Concert Review: Bailen Take Over Bowery Ballroom

With not even a debut out, Bailen filled Bowery Ballroom, to their own surprise. The sibling band are one of THE BEST country-folk-rock groups you…

Album Review: Julia Michaels Sings Her Inner Monologue

Music is the opportunity to hear the same call for love and human compassion in a different way. Nearly every artist is discussing anxiety, and…

Concert Review: Boyfriend Is Your Girlfriend At Rough Trade

There are moments when someone says to you, “You will never see a show like this!,” and you roll your eyes because hype is a…

Album Review: Dawn Is Bringing A “new breed” of Electro R&B

Dawn’s New Breed IS EVERYTHING! This album will ignite an avant-garde twerk-fest. On one hand, it feels like fashion, futurism, and nature decided to breed…

Album Review: Ella Vos Asks You To Watch And Wait

Watch And Wait can be taken as a double entendra. On one hand, it seems to  be the incessant quote of parents trying to convince…

Concert Review: Monica Martin Is Herself At Public Arts

Monica Martin completely charmed the Public Arts crowd by being herself. Authenticity will never go out of style; the problem is that it could treated…

Concert Review: JK Crowe Sings To Feeling Buried

At Mercury Lounge, JK Crowe took the stage and declared a simple truth. Life sucks! Every lyric felt ripped by the inner truths of someone…

Concert Review: Gnash Sings To The Heartbroken Optimist At Irving Plaza

You ever rewatch a movie, and finally understand the ending? It is as if, for some reason, in that viewing, the dots connected, new clues…

Film Review: The Kid Who Would Be King Is A Triumph

I love when “kid movies” hold adult, moral lessons. When they try to infuse into both their story and quotes a sense of higher being/…

Album Review: Neyla Pekarek Becomes “Rattlesnake” Kate

I am a SUPPORTER OF NEYLA PEKAREK! Her concert for Rattlesnake felt like theatricality compartmentalized at Rockwood Music Hall. With the album bound to hit…

Album Review: James Blake Makes Love “Assume Form”

James Blake’s Assume Form is sexy, and could be a call to arms for those trying to connect “motions” to “feelings,” which is one of…

Concert Review: Two Friends Are A Buddies’ Bash At Irving Plaza

Walking into Two Friends’ Irving Plaza show felt like an event, itself. For starters, NEW YORK IS COLD! Yet, that did not stop the crowd…

Concert Review: It’s Gabby’s World And Rough Trade Lives In It

Watching GW, I kept on thinking about how 99% of performers qualify themselves as shy people. Many of the songs/ indie artists that are defining…

Concert Review: The Lemon Twigs Give Boogie Nights To MHOW

Going to see The Lemon Twigs, I 100% felt like I was going to see a rock n’ roll band bring 70’s swag and insanity.…

Concert Review: Saint Marilyn Serve Arcade Pop At Union Pool

Saint Marilyn turned Union Pool into an arcade of pop music. With a packed crowd, their sound felt like the Say Anything, “boombox” scene on…