Review: Love Inks – E.S.P. (2011)
Something is happening. You can never put your finger on it, nor that it is occurring until years later. It starts unknowingly when a friend or two disappears from your city. You hear word of where they end up, and it’s a conundrum. “Why?” is the most response. Then as seasons approach a
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
INTERVIEW: MYNAMEISJOHNMICHAEL (NEW ORLEANS)
Ever since autumn, two friends have been gradually leaving traces of info about NOLA (New Orleans, Lousiana) and the state itself. Just like giving limited edition tidbits that are soon pulled away before given back, a general buzz has been building through their-and I quote-“subliminal messag
Interview: Grass Widow
Impulsivity, intuition and heavily influenced by The Kinks and Neo Boys, Hannah Lew and Raven Mahon, former members of Shitstorm, joined Lillian Maring and became Grass Widow. Their second album was recently released on Kill Rock Stars. The ladies were more than happy to answer a few of my question
Review: Paper Thick Walls – A Thousand Novels (2011)
There’s something nostalgic about Paper Thick Walls’ debut album, A Thousand Novels, but not in the sense that they’ve borrowed from their musical predecessors, as many bands do. Rather, in the Chicago-based group’s ability to capture reminiscence in song. They write songs tha
REVIEW: THE DØ – BOTH WAYS OPEN JAWS (2011)
A good musician once told me he was tiring of hearing new bands try too hard to play something new-sounding and not hard enough to play something that sounded like music. Though that may be a narrow and conservative opinion, I have found this claim often true and I’m glad to say it isn’t the [&h
REVIEW: TELEPATHIQUE – ALL YOUR LOVERS EP (2011)
A few months back in Logan Square, everyone had started to trickle out of Logan Square Auditorium to catch cabs, the L and buses back home. I was going to join some friends, but instead started talking with the drummer. Congratulations turned into talk about, unexpectedly, another band. Unexpected b
INTERVIEW + SHOW PREVIEW: DARK DARK DARK (AT THE SATELLITE WITH Y LA BAMBA IN L.A, APRIL 28TH)
Dark Dark Dark (Minneapolis)Y La Bamba (Portland)Why Are We Building Such a Big Ship? (New Orleans) April 28th, 2011 at 8:30 PM21+, $10-$12The Satellite, Los Angeles, California Eclectic folk quartet Dark Dark Dark will be coming to Satellite in Silverlake on April 28 w
REVIEW: GDP – USELESS EATERS (2011)
GDP has put forth his strongest effort yet with Useless Eaters. What makes this album stand above previous work from the West Orange, NJ rapper, born _____, is a seeming realization: fast and loud better complements his dark and angry lyrics. GDP is at his best when he is rapping over beat