I remember watching “Dracula” films, and wondering in creeped fascination why every person would be so “taken” with him. From literal hypnosis to supernatural charm…
Aquilo gave me CHILLS at MHOW to point of literal tears. The starry, British duo of Ben Fletcher and Tom Higham have created a sound that…
The Babe Rainbow are weird, and, in essence, that is why you love them. To go to their show is to enter a tepee and…
Now more than ever, we, Latinos, need a Chicano Batman to fly over Gotham and give positivity to our day. Chicano Batman are a band…
Young love! Am I Right? I remember my first love from beginning to end, which is the point. When you are young you fall fast…
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…