Album Review: Fall Out Boy Go EDM/Trap For “Mania”

For Mania, Fall Out Boy have matched their core sound and infused it with EDM and Trap influences. A smart move considering there is no…

Album Review: Bahamas’ Earthtones Scorches With Emotions

For years, Bahamas has trained his ear to create melodies that are stripped down in sound, but contemplative in focus. He knows how to make…

Album Review: The Shins Go For The Worm’s Heart

When The Shins’ James Mercer wrote, produced, and recorded Heartworms, he had this desire for an alternate version, an opposite version. The Worm’s Heart was…

Album Review: First Aid Kit Leave Me Empowered In “Ruins”

First Aid Kit won my heart at their Town Hall NYC show. The Swedish sisters were like a breath of fresh air that knew how…

Concert Review: Yacht Sail Through Bowery Ballroom In Style

Yacht IS CRAZY, and I like it! I thought I knew exuberant, and the capacity to take a stage like you were Superwoman absorbing the…

Film Review- Maze Runner: The Death Cure Gives Series With New Life

Walking into Maze Runner: The Death Cure, I did not know I was going to get the best film of the series. Usually, dystopian, YA…

Artist Close Up: Kailee Morgue Electrifies Dark Pop In Medusa

From the beginning of Kailee Morgue’s EP, Medusa, you are stone frozen by its epic beats. Every hook snaps you into her pop world, and…

Concert Review: La Dame Blanche Summons Spirits At SOB’s

WELP! If you ever wondered what it would be like to go to a spiritual ceremony, you might come close with La Dame Blanche. With…

Concert Review: Kauf Makes A Cosmos At Baby’s All Right

“There is something there” is what I thought as Kauf performed his headlining show at Baby’s All Right. Yes, I know this is a basic…

Concert Review: Laila Biali Aims To Right The World’s Wrongs With Jazz

I swear certain artists are kismet. They enter our domain to elaborate an aspect we are either ignoring in attention or gnawing at in tension.…

Diandra Interviews Christina LaRocca: Music To Hear The Soul (Part 1)

We all want to tell our story, but some have the capacity to use music to do so. It may be why we love artists…

Concert Review: Walk The Moon Show You How To Feel Like A Star

Certain artists have a “church-like” quality to them; where entering their concert is like entering a temple. As the crowd closed their eyes, swayed, and…

Concert Review: José James Summons Bill Withers’ Wisdom

I have seen José James before, of which his own show felt like a cross between artist and activism. It is clear that José James…

Concert Review: Tribal Seeds Are Reggae Punkers At Gramercy

Immediately entering Gramercy, the air had a certain scented smoke that was unmistakable. I FULLY expected this “scented smoke” to be at The Tribal Seeds…

Concert Review: Dorothy Uses Her Freedom Tour To Promote Love

Dorothy may have been under the weather, but that did not stop her from putting everyone under her spell at Bowery Ballroom. With sage emanating…