Concert Review: Zaz at Rockwood Music Hall (New York City)
Zaz (Tours, France)July 30th, 2011Rockwood Music Hall in New York City, New York Everyone gets nervous when landing in a foreign country. You stammer with the semblances of the learnt language in hopes that people can understand you. You stumble around hoping you caught the right metro line to the
REVIEW: RINGO DEATHSTARR – COLOUR TRIP (2011)
Ringo Deathstarr‘s, Colour Trip, is a realization of the relativity of silence. No matter where we are, or what noise-cancelling headphones we buy at the airport, there will always be sound. The constant barrage of noise found on this record doesn’t overwhelm the senses with vicious distort
FESTIVAL REVIEW + PHOTOS: SOUNDSET 2011 AT CANTERBURY PARK (SHAKOPEE, MN)
Sunday, May 29th marked the fourth year for Rhymesayers Entertainment’s hip-hop festival, Soundset. What started out as a hip-hop festival in the parking lot in front of the Metrodome in 2008 drew more than 20,000 fans to Canterbury Park this year. Sunday’s attendance marked Soundset t
CONCERT REVIEW: FOALS AT THE 9:30 CLUB (WASHINGTON, D.C.)
Foals (Oxford, England, UK), Freelance Whales (Queens, New York) and The Naked and Famous(New Zealand)May 6th, 20119:30 Club in Washington, D.C. Only in Washingtonwould the president’s cardboard twin make an appearance at a rock concert. The grinning 2-D commander-in-chief
CONCERT REVIEW: BLUEPRINT, MACKLEMORE AND RYAN LEWIS AT SCHUBAS (CHICAGO)
Blueprint (Columbus, OH), Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (Seattle, WA)March 26th, 2011Schubas in Chicago, Illinois Ohio hip-hop artist Blueprint along with Seattle’s Macklemore (Ben Haggerty) and Ryan Lewisburned the house down on Saturday w
Concert Review: ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’ at Schubas Tavern with Jeremy Messersmith, Sam Amidon and Marketa Irglova
Marketa Irglova (New York City), Sam Amidon (New York City/Vermont), Jeremy Messersmith(Minneapolis), and Bone and Bell (Chicago)January 13th, 2011Schubas Tavern in Chicago, Illinois Chicagoans know that in January there is a warm hope amid the bitter cold. That warm ho
CONCERT REVIEW: GIGMAVEN CHICAGO LAUNCH AT SUBTERRANEAN
Brendan is a Pennsylvania native currently in New York City. He was kind enough to lend us a review of last night’s show at Subterranean in Chicago, which served as the official launch of GigMaven in the city. GigMaven seeks to ease the process of booking shows for local bands with venues. (Photos
CMJ 2010: ArpLine Ready for Take Off
Frederick Maus is a Brooklyn musician who had the opportunity to step out of the shadows and explore the deafening depths of New York City’s 2010 edition of CMJ Music Marathon. CMJ is, along with SXSW, one of the most important music showcase events in America. We warmly welcome this mysterious gu
CONCERT REVIEW + PHOTOGRAPHY: F.STOKES AT MAJESTIC THEATRE (MADISON)
(October 15th, 2010) The Majestic is my kind of venue; a converted theater with several levels, yet intimate despite the balcony and accoutrements. Small standing room ahead of tables and chairs ahead of another smaller standing room. The staff? Unimposing, warm and welcoming as opposed to