Justin Sweatt performs under the Buffy the Vampire Slayer-inspired moniker Xander Harris, and his sound owes a debt to early industrial music, horror movie soundtracks, Italian disco, techno, and 90s television. “Night Fortress” is his forthcoming […]
Author: William Ruben Helms
I'm a music blogger, critic and photographer, who has had articles and photos published in Downbeat, Premier Guitar Magazine, Brooklyn Magazine, The New York Press, New York Magazine's Vulture Blog, Ins&Outs Magazine, The Noise Beneath the Apple, Glide Magazine, The Whiskey Dregs Magazine and others.
in 2011, the London, UK-base duo of Big Deal, released their debut effort, Lights Out which got quite a bit of attention. The band is releasing their sophomore effort June Gloom this summer, and “Teradactol” is the first […]
!!! (you can pronounce that as chk chk chk)’s latest album, Thr!!!er which will see an April 30th release through Warp Records was largely produced by Spoon’s Jim Eno; however, the first single from the upcoming album, […]
Over the last decade or so, the UK has had a string of incredible soul singers that included the likes of Joss Stone, the late Amy Winehouse, Adele and others. Alice Russell is set to […]
I’ve been a David Bowie fan since I was a small child, so when I stumbled on this live footage of Beck’s re-working of David Bowie’s “Sound and Vision,” I was naturally pretty excited – […]
The Australian quartet Gold Fields debut effort, Black Sun has been getting a lot of attention lately – Billboard, MTV and others have named them a band to watch, and they’ll be making appearances on Jimmy Kimmel Live on February […]
Filmmaker Dima Dubson, the filmmaker behind the Adam Green documentary How to Act Bad shot this voyeuristic, impromptu live footage of Reputante’s “Lock Me Up.” Dubson captured the band’s lead singer in in a super tight frame […]
Planet Rox at the Highline Ballroom featuring herMajesty, the Stereo Crowd, Kris Gruen, and Inky Jack 2/10/13
Planet Rox is a bi-monthly music industry networking event and showcase of up-and-coming local talent. This time it was at the Highline Ballroom and naturally, I was there. Photographic evidence is below: herMajesty The Stereo […]
http://deadleafechonyc.com/widgets/Memorytraces/widget.php Dead Leaf Echo will be releasing their long awaited debut-full length, Thoughts and Language on March 5th through Neon Sigh Records, and the album is a concept album that follows a child from his conception, through birth, until […]
New York-baesd producer and artist Richard Spitzer has been around for a minute – he’s released music under the monikers of Nite Club, Vinyl Life, and Little Star Dweller. With the addition of Harlem-based rapper […]
