Film Review: Big Time Adolescence Is Big Time Heart

I LOVED Big Time Adolescence. It is one of the funniest films of 2020, and also one of the most nuanced pictures on what it…

Concert Review: FANGIRL Over Audrey MIka RIGHT NOW

If there is one thing that is incredibly beautiful and terrifying about being young right now, especially as an artist, is how exposed you are…

Artist Close-Up: Lonr. IS HUNGRY For The Stage

Lonr. may perform with a smooth charm, but his ambition is dripping from the stage. Sometimes, you can just feel someone’s inner hustle and hunger…

Artist Cloese-Up: Flipp Dinero Is Going To Make The Bag

FLIPP DINERO IS COMING, PEOPLE! Don’t sleep on this charismatic rapper whose performance style is as smooth as a sea of Hennessy.  Similar to the…

Concert Review: GASHI Is THE MAN To His FANS At Gramercy

Going to a GASHI concert is like taking a purity test on how much a man can be loved. The pure adoration his fans have…

Concert Review: Nasty Cherry Are Punk-Pop Fabulosity

I love Nasty Cherry. I am all for their fabulous edginess, and their ability to make pink and glitter feel as rough and cutting as…

Concert Review: Roses & Revolutions Bring The Epic To Pop

Roses & Revolutions has a MAJOR benefit to their sound; they make pop feel epic. They arrange songs to have this “end of the world”…

Artist Close- Up: Get Ready For The Vocality of COBI

I love a good, girded voice. One that makes your feel like emotions are hands reaching from graves: deep, dirty, and unwaveringly resilient in their…

Concert Review: KOPPS Are For Aliens At Mercury Lounge

I interviewed Kopps awhile ago, and one thing I noted was that they were fiercely intelligent and unabashedly weird and fun. In essence, they had…

Diandra Interviews Lu Kala – Discovering Love Through Writing Songs

When it comes to love and the industry, Lu Kala responds to both with strength and wonder. Giving your heart to your career and someone…

Album Exclusive: Kail Baxley’s Beneath The Bones

Coming out March 6, I got an advance of Kail Baxley’s Beneath The Bones, and it is stunning. Baxley’s voice is like hot cocoa for…

Album Review: Nadia Reid’s “Out of My Province”

Love does push you out of your comfort zone. Often, we discuss our relationships like they are spiritual, sofa mattresses we lie upon when the…

Diandra Interviews Chaz Cardigan: Free To Be Real

In an industry that can toss around words like, “thoughtful” and “vulnerable,” it is not always easy to see who is actually being these qualities,…

Diandra Interviews Roses & Revolutions: Finding Peace & Dreams In Music

Playing Mercury Lounge tonight, Roses & Revolutions are ready to tear up the stage, but first they spoke to us about dreams, and how becoming…

Theatre Review: The Perplexed Highlights The Privileged At MTC

Written by Richard Greenberg and directed by Lynne Meadow, The Perplexed is playing at Manhattan Theatre Club until March 29 . With a title like…