Taking their name from a compilation of old time ragtime and blues Shake Your Wicked Knees, the avant garde, brass jazz quartet of Wicked Knee has one of the most interesting backstories I’ve recently heard. Over twenty […]
Istanbul, Turkey-based quartet the Away Days have won quite a bit of attention from the international press such as Seattle’s KEXP and the Guardian after the release of their EP, How Did It All Start? And 2013 may […]
Low Culture, is a Las Cruces, NM-based band that featured members of the Marked Men and New Mexico-based Shang-A-Lang. Their full-length debut, Screens dropped yesterday from Dirtnap Records and the first single, the title track, “Screens” is […]
Super Hi Fi at Rockwood Music Hall 1/5/13
Super Hi Fi Rockwood Music Hall January 5, 2013 There was a drunk guy who quickly went from being jovial and friendly to being obnoxious when he actually attempted to ask the band on stage […]
Dyme Def’s latest project is currently on the back burner since their last full-length effort, Yuk the World but in the meantime, Fearce Vill, one of the group’s members hasn’t let that stop him from making new […]
North Carolina-based band Airstrip was formed when their frontman, Matthew Park’s previous band Veelee broke up. Park then enlisted members from Horseback, Monsonia, Caltrop and Gross Ghost to help him craft a sound that he […]
Stones Throw Records have quickly become one of my favorite labels – they have an incredibly diverse roster of artists, whom I like and respect, and the label seems to let their artists follow their […]
Useless Eaters’ Seth Sutton was friends with the late Jay Reatard during the last two years of Reatard’s life, and Sutton learned a key lesson – that life is short and that the artist should […]
2http://www.npr.org/templates/event/embeddedVideo.php?storyId=168632210 Brooklyn-based band Lucius will be headlining their first tour, and it’ll include a hometown set at the Mercury Lounge on the 18th. 2012 was a big year for the quintet, as the band released […]
Yours Tru,ly has developed quite a reputation for exceptional and beautifully shot live videos – Caveman’s “Great Life” is a particular favorite of mine. Indie rock and blogopshere darlings Ava Luna shot this beautiful version […]
Inspired by mixtape culture, New York-based soul singer Sophia Bastian wanted to pay homage to trip hop legends Portishead’s “Glory Box” and the result is an eerie but seductive jam, Bastian calls “Gloryboxed.” Adding to […]
http://www.audiomack.com/embed2/nycmultimedia/under-pressure?btn=ff8a00&bg=34342e&bbg=121212&vbg=4d4b42&vol=ff8a00&dbg=ff8a00 “Under Pressure” is the latest single from Skeezo and I have to honestly say that I really dug the beat. It’s probably one of the hottest beats I’ve yet to hear this year. (Source: […]
Shabaam Sahdeeq is starting off the new year with a limited edition vinyl single produced by DJ Spinna which will include “Motion Picture,” a track which harkens back to the lyricists of hip hop’s golden […]
a Q&A with White Mystery’s Alex White
White Mystery, the redheaded, Chicago, IL-based, sibling duo of Alex and Francis White is probably one of the hardest-working bands in indie rock music today. As the very lovely and talented Alex White mentions in […]
Album Reviews
Much like countless other bloggers, I make the often uncomfortable balance between running a blog mostly full-time and having a full-time career, and that can be (understandably) difficult endeavor. With that in mind, I still […]