Book Review: Kwei Quartey’s “Death By His Grace” Revamps The Thrill In Crime-Thriller

Synopsis: Katherine Yeboah’s marriage to Solomon Vanderpuye is all the talk of Accra high society. But when it becomes apparent that Katherine is infertile, Solomon’s…

Album Review:Kedr Levanskiy’s Brings Out The “Ariadna” In All of Us

Kedr Levanskiy’s Ariadna makes me want to grab a bunch of Club Kids and join a Drag Dance competition. It is filled the voguing sensuality…

Album Review: Faith Healer Make Trying Something Worth Doing In Newest Album, Try ;-)

Faith Healer lives up to their name in new album, Try ;-). From the beginning, you feel like you entered a room filled with hot…

Album Review: Happy Hollows Makes You Want To Pack A Bag And Head To “Concordia”

  Can we all go to Concordia? That is what I want to know after listening to Happy Hollows’ newest record titled Concordia. It just…

Concert Review: Cole Lumpkin Shows He Was Born To Play At Mercury Lounge

Cole Lumpkin is a genius, and he knows it. Watching him play at Mercury Lounge was like watching a mad-scientist though a glass window; organizing…

Concert Review: Vallis Alps Make Simplicity Feel Epic At Music Hall of Williamsburg

On a super rainy day in NYC, a group of concert-goers had a love spell cast over them, and the magical culprits are Vallis Alps.…

Album Review: Tori Amos Celebrates Her Fifteenth Album With Political Fire In Native Invader

15 ALBUMS! Just take the time to absorb that concept. FIFTEEN ALBUMS is what Tori Amos has created with the release of her newest record…

Album Review: Alvvays Send Love To All The “Antisocialites” Suffering From A Breakup

I love 500 Days of Summer. Yes, I know this is an album review for Alvvays highly-anticipated new album, Antisocialites, but I mention this film…

Artist Close-Up: Zeke Finn Brings The Chill In “Under The Willows”

You ever feel like you are just walking around; no purpose or destination. Now this not a bad thing, and it does not have to…

Artist Close-Up: Soul Has Another Rising Star In Kat Wright

Soul has a new front-woman, and her name is Kat Wright. With a voice that opens and closes notes like a spiritual heart valve, there…

Concert Review: Underground Mantra Gives Positive Vibes At Mercury Lounge

I begin my review on a personal note. There is TOO MUCH TALENT IN THIS WORLD! In a time, where the world seems to be…

Album Review: Tender Debut Human Duality In “Modern Addiction

Tender’s Modern Addiction is about duality or as, Hunter And Wolfer would put it, “the irony of vulnerability”. Beneath lyrics that are humorous in their…

Album Review: Punctual Revive “Fading Youth”

If you read me often enough then you can pick up that I truly believe music is a “pick me up”. A good song can…

Album Review: The Pains of Being Pure At Heart Show The Purity of Pleasure

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart (TPOBPAH) treat pop like it a refinery of candy. Somewhere, way more magical, there is a factory that…

Concert Review: James Parenti Shows Mercury Lounge How To Get Heaven Even If You Look Like Hell

James Parenti might be the second coming of MIchael Stipe from R.E.M. Not only does his voice carry the rich resonance of this acclaimed singer,…