Marchelle Bradanini, better known as Pony Boy has become a new favorite of mine – her voice is a smoky, sultry croon that perfectly fits songs focusing on murder, despair and loneliness. This cover of […]
“Victory Gin,” is the latest single off the Linus Pauling Quartet’s recently released Bag of Hammers. The video is surreal and charmingly cute as it portrays each band member as a sock puppet … But seriously, […]
Although it’s been uncommonly and unseasonably warm here in New York, Those Darlins’ “Summer’s Dead,” which was released on Tuesday, is particularly fitting for two reasons – summer has been over for about two weeks, […]
Jemez Mountain Hawkz was the brainchild of the Albuquerque, New Mexico-based Dameon Lee Waggoner of Scared of Chaka, who recruited singer/songwriter Ian Moore, Waggoner’s former bandmate, Dave Hernandez (who was also a member of the Shins), Drew Church of Little Cuts, and […]
Latency Magazine feature: Avon Junkies
The September issue of Latency Magazine focused on the truly forgotten borough – Staten Island. My friend Jenny Lando had asked me to contribute to this issue for a few weeks, and eventually I did. My contribution […]
“Nationally Rollin’” by the bi-coastal Kosha Dillz, featuring Wax, Ed E. Ruger, and produced by Los Angeles-based Jon Jackson is an ode to low-riders and road trips and is full of salsa and meringue-styled horns […]
The official video for Devereaux’s “NYXT” off his Cacti Pace EP came out not too long ago, and in some way, the grainy VHS-style video is quite fitting. Interestingly, almost every cliche of 80s music videos […]
Back in July, Ending People played “Beat of My Heart” as part of Audiovore’s “Don’t Look Down” series, a series of live performances on the MCA Denver rooftop. For such a hauntingly eerie song, the […]
Capital Cities, St. Lucia, and Big Black Delta at Brooklyn Bowl 8/12/12
Capital Cities, St. Lucia, and Big Black Delta Brooklyn Bowl August 12, 2012 Back in August, I was at Brooklyn Bowl, one of my favorite venues in town to catch live music for a late […]
Just the other day, singer/songwriter Solange (yes, Solange Knowles, Beyonce’s sister), released the video for her latest single “Losing You,” on Pitchfork, at the same time that Terrible Records released the single digitally worldwide through […]