Album Review: Justin Nozuka Makes You Run To Waters For Serenity

Justin Nozuka’s Run To Waters is like putting your mind on a yoga mat, and asking it to stretch until it finds its center. It…

Concert Review: Editors Show Flaws Are Power At Irving Plaza

Editors’ played to Millennials’ inner teens across the Irving Plaza Land. Blending their indie rock with post-punk sensibilities, the night felt like a reliving of…

Album Review: Courtney Barnett’s Tell Me How You Really Feel

Courtney Barnett’s Tell Me How You Really Feel gives off a literary vibe. I kept on thinking of Jardine Libaire’s White Fur with Barnett’s capacity…

Album Review: Quiet Slang’s Everything Matters But No One Is Listening

What if you took a rock anthem and turned it into a ballad? Imagine “We Will Rock You” if it were led by violin strings?…

Concert Review: Kitten Purr At Rough Trade NYC

Kitten’s Chloe Chaidez is a tour-de-force. Coming out in her “Oops, I Did It Again” outfit, she could not stop tossing her arms and legs…

Concert Review/ Artist Close-Up: Three Reasons To Love G-Flip

Playing a show at Mercury Lounge, G-Flip came out looking like a Skater Girl, but her performance challenged the “easy-going” stereotypes tethered to such an…

Concert Review: Smoke Season Are Fire At Rough Trade NYC

Seeing Smoke Season at Rough Trade, I kept on thinking of No Doubt’s Tragic Kingdom; their experimental electro-pop pulsed with its same endearing, instinctual sense…

Album Review: Kassin Makes You Want To Relax In Brazil

I LOVE Kassin’s Relax. When ever someone brings the “Latin- Samba” heat to their sound, my soul and roots feels summoned to the dance-floor. It…

Album Review: Ssion’s O Is An Avant-Garde Music Experiment

Ssion’s O is pure experimentation at its finest. Blending punk, pop, and glam, O feels like a sex pistol filled with glitter; to shoot its…

Concert Review: Pavo Pavo Give Frequencies At Baby’s All Right

It is hard to describe Pavo Pavo’s effect, but it kind of feels like the sleepy dreaminess you get after an exciting day or a…

Concert Review: Marian Hill Are Iconic At Brooklyn Steel

Marian Hill took Brooklyn Steel in a storm of R&B futurism. As the crowd sang their songs like they were serenading their crush or musically…

Concert Review: The Bones of J.R. Jones Are Revived At Mercury Lounge

The Bones of J.R. Jones took Mercury Lounge on a religious experience. I know I often talk about society or spirituality, but The Bones of…

Concert Review: Sloan Show Music Innovation At Bowery Ballroom

You know you are a big deal if you have no opening act. It happened with Lily Allen, and then again with Sloan. Albeit, both…

Album Review: Ben Jaffe’s Oh, Wild Ocean Of Love Is Tragically Romantic

Benjamin Jaffe’s Oh, Wild Ocean Of Love is a sweet, Western infused romance. You feel like you have walked into an old town filled with…

Film Review: The Racer An The Jailbird Is Two Films In One

SYNOPSIS: As a member of a notorious Brussels gang renowned for their expertly-executed robberies, Gigi (frequent Roskam collaborator Matthias Schoenaerts, The Danish Girl, Red Sparrow), tends…