Album Review: Haelos Ask For Any Random Kindness

Haelos have an unmatched capacity to make hopelessness sound optimistic. Their grooved melancholy makes you dance with your desperations and fears, of which Any Random…

Concert Review: Sharon Van Etten Makes Me Feel Like A Grown Woman At Webster

There are many divisions in life, but few speak about one of the biggest divides occurring within people: the person you thought you would be…

Concert Review: Kevin Garrett Sings To Love And Uncle Stephen At Bowery

Only Kevin Garrett could give a quiet, even tear inducing ballad after discussing how he called Stephen Colbert the uncle he never had, but that…

Concert Preview: Billy Raffoul Will Run Wild At Gramercy

I LOVE Billy Raffoul, and, on May 7, he is heading to Gramercy Theatre. He has been blessed with a voice that feels both sulfuric…

Concert Review: Elhae Sings To Sadness And Sex At S.O.B’s

As people of color, at times, it is hard to speak about our depressions. While our communities are covered in terms of their social and…

Concert Review: White Lies Spread At Irving Plaza

It could have been the purple, green lighting that hued their set, or the gothic arrangements and verses singing to a drab world that needs…

Film Review: The Last Summer Gets Serious

When it comes to teen romances, you CANNOT beat Netflix. They have given us “movie theater” worthy films in the comfort of our home. Thus,…

Concert Review: Sasami Yells For Self-Love At Rough Trade

“I feel more like myself when I yell,” said Sasami after screeching a scream into the mic, of which, a few moments after, she yelped,…

Concert Review: Matt Maeson Uplifts The Strong In Brooklyn

Matt Maeson rained positivity over Music Hall of Williamsburg as if it was a million dollar bills falling from the sky. It was as if…

Album Review: Jesse Mac Cormack Observe The “Now”

Jesse Mac Cormack’s Now sounds like an Ayahuasca trip; matching strings, synths, and percussions as if they are born in the various landscapes of this…

Concert Review: Rosalía Stuns At Red Bull Music Fest

Rosalía gave a STUNNING performance, Night 2, of the Red Bull Music Fest. With the Redbull logo subtly splashed throughout the Webster Hall venue, it…

Concert Review: Calan Mai At Rockwood

New York City is the music capital of the world; with what feels like millions of artists journeying here to either begin or level up…

Concert Review: Tyler Ramsey Gives Folk For The Gentle Soul

As Tyler Ramsey played his Mercury Lounge set, I kept on thinking of the meek; playing tunes that felt like mild-mannered folk songs. Yet, as…

Theater Review: Safeword Asks If You Want Love or Control

Sex, violence, and food all seem to intertwine in Safeword, playing at American Theater of Actors, to make us question how we love. Following four…

Concert Review: Zen Mother Ascend At Baby’s All Right

Zen Mother are weird, strange, warped, and completely serene about it. At Baby’s All Right, they were a Twilight Zone of mindfulness; tensing chords of…