Album Review: Alex Lahey Needs You To Know “I Love You Like A Brother”

Remember Josie And The Pussycats. The cartoon was a color splash of girl power, and the film soundtrack one of the BEST ever made. Both…

Concert Review: Craig David’s TS5 Takes Over Terminal 5

When I went to see Craig David at Terminal 5, I did not expect what I got. I think I thought I was going to…

Concert Review: Alex Cameron Is A Twisted Elvis At Rough Trade NYC

I remember watching “Dracula” films, and wondering in creeped fascination why every person would be so “taken” with him. From literal hypnosis to supernatural charm…

Concert Review: Aquilo Show What Is Is To Be Human And In Love At MHOW

Aquilo gave me CHILLS at MHOW to point of literal tears. The starry, British duo of Ben Fletcher and Tom Higham have created a sound that…

Concert Review: The Babe Rainbow Run Carefree At Baby’s All Right

The Babe Rainbow are weird, and, in essence, that is why you love them. To go to their show is to enter a tepee and…

Concert Review: Chicano Batman Turn Irving Plaza Into A Music Gotham

Now more than ever, we, Latinos, need a Chicano Batman to fly over Gotham and give positivity to our day. Chicano Batman are a  band…

Concert Review: Tayler Buono Shows Young Love Isn’t Easy At Rough Trade NYC

Young love! Am I Right? I remember my first love from beginning to end, which is the point. When you are young you fall fast…

Album Review: Yumi Zouma Give You Peace By The “Willowbank”

Sometimes, it is a location that inspires a spirit. We go to people and things like, books or Oprah, in hopes that someone or something…

Artist Close- Up: Shigeto Turns Detroit City Into A Fashion Capital For Music

Combining trap, hip-hop, jazz, Detroit techno & ambient electronics, Shigeto’s The New Monday has turned the sounds of Detroit into the neon city of Tron. Basslines…

Concert Review: The Belle Game Serve Synth- Pop Self-Empowerment At Brooklyn Steel

I reviewed The Belle Game’s Fear/Nothing for its usage of synth-pop as a platform for self-empowerment. Lead singer Andrea Lo furthered proved what I already…

Concert Review: Liza Colby Is A Complete Badass And I Will Not Hear Otherwise

Liza Colby might be the Tina Turner of Rock N’ Roll. The Liza Colby Sound took the Bowery Electric stage, of which this woman was…

Concert Review: METZ Is The Clockwork Orange of Punk At MHOW

I love Clockwork Orange. I love the play, film, and book. I am obsessed with its challenge towards notions of redemption, reformation, and altogether repentance.…

Concert Review: The Shook Twins Leave Rockwood Shook With Their Show

Shook Twins showed that life is a happy mystery at Rockwood Music Hall. Their music is a blend between bright keys (shout out to xylophones!)…

Album Review: Romes Show Us Why We LOVE Mainstream Pop In Happy Debut

I had the pleasure to see Romes in concert, and their self-titled debut album delivers in barrels their fun, summery energy. This band aims for…

Album Review: Canon Blue Creativity Is Born In Isolation In “Lasso Yo”

Conceived during increasingly long periods of isolation caused by increasingly intense bouts of anxiety and depression,  Canon Blue’s Lasso Yo weaves those difficult personal struggles…