Album Review: Yumi Zouma Give You Peace By The “Willowbank”

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…

Artist Close- Up: Shigeto Turns Detroit City Into A Fashion Capital For Music

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…

Concert Review: The Belle Game Serve Synth- Pop Self-Empowerment At Brooklyn Steel

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…

Concert Review: Liza Colby Is A Complete Badass And I Will Not Hear Otherwise

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…

Concert Review: METZ Is The Clockwork Orange of Punk At MHOW

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.…

Concert Review: The Shook Twins Leave Rockwood Shook With Their Show

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!)…

Album Review: Romes Show Us Why We LOVE Mainstream Pop In Happy Debut

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…

Album Review: Canon Blue Creativity Is Born In Isolation In “Lasso Yo”

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…

Movie Review: Blade Runner 2049 Is Gorgeous In Style And Rich In Commentary

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…

Album Review: Kelela Builds Her Spirit And Sound In “Take Me Apart”

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…

TV Review: The Gifted Gives X-Men The Much Needed Revamp It Deserves

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…

Film Review: Walking Out Shows How A Father And Son Survive Together

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…

Album Review: Cults Make An Offering of Light In Their New Album

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…

Album Review: Wolf Parade Triumphantly Returns In Cry Cry Cry

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…

Film Review: UNA Shows When A Childhood Can Be Lost An Adult Is Left To Be Found

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…