Album Review: Japanese Breakfast Show Angst Is Addicting In Soft Sounds From Another Planet

Like concert, like album, Japanese Breakfast serve angst in a musically digestible form. Their new album,  Soft Sounds From Another Planet, comes out this week as…

Album Review: Sheer Mag “Need To Feel You Love” And THEY WILL!

I LOVE THIS ALBUM! I LOVE SHEER MAG! Review over… In serious, Sheer Mag might be the dream baby of ACDC and Alabama Shakes with…

Album Review: RAC Shows An “Ego” Can Be Fun

  RAC’s Ego is far from arrogant. Instead, it is a boisterous celebration of how much life humbles us, even when humility is the LAST…

Theatre Review: Spoon River Makes You Happily Glide Through Life’s Meaning

Spoon River may be a Canadian gem, but it should also be a Broadway Bound musical. Continuing the Soulpepper run at the Perishing Signature Square…

Concert Review: James A.M. Downes Writes Life In Prison Font At Bowery Electric

James A.M. Downes played Bowery Electric in an intimate gig of both his hits and newest, solo EP Prison Font. As he bantered with the…

Album Review: I Can Live Forever In Oh Wonder’s Ultralife

For their new album, ULTRALIFE, Oh Wonder delved into life: plain and simple. In perspective, this a brilliant idea. While most artist focus on life…

Festival Review: Full Moon Fest Brings A Cool Day To Governor’s Island

Full Moon Fest is a unique festival, in part, because it does not feel like other giant, music festivals. Like Governor’s Ball, it is on…

Concert Review: Ben Talmi Is A Millennial Guru At Baby’s All Right

Ben Talmi is the type of show you see when you want to be okay with life. Most artists aim for feeling great, excited, and…

Song Review: Em & The Fates Sing To A “Beautiful Life”

Em & The Fates is a Brooklyn-based septet whose rich three part harmonies and soul/pop arrangements hark back to an old school soundscape – glittering…

Concert Review: Caravan Palace Brings Electrifying Swing To Warsaw NYC

Woooowwww !!!!!!! WOOOOOOWWWWW!!!!!! That is all I will say about Caravan Palace. No one should feel so alive, and Caravan Palace gives you a performance…

Concert Review: Japanese Breakfast Serve Angst In Every Chord At MHOW

Similarly to Romes, for an opener, Japanese Breakfast felt like a a clear headliner, which they will be come Fall. Releasing their new album this…

Book Review: Laura Shapiro’s What We Ate Show Food Can Speak To A Person’s Character

I begin my What She Ate by Laura Shapiro review with a simple, “It was delicious!”. I, literally, ate up her six tales of women…

Concert Review: Romes Are The Essence Of Pop Music At Bowery Ballroom

Romes played a SPECTACULAR show at Bowery Ballroom, and made sure everybody knew that an opening act can still feel and behave like a headliner.…

Album Review: Beiju Shows The Music Of “Demain” Is Fantasy Pop

Raised in the outskirts of Paris, Caitlin Seager was heavily influenced by contemporary jazz and the avant-garde art world as a child before moving to…

Album Review: Jade Bird Shows “Something American” To Her Heart

Something American is Jade Bird’s dedicated EP to the picturesque ideas of American life and relationships. In these crazy times, it is getting harder to…