Album Review: Crystal Fighters “Everything Is My Family” Makes You Want To Hug Life

Crystal Fighters’ Everything Is My Family is a quick-paced, abstract dream into the mind of a batch of hippies. Many cross between the complimentary and…

Album Review: Yes Lawd! Is NxWorries’ Long-Awaited, Powerful Debut

Mixing snippets, skits, and songs, into one fluid groove, NxWorries’ Yes Lawd!  makes you think you have sonically entered a club, and in 19 tracks…

Album Review: Weyes Blood Gives You “A Front Row Seat To Earth”

I have reviewed Weyes Blood in concert and described her performance as one that leaves audiences emotionally naked. She has an innate ability to make…

Concert Review: Nothing But Thieves Remind People Why They Love Music At Irving Plaza

Can you fall in love with a man’s voice? I think you can or, at least, I did as I heard Conor, from Nothing But…

Artist Close-Up: Stanaj Rises Like Champagne In “Ain’t Love Strange”

I am just going to say it, “Stanaj is killing it at life right now!”. His debut EP, Preview,  has dropped to acclaim, he is…

Artist Close-Up: Jocelyn & Chris Arndt Are Harvard Studying, Retro Rockers

College is not easy, even though it can be one of the most fun experiences of your life. Harvard University is known for its grueling…

Film Review: Moonlight Puts A Spotlight A One Man’s Multiple Layers of Oppression

Moonlight is the new film by Barry Jenkins the questions the layers of oppression that can affect one human being. Not many realize that one…

Concert Review: Seratones Make Jimi Hendrix Proud At Mercury Lounge

The Seratones were Rock Heaven at Mercury Lounge, in part, because they gave their hour length show the abundant zest one feels at a music festival.…

Concert Review: Survival Guide Was A Boss At Bowery Electric

Excuse me, as I get rather sentimental in my concert review of Survival Guide. This starry songstress gave a performance at Bowery Electric that brimmed…

Theatre Review: Love, Love, Love Brilliantly Shows The Generational Gaps Between Parents And Their Kids

Love, Love, Love is the time-warping, three act play written by Mike Bartlett and directed by Micahel Mayer. This Roundabout Theatre production focuses on the…

Concert Review: Rafferty Gives Berlin NYC JukeBox Swag

As I write this concert review, I smile because I have concluded that Rafferty pretty much belongs in a 1950s jukebox.  He carries that old…

Album Review: Radio Dept’s Shows Politics Are “Running Out of Love”

  What happens when politics becomes so dark and twisted that you, yourself, grow numb to the hatred  that brews before you? What happens when your…

Album Review: The Streets Of Laredo Make You Want To Go “Wild”

The Streets of Laredo’s newest album Wild is like taking a hit of imagination. You are literally smacked by the vivid landscapes their songs induce…

Concert Review: Chrystal Bell Is A Mystical Songstress In Concert

There I was at Berlin NYC, the dimly lit space with red overshadows is mysterious looking to say the least. Located in an underground with…

Concert Review: Kongos Bring Tribal Rock To Playstation Theater

  From the incessant drumming to quickened keys, the hardy voices calling for inhibitions to be liberated, and the guitar riffs that pierce your brain’s…