REVIEW: THE STROKES – THE NEW ABNORMAL (2020)
The Strokes have always been indebted to the New York bands that came before them. The city is ground zero for the founding of numerous musical movements and has been claimed to be
REVIEW: ARCTIC MONKEYS – TRANQUILITY BASE HOTEL & CASINO (2018)
One of the biggest rock bands in the world is set to release one of the most highly anticipated albums of the year, and Alex Turner doesn’t want to talk about it. Outside of a ha
REVIEW: DJANGO DJANGO – BORN UNDER SATURN (2015)
I deem myself lucky to have witnessed some of the very early days of Django Django surrounding the January 2012 release of their debut album. It was in Europe, well befor
REVIEW: THE NATIONAL – TROUBLE WILL FIND ME (2013)
Both their harshest critics and most devout fans will agree, one of the most prominent elements of The National’s music, is, and always has been, the sadness. From the alt-c
INTERVIEW: ALT-J (CAMBRIDGE)
Back at one of the [PIAS] Nites here in Paris, Alt-J was sold out. Every disc. They weren’t even performing. Nor there. Sold out. All of them. Since the video
INTERVIEW: LOST LANDER (PORTLAND)
This past August I decided to take up my best friend’s offer and head on out for a mini-vacation to the Pacific Northwest to check out Seattle and Portland. The trip also helped
REVIEW: YOUTH LAGOON – THE YEAR OF HIBERNATION (2011)
It was on an overnight camping trip that I first heard of the artist Youth Lagoon. I had been speaking with a friend about music tastes, and somewhere between Local
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
Interview: Young Galaxy, Part One
Young Galaxy is a core of three musicians, Stephen Ramsay, Catherine McCandless and Stephen Kamp. Their album, Shapeshifting, is all about transformation and changes, highly refl