Film Review: Beauty And The Dogs Shows #MeToo Is A Needed Movement

SYNOPSIS: When Mariam, a young Tunisian woman, is raped by police officers after leaving a party, she is propelled into a harrowing night in which…

Diandra Interviews Danielle Cormier: Singing To Love With Fire & Ice

Danielle Cormier is both relatable and completely special. On one hand, she is a twenty-two year old woman chasing her music dreams, and hoping that…

Concert Review: John The Martyr Brings NOLA Heaven To The Django

Life turns, and often we think it only turns bad. Yet, it can turn good, as well. Before John The Martyr, Bill Hudson was a…

Concert Review: Totally Mild Sing To Self- Esteem At Rough Trade

Totally Mild feel like Ladybird at a Texas Prom. Honestly, if Greta Gerwig needed an album to soundtrack the pains and promises of being a…

Concert Review: Jade Imagine Pulp Rough Trade With Garage Glam

I love Jade Imagine’s sound and vibe. More importantly, I love how they make me feel like I have a sound and vibe, which is…

Book Review: Karen Salmansohn’s Friends Forever Wherever Whenever

Karen Salmansohn’s Friends Forever Wherever Whenever is sappy, cheesy, and absolutely wonderful because of it. This book is splashy celebration of what it is to…

Concert Review: Ciaran Lavery Releases Your Darkness At Rockwood

Its hard to describe Ciaran Lavery’s music. Someone tried to say it gave them “heart pressure”; as if someone was pressing on their heart to…

Album Review: Preocuppations Have “New Material” To Deal With Old Ways

Preoccupations’ New Material plays off like a nightmarish, Greek Tragedy: both beautiful and terrifying. You can just imagine Antigone in her cell, ready to die,…

Artist Close-Up: Ed Romanoff Is The Orphan King

Ed Romanoff is The Orphan King. After discovering he was adopted, Romanoff used music as a literal point of self. Who are you when you…

Theatre Review: Shakespeare’s Will Is One To Witness

Synopsis: Loosely based on the few historical facts known about the Bard, Anne, and their family life, SHAKESPEARE’S WILL is a lively, humorous and emotional depiction of…

Album Review: Chloe X Halle Prove The Kids Are Alright

Chloe X Halle give a choral aesthetic that surrounds you with beautiful voices harmonizing oaths of self-beauty and genuine love. The sisters do not create…

Theatre Review: Phoebe Legere’s Speed Queen Is A Hug To A Great Life

I never heard of Joe Carstairs, and that is a problem. A fabulous life like hers should not be so silenced in history, but LGBT…

Concert Review: Lydia Balances At Irving Plaza

At Irving Plaza, Lydia’s melodies had a way of softening both stress and adrenaline. From “Riverman” to “Goodside”, they embraced both; using their guitars like…

Artist Close-Up: Saweetie Is High Maintenance

“Saweetie” is not just a fabulously spun term on “sweetness”, but also an added edge to those that believe sugar cannot burn. The artist known…

Concert Review: Tall Heights Give Humor And Sad Songs At Rough Trade

Tall Heights always give a good show, and their triumphant return to Rough Trade was no different. They are blessed with the most irreverent humor,…