Film Review: The Darkest Minds Is YA At Its Glory

Synopsis: When teens mysteriously develop powerful new abilities, they are declared a threat by the government and detained. Sixteen-year-old Ruby, one of the most powerful…

Concert Review: Castlecomer Are Characters At Baby’s All Right

I remember being a child and having a grade schoolteacher who would point out certain kids, and say “Oh, you are a character!” It was…

Concert Review: Olivia Chaney Makes National Sawdust Her Shelter

Even Olivia Chaney noted how silent and still her National Sawdust audience was; to the point that it almost felt magical. It is rare that…

Diandra Interviews Fyahbwoy: How Music Gets You Through Poverty

Fyahbwoy has, undeniably, created a career of self-healing. You can, literally, hear his growth as a person throughout his music. While he has always been…

Concert Review: Glorietta Unites At Rockwood NYC

You ever see a group of people, and feel that they like each other. Something in their dynamic, whether it is a relationship or a…

Album Review: Spooky Cool Confront Desire With Every Thing Ever

It is has always been said that money is the root of all evil, but it is desire that makes sure that root grows. Desire…

Album Review: Bad Bad Hats Shows Love Is A “Lightning Round”

Fluttering tape loops, a few wrong notes, and lyrics that swerve off emotional roads to change immediate course. If Bad Bad Hats’ intention with Lightning…

Album Review: Houndmouth Introduce Their “Golden Age”

You ever hear an album, and your immediate reaction is, “Ooooooo, I like this!” That is what I felt listening to Houndmouth’s Golden Age. It…

Festival Preview: Elements Music & Arts Festival Is Coming To The BRONX

Another festival is getting ready to ignite NYC’s Bronx with fiery sonic waves. Elements Music & Arts Festival NYC is coming through, and my only…

Artist Close-Up: Summer Walker Knows “Girls Need Love”

Is it rocket science? It seems now and then you will hear a man say, “Damn, women are confusing?” or “I just don’t know what…

Album Review: Santigold Brings You A Summer In Dancehall

I swear that Santigold summoned her inner Sister Nancy for I Don’t Want: The Gold Fire Sessions, and created a mixtape meant to bring the…

Concert Review: Chicano Batman Are The Roses At Brooklyn Bowl

It is befitting that Chicano Batman had roses on their merch because they feel like a secret admirer delivered roses to your night. They are…

Diandra Interviews Mala Rodriguez: To Know Yourself Is To Know Your Sound

Mala Rodriguez is a badass; creating music that can balance consciousness with carefreeness. It is as if she can strut her stuff with a latex…

Theatre Review: Peter Who? Gives Spiderman A Silly Spin At NYMF

The New York Musical Festival has swept through Theatre Row, and it has brought the Spiderman parody musical you never knew you needed, but will…

Diandra Interviews Andrea Cruz: How Music Teaches Diversity

Preferring to create music that cannot fit in any space beyond your choice to like it, Andrea Cruz joins a rising generation of new artists…