Song Review: Aanysa X Snakehips Show That Love Make You Want To “Burn, Break, Crash”

If 90’s R&B met today’s synth pop, it’s love child would be “Burn, Break, Crash” by Aanysa and Snakehips. Aanysa has the sultry, smooth vocals…

Concert Review: The Boxer Rebellion Bring A “Caribbean Murder Mystery Vibe” To Brooklyn

The Boxer Rebellion are currently on tour, and their Music Hall Of Williamsburg concert on November 3 proved that these guys are a MUST SEE!…

Concert Review: Chet Porter Is Ready For The Festival Circuit At Irving Plaza

Chet Porter is currently on tour with Coucheron and Lemaitre. The DJ has become synonymous with the word “wavy” by serving beats that both bounce,…

Album Review: Alicia Keys’ Here Is A New Step Forward In Her Music Career

I was extremely excited for Alicia Keys’ new album, Here. After reviewing her song, In Common, I was intrigued by the new. nightlife sound of…

Concert Review: Dan Croll Is Millennial James Taylor At Webster Hall

My readers know that I often connect past artists and their influence with those of the present, as artists like Janis Joplin, Ella Fitzgerald, and…

Album Review: Shaprece Brings Avant-Garde To R&B In “Coals”

Avant-Garde and R&B are not usually associated together, but Shaprece has managed to bring abstract fashion to the heartfelt genre. Through synthetic, mystifying keys her…

Concert Review: Blue Healer Feels Like Band of Your Brothers At Rockwood Music Hall

Blue Healer are gaining a quick following for their ability to mix synthetic pop’s  glimmering riffs with indie rock’s grittier basslines.  The combination makes listeners…

Artist Close Up: El Mar’s “Just My Body” Is A Song For Women’s Health Rights

“Just My Body”  is a powerful ballad with a socially conscious message by Brooklyn songstress El Mar. For those that do not know El Mar…

Album Review: She & Him’s “Christmas Party” Is Pure Holiday Music

Zooey Deschanel has made her career through sheer lovability, and in She & Him, her duo with the vastly talented M. Ward,  she brings that…

Song Review: This Party Show “Money” Can Overpower Love In Relationships

Money is the BIGGEST reason that most relationships end. When it comes to love versus financial stability, for some reason, this noble virtue does not…

Book Review: The Wasp That Brainwashed The Caterpillar Is An Evolutionary Marvel

You may have heard of Matt Simon as the writer of the popular Wired series “Absurd Creature of the Week.”  Simon has garnered a cult-like…

Book Review: Catherine Dunne’s “The Years That Followed” Is A Look Into Women & Love

Taking place in 1989, but journeying back to the 1960’s, The Years That Followed is a time-traveling, international novel, where Dubliner Calista is swept away…

Song Review: Neiked Shows A Colorful,Cartoonish World In “Sexual”

Leave it to the Swedes to teach America the fun of being sexual. Scandinavia is known for its freer, at least, approach to sex and…

Diandra Interviews: Omar Al Hindi Follows The Music In His Head

Omar Al Hindi’s Bedhead Part 1, was just released, which you can read my review HERE. The singing romantic has an “everyday”. casual style that…

Diandra Reviews The Top Three Hip Hop Acts To Watch From The World

Meet three Hip Hop Acts from around the world to keep an eye out for and a clear ear to listen to. These three are…