily Claman CAN SANG And We Know It

The room for Emily Claman was PACKED at Mercury Lounge, and all were chattering about her voice. Claman is like a blend of 50’s pop…

Concert Review: The New York Winter Jazz Fest Gets The Cool Jose James

The New York Winter Jazz Fest came and went, but this year was its biggest year yet, especially at Rough Trade NYC. With Fire Marshals…