Album Review: I Can Live Forever In Oh Wonder’s Ultralife

For their new album, ULTRALIFE, Oh Wonder delved into life: plain and simple. In perspective, this a brilliant idea. While most artist focus on life…

Festival Review: Full Moon Fest Brings A Cool Day To Governor’s Island

Full Moon Fest is a unique festival, in part, because it does not feel like other giant, music festivals. Like Governor’s Ball, it is on…

Concert Review: Ben Talmi Is A Millennial Guru At Baby’s All Right

Ben Talmi is the type of show you see when you want to be okay with life. Most artists aim for feeling great, excited, and…

Song Review: Em & The Fates Sing To A “Beautiful Life”

Em & The Fates is a Brooklyn-based septet whose rich three part harmonies and soul/pop arrangements hark back to an old school soundscape – glittering…

Concert Review: Caravan Palace Brings Electrifying Swing To Warsaw NYC

Woooowwww !!!!!!! WOOOOOOWWWWW!!!!!! That is all I will say about Caravan Palace. No one should feel so alive, and Caravan Palace gives you a performance…

Concert Review: Japanese Breakfast Serve Angst In Every Chord At MHOW

Similarly to Romes, for an opener, Japanese Breakfast felt like a a clear headliner, which they will be come Fall. Releasing their new album this…

Book Review: Laura Shapiro’s What We Ate Show Food Can Speak To A Person’s Character

I begin my What She Ate by Laura Shapiro review with a simple, “It was delicious!”. I, literally, ate up her six tales of women…

Concert Review: Romes Are The Essence Of Pop Music At Bowery Ballroom

Romes played a SPECTACULAR show at Bowery Ballroom, and made sure everybody knew that an opening act can still feel and behave like a headliner.…

Album Review: Beiju Shows The Music Of “Demain” Is Fantasy Pop

Raised in the outskirts of Paris, Caitlin Seager was heavily influenced by contemporary jazz and the avant-garde art world as a child before moving to…

Album Review: Jade Bird Shows “Something American” To Her Heart

Something American is Jade Bird’s dedicated EP to the picturesque ideas of American life and relationships. In these crazy times, it is getting harder to…

Concert Review: Maurice Brown Puts The Jazz In Blue Note

Celebrating his most recent album, The Mood, Maurice Brown played the Blue Note in NYC; where only jazz devotees are allowed to praise and the…

Album Review: Capital Cities Invite You To Join In “Swimming Pool Summer”

I love when artists give me what they promise, especially when they promise light-hearted. It is like, when your parents say. “We are getting ice-cream,…

Album Review: Broken Social Scene Give You A Giant Hug Of Thunder

Broken Social Science (BSS) give you a giant Hug Of Thunder; a record that roars and rivets like the weather, itself. When you think of…

Album Review: Haim Have “Something To Tell You” About Love, And You Want To Listen

Haim’s sophomore album, Something To Tell You, is pop glory with a crown of country. Guitars and keys clap and stomp throughout the record’as Haim…

Album Review: The Nursery Show Human Vanity In Life After Wartime

The Nursery’s Life After Wartime is a rock n’ roll declaration that humanity is superficial. While they prefer to call their music Freak Pop, which…