Film/ Concert Review: The Pace Brothers Show Life Is Fleetingly Trippy In The Kitchen

When you hear 2/3 thirds of the legendary Blonde Redhead have decided to soundtrack classic short films/ moving images, you run to check it out.…

Album Review: Jasmine Thompson Builds A Wonderland

Summer is coming. Heck, IT IS HERE. And with that a bunch of rising new artists release singles and album in hopes that can define…

Concert Review: Crush Club Gives THE YAS To House Of Yes

I begin my review with an admission. I love the documentary Paris Is Burning. The acclaimed film brought light to the fabulous and tormented vogue…

Concert Review: The New Up Make You Rise Up At Union Hall

  The New Up played the newly opened Union Hall, and brought a rock n roll flare to its reinvention. The venue had, unfortunately, burned…

Diandra Reviews Playlist 41: Comicbook Edition

I LOVE Comic Books #comicnerd. They are like modern myth filled with a surreal version of the very real highs and lows of being human.…

Concert Review: The Palms Turn My Bad Day Into A Good Night At Mercury Lounge

Playing Mercury Lounge on Monday, The Palms are an L.A. band that had already sparked upon my radar because they are genuinely playable. Their songs…

Theatre Review: “Ernest Shackleton Loves Me” And I Love Him Back

    Ernest Shackleton Loves Me might be the most  full-fledged optimistic musical I have ever seen. Now optimism is not an easy sell these…

Diandra Reviews Playlist 39: Tea Time Edition

If music were tea then I just gave you a huge CUP OF TEA. Sip on 48 songs from 48 artists that you can drink…

Theatre Review: Bandstand The Musical Honors The Reality Of War With Swinging Dazzle

SYNOPSIS: When a national contest to find America’s next music sensation offers a chance at fame and Hollywood fortune, Donny must whip his boys into fighting…

Song Review: Father John Misty Gives Us “Total Entertainment Forever”

I always get precocious writing about Father John Misty…. Is he an act? A Person? Both? The point is he is talented, and with a…

Concert Review: Frank Iero & The Patience Give Concert Catharsis At Music Hall Of Williamsburg

Frank Iero & The Patience stirred head-bangs and mosh pits at Music Hall Of Williamsburg to the joy of onlookers eager to feel the rage…

Concert Review: Charly Bliss Is CRAZY, And I love IT!

I have reviewed Charly Bliss before, and admired the pixie-stick personality of lead singer Eva Hendricks. Like the sugar that gets pageant kids’ energy hopped…

Song Review: Find Yourself Through Marnie’s “Lost Maps”

Up-tempo, electro dream-pop is a concise definition for Ladytron’s frontwoman Helen Marnie, aka Marnie. Her new song “Lost Maps” proves why her band and her creativity…

Song Review: Halsey Declares It Is “Now or Never” like Romeo & Juliet

I love Halsey. In a world where brave can be used very loosely, she shows courage by being very open with her struggles for mental…