Concert Review: Durand Jones And The Indications Vibe At MHOW

When people look at the past, they always talk about the “glory days” when life was so much better. Now, historically, I struggle to see…

Concert Review: Sunflower Bean Show Twenty-Two In Blue At Bowery

Twenty-Two is a strange age. It kind of feels like the last few clinks before the roller-coaster drops, and you are swiveled and swerved through…

Diandra Interviews Elijah Grae: How Music Teaches You To Love

Elijah Grae sees music as more than just healing: it is the answer for him and life’s biggest questions. Every human has to figure out…

Concert Review: Unknown Mortal Orchestra Turn Brooklyn Steel Into Adult Swim

Unknown Mortal Orchestra (UMO) have serenaded several nights sitting on the sofa eating chips, putting on Adult Swim, and smoking away the night. They are…

Album Review: Varsity Show Everyone Has A Parallel Person

If Kali Uchis and The Shangri-Las went through time to meet each other and form an indie super-pop group, it would be Varsity. Their newest…

Concert Review: Au/Ra Makes The Simple Feel Big At Public Arts NYC

Au/Ra left me happily enlightened by her performance at Public Arts. While, at first, her music seems to be tropical infused, indie-pop rebellions, singing to…

Concert Review: ALMA TURNS UP Public Arts NYC

It is hard not to gush at my Alma concert experience. This Finnish star turns her concerts into club experiences where you are required to…

TV Review: The Handmaid’s Tale Get Scarier And Realer In Season 2

Watching the first few episodes of the The Handmaid’s Tale made me sigh with relief. With a first season that was so acclaimed, you would…

Theatre Review: Made to Dance in Burning Buildings Is Theatric Healing

In many ways, trauma can strip us of our humanity, and put us on a clear track to self-destruction. Who wants to feel after someone…

Theatre Review: Saint Joan Is Heavenly Revived By MTC

Written by George Bernard Shaw, Saint Joan reveals the humanity of divinity, and plays upon the loneliness of both. To be God is to be…

Concert Review: Ashley Monroe Is A Bubbly Sparrow At Rough Trade

I have often spoken about how life can be divided between the “givers” and the “takers”. As Ashley Monroe thanked her crowd, again, for receiving…

Film Review: The House of Tomorrow Uses Punk To Challenge Old Ways

SYNOPSIS: THE HOUSE OF TOMORROW tells the story of a sheltered teen raised inside a geodesic dome who befriends a rebellious kid and forms a punk…

Album Review: Twin Shadow Makes You “Caer” Into His Music

If you ask the genre of Twin Shadow, a.k.a George Lewis Jr, he will say “Listen”. After listening to his newest record, Caer, I understand…

Album Review: Speedy Ortiz’s Twerpe Verse Faces Society’s Fear

Says lead singer Sadie Dupuis, “Social politics and protest have been a part of our music from day one, and I didn’t want to stop…

Concert Review: Sarah Blasko Sings To Wanting Love At Rockwood

I firmly believe that every artist write according to the lessons they have learned, and the ones they can never seem to figure out. We…