Concert Review: Maurice Brown Puts The Jazz In Blue Note

Celebrating his most recent album, The Mood, Maurice Brown played the Blue Note in NYC; where only jazz devotees are allowed to praise and the…

Album Review: Capital Cities Invite You To Join In “Swimming Pool Summer”

I love when artists give me what they promise, especially when they promise light-hearted. It is like, when your parents say. “We are getting ice-cream,…

Album Review: Broken Social Scene Give You A Giant Hug Of Thunder

Broken Social Science (BSS) give you a giant Hug Of Thunder; a record that roars and rivets like the weather, itself. When you think of…

Album Review: Haim Have “Something To Tell You” About Love, And You Want To Listen

Haim’s sophomore album, Something To Tell You, is pop glory with a crown of country. Guitars and keys clap and stomp throughout the record’as Haim…

Album Review: The Nursery Show Human Vanity In Life After Wartime

The Nursery’s Life After Wartime is a rock n’ roll declaration that humanity is superficial. While they prefer to call their music Freak Pop, which…

Album Review: Toro Y Moi Shows The Layers Of Love In “Boo Boo”

There is a dreamy vibe to Toro Y Moi’s Boo Boo, which befits his views on love. From space-age funk to Motown pop-soul, his previous…

Film Review: Spiderman Homecoming Succeeds Because It Is Young

I am a comic-book nerd, and while everybody races away with theories as to why THIS Spiderman is, specifically, THE BEST of all Spiderman films,…

Artist Close-Up: Wildling Show Falling In And Out Of Love Through “Lilywhite”

L.A.-based alternative-rock quintet Wildling understand “boy bands”. Each band member has a history in this pop-phenomena, but now have united to break out of the…

Concert Review: Jesse Shows Everyone’s Life Has A Hard Sky To Soar At Alphaville

The strangeness of Jesse’s Hard Sky is that its sounds “larger than life”, but when you meet Jesse, himself, he is down to earth. Hard…

Theatre Review: Kim’s Convenience Shows Immigrants Are A Country’s Story

It could not be a better time for Kim’s Convenience to do a two-week run at the Pershing Square Signature Center; when immigration and hate…

Album Review: Washed Out Turns Listeners Into Mister Mellow

The irony of closing your eyes is that you might see more. When we close our eyes, our brain furthers its “imagination” portion, and out…

Concert Review: You Too Can Woo With The Violet Sands And French Horn Rebellion

As if being an artist is hard, try being an artist representing OTHER ARTISTS! You To Can Woo had to have been one of the…

Album Review: The Violet Sands Make A “Hotel” Worth Staying In Forever

Sexy is a term I often stay away from when describing an artist or album because, unfortunately, it can be wrongly interpreted. Feeling empowered in…

Concert Review: The Vacant Lots Smash Through Sunnyvale’s Walls

Noise is a strange thing to love. Music is noise, and some genres/artists are noisier than others. Yet, if music is meant to represent the…

Album Review: NRVS LVRS Show Life Can Be An “Electric Dread”

Forget hard rock…. we need hard pop. Alright, that statement did not go far, but NRVS LVRS is pop with a gritting aura that will.…