Concert Review: Your Smith Is Still Ours At Brooklyn Steel

What I love about watching Your Smith is that i have so much faith in her as an artist. Like wine, she gets better with…

Diandra Interviews Travis Thompson: Recklessly Authentic

Travis Thompson is completely lovable, which is why his music is attractive to so many. His new record, Reckless Endangerment, is a jovial look at…

Artist Close-Up: Yung Bleu Has Got Investments 6

I, literally, heard Yung Bleu’s Investments 6 in a studio with Ciroc and good people, and the magic 6 is that it matched the image.…

Concert Review: K.Flay Is A Punk Cheerleader At Brooklyn Steel

  In concert, K. Flay felt like a punk cheerleader. Her songs appearing like the chants for the benevolent rebel. Note I used the word…

Concert Review: The Man Who …… At Rough Trade

The Man Who? What a great, strange name for a band because it launches a millions stories. The Man Who went to the moon. The…

Film Review: Judy Reveals The Dark Side of Fame

Directed by Rupert Goold and written by Tom Edge, Judy was a devastating look at the price of fame. Yes, Judy Garland is a legend…

Artist Close-Up: Upsahl Has Got Rich Friends

  I keep on thinking about what makes a “pop star,” particularly in this era of excess and empowerment. We are living in a world…

Concert Review: Banners Wave At Rough Trade

I had to do it! I had to make a cheesy pun on Banners name, but I am not off, considering, how many people were…

Concert Review: Sigrid Is Positive Pop At Webster Hall

  At Webster Hall, Sigrid approached the stage like a breathe of fresh air, which might explain why they guy next to me did not…

Concert Review: Michigander Sings For Those Trying Through Trials

  Facts, I cried at the Michigander show. (lol!) I don’t know what happened. One minute, I was smiling and the next I got teary-eyed.…

Concert Review: Jeremie Albino Is Your Local Troubadour

Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens would call Jeremie Albino an equal. Both men’s life were famously honored in Don McClean’s “American Pie;” their deaths being…

Concert Review: Tasha Is Tender At Baby’s All Right

Watching Tasha play at Baby’s All Right, I kept on thinking about black beauty and how, often, it is either not admired or seen as…

Concert Review: Maggie Koerner Is PURE PASSION At Mercury Lounge

  Maggie Koerner feels like Dolly Parton became the godmother of Amy Winehouse and Stevie Nicks’ vocal child. IMAGINE THAT! Do you know the level…

Artist Close-UP: Pom Pom Squad Are Coming To Rough Trade 

  We have heard of the legendary “riot girl.” The young woman with a middle finger up to society, her parents on call waiting, and…

Album Review: Mxmtoon’s The Masquerade Is A Welcomed Debut

If Fiona Apple and Zooey Deschanel decided to throw a parade celebrating feeling, I believe it would be MXMTOON’s The Masquerade. There is something smart,…