Club Review: Kyle Watson Is The Winning Team At Schimanski

I know that Kyle Watson is South African, but I can only describe his epic set at Schimanski in New York terms. Kyle Watson plays…

Concert Review: Alex Cameron Is A Greaser of Love At MHOW

If Austin Powers and Elvis Presley decided to concoct their dream primogeniture, it would be Alex Cameron. From his last Rough Trade show to his…

Concert Review: Molly Burch Shows Love Grows At MHOW

Molly Burch has grown into her own skin. Having seen her a while back, at a local pub, and witnessing her open at Music Hall…

Concert Review: Low Anthem Are A Night Ride At Bowery Ballroom

It is a beautiful time in this world. I know that, often, even I talk about how dark its become, but a candle burns brightest…

Concert Review: Cornelius Is Intergalactic At Irving Plaza

We all are weird, but most of us save our eccentricity for privacy; revealing it only to our closest friends. At Irving Plaza, we were…

Concert Review: Tune Yards Dance For The Disenfranchised In Brooklyn

Dance Music For The Disenfranchised! This is NOT a new concept, and from Hip Hop to Pop, music has created socio-political songs that place discord…

Artist Close-Up: Nightmares On Wax Shapes The Future In Sound

If shaping the future sounded EXACTLY as Nightmares on Wax’s album then I would have more hope. (lol!) His Shape The Future record blends futurism…

Concert Review: Bruno Major Gives Soul To A Storm At Rough Trade

As the “nor-easter” showered through NYC, nothing could stop a batch of Millennials eager to receive story-time and songs from the North Londoner: Bruno Major.…

Concert Review: Lola Marsh Turn Rough Trade Into A Romantic Eden

I always say, “Great things never change, but they do grow!” I thought about putting that in my tombstone, but it felt oxymoronic. Yet, seeing…

Concert Review: Milk & Bone Show Love Lies At Baby’s All Right

I have long been a fan of Milk & Bone. Certain artists make me want to wave a flag of surrender when I hear their…

Album Review: Calum Scott Is Only Human, And That Is Perfect

I was superbly excited about Calum Scott’s debut album: Only Human. After seeing him in concert, and watching how gracious and genuinely grateful he was…

Album Review: Jeremy Messersmith Observes Late Stage Capitalism

Jeremy Messersmith began to play music as a child, and never stopped embracing it with a child-like grace. When you fall so young and hard…

Concert Review: Joel Taylor Is The American Dream At Rockwood

One thing that I find very, but happily alarming about American music is how powerful it is, and how well international artists can do it.…

Album Review: Young Fathers Give Cocoa Sugar To Heal The World

Young Fathers’ Cocoa Sugar is strange and sexy. It is the psychedelic in funkadelic, by sounding like a sultry nightmare playing in one of the…

Book Review: Here Kitty Kitty Purrs With Self-Destruction

I did a weird, but not uncommon thing. I read an author’s acclaimed novel before I read their debut novel. It is a strange move…