Sometimes, it is a location that inspires a spirit. We go to people and things like, books or Oprah, in hopes that someone or something…
Combining trap, hip-hop, jazz, Detroit techno & ambient electronics, Shigeto’s The New Monday has turned the sounds of Detroit into the neon city of Tron. Basslines…
I reviewed The Belle Game’s Fear/Nothing for its usage of synth-pop as a platform for self-empowerment. Lead singer Andrea Lo furthered proved what I already…
Liza Colby might be the Tina Turner of Rock N’ Roll. The Liza Colby Sound took the Bowery Electric stage, of which this woman was…
I love Clockwork Orange. I love the play, film, and book. I am obsessed with its challenge towards notions of redemption, reformation, and altogether repentance.…
Shook Twins showed that life is a happy mystery at Rockwood Music Hall. Their music is a blend between bright keys (shout out to xylophones!)…
I had the pleasure to see Romes in concert, and their self-titled debut album delivers in barrels their fun, summery energy. This band aims for…
Conceived during increasingly long periods of isolation caused by increasingly intense bouts of anxiety and depression, Canon Blue’s Lasso Yo weaves those difficult personal struggles…
Officer K (Ryan Gosling), a new blade runner for the Los Angeles Police Department, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what’s…
A debut says a lot about an artist, and Kelela makes two things clear: she is simple and self-aware. In many ways, those are the…
I am already IN LOVE with The Gifted. It is reviving and can continue to revive the X-men universe in ways that Legion did, as…
Synopsis: A teenager, David, journeys to Montana to hunt big game with his estranged father, Cal. Father and son struggle to connect, until a brutal…
The Cults have been one of my favorite bands…. since ever. Their mesh of 60’s pop with enough electro-wave to revive a cemetery could leave…
Wolf Parade’s Cry Cry Cry should be called Drama Drama Drama, and I love it. Soaring choruses, rousing anthems, sprawling guitars and chaotic keys make…
Synopsis: Fifteen years earlier, Una ran away with an older man, Ray, a crime for which he was arrested and imprisoned. When she comes across…