Electronic act VYIE began in March 2012 when like-minded friends Jessi Monroe and Janey Criss stole three days from their lives to conduct a musical experimental, and the result of that experiment was material that […]
Doldrums is the solo project of 23 year-old Airick Woodhead and he has built a reputation through the release of several singles for the fact that his material has a psychedelic quality and yet a […]
Hailing form London, UK and Oxford, UK respectively Luca Santucci and Ben Fitzgerald, a.k.a Stubborn Heart got a lot of attention last year for a then unidentified white label 12,“ followed by the Need Someone EP which […]
Vespera Records just released the Capsules’ latest effort, Northern Lights & Southern Skies, an effort that I suspect will blow up on the blogosphere – it’s a slick bit of sugary and danceable pop reminiscent […]
2013 Summerstage Preview Showcase at the Highline Ballroom 1/10/13 featuring Joshua Nelson, People Get Ready, Ofei, Shuggie Otis and Kool DJ Herc
2013 Summerstage Preview Showcase featuring Joshua Nelson, People Get Ready, Ofei, Shuggie Otis and Kool DJ Herc Highline Ballroom January 10, 2013 Last week, the folks at Summerstage hosted their preview showcase, and it was […]
Brooklyn-based indie label Coalmine Records will be releasing their long awaited Unearthed compilation during the 2nd quarter of this year. “Naturally Born” is the latest single from the compilation and it features a Queens-based rap veteran, […]
The founding members of Brooklyn-based band Summer Hours, guitarist Mike Bliss and bassist/vocalist Rachel Dannefer met at Oberlin College. Oberlin’s notable musician alumni include Liz Phair, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Trans Am, Josh Ritter, and […]
Over the last two years, the Ottawa, ON-based punk band, the Steve Adamyk Band toured Europe twice, SXSW twice, the Awesome Fest and others, before going through an almost wholesale lineup change. Still, the band […]
Fronted by Tim Foley and Kate Betuel of Los Angeles, CA-based band Cobalt Cranes got quite a bit of attention from LA Weekly, LA Record, and the Fader after the release of their In Media Res EP which […]
“Colored Emotions” is the latest single from Night Moves’ recently released album, Colored Emotions. The Minneapolis, MN-based band’s sound reminds me a lot of early to mid 70s rock – it’s soulful but with a sensual, […]
The renowned German arts festival, Ruhrfestspiele in Recklinghausen commissioned Sebastian Hartmann, known as one of the biggest and innovative names in contemporary German theater for a production of Leo Tolstoy’s great novel, War and Peace. Hartmann enlisted […]
Brooklyn-based band Milagres is in the studio working on a new album but in the meantime they released an unreleased track from the Glowing Mouth sessions to tide fans and friends over until the new album is […]
The Orlando, FL-based quintet (sometimes sextet) Day Joy, originally started off as a duo Peter Michael Perceval and Michael Serrin. Many of the songs they wrote during acoustic jam sessions and the material wound up […]
5Pianist/singer/songwriter Sara Jackson-Holman’s sophomore effort, Cardiology comes from a very personal place – she wrote the songs in a variety of ways and she then producing almost final versions of the songs that wound up on Cardiology before heading […]
Album Reviews
Before I get to the year in review, there are a few more albums that I received last year – it still seems strange to say that – that I wanted to discuss before going […]