The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Or the Much Overdue Year in Review 2012

As I’ve previously mentioned about 100 times by now, I manage this site (practically) full-time while having a full-time job in Midtown Manhattan, and as you can imagine it often means that certain sacrifices have […]

Swedish electro pop act, the Knife will be releasing their forthcoming album, Shaking the Habitual through Mute Records this year. Habitual will probably be the act’s most politically charged album to date. The act enlisted the help of renowned […]

DJ ApeLogik remixed Jeanne Marie Boes’ “Perfect Misery” off her A Seasoned Heart EP. ApeLogik turns Boes’ piano-based pop song into a slickly produced club banger, complete with the big bass drop – while retaining Boes’ beautiful […]

It’s been a while since i’ve had a throwback post, and since i mentioned Timex Social Club’s “Rumors” in relation to both Public Enemy‘s Apocalypse 91: The Enemy Strikes Black and Steven A. Clark’s Weathervane Music collaboration […]

The Baltimore, MD-based duo of Beach House released their critically acclaimed album, Bloom through Sub Pop Records last year – the album managed to land on the Best of 2012 lists of about 50 publications, including the Village […]

DJ Sun has been an integral part of Houston, TX’s nightlife and live music scene, especially since his sound manages to bridge funk, soul, disco, old skool hip hop, and trip hop. He’s also been […]

a Q&A with Anna Rose

Although she’s the daughter of Alan Menken, the pianist, musical theater and film composer best known for the beloved Disney films such as Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Pocahontas and others, the […]

Born into an Orthodox Jewish/Cuban family, the New York-based producer and electronic artist Richard Spitzer, a.k.a. Loveskills, grew up in a household where he was constantly immersed in a variety of music (like most New […]

Cody ChesnuTT‘s Landing on a Hundred was one of my favorite albums last year – and probably one of the best R&B/soul albums in the past 5 years. The album manages to convey some profound themes of […]

I recently got a hold of the official video for the Athens, GA-based duo Dream Boat titled. “Picture”  off their forthcoming album, Eclipsing, and I was struck by how hauntingly beautiful the track is – and […]

Born in Melbourne, Australia and now located in New York, singer/songwriter Craig Dermody performs as Scott and Charlene’s Wedding, and his sound leans heavily towards a drugged up Lou Reed or the slacker rock of […]

After releasing two critically applauded albums, Icelandic singer/songwriter Olof Arnalds will be releasing her second Stateside album Sudden Elevation through One Little Indian Records on March 5th. “Sudden Elevation” is the first single from the album, and […]