Review: Koala Fires – The Beeping In Our Hearts (2010)
As the year-end lists begin to dwindle, fresh snow continues to fall on rooftops, and those Christmas trees lie bare in your apartment silently coming to the realization their days are truly numbered as their gift boxed companions now are dispersed among family and friends, what do we have to look f
REVIEW: DOOMTREE – FALSE HOPES 15 (2009)
5 emcees.4 producers.1 house. (give or take)15 false hopes. It’s got the makings of a reality television show. And that’s what’s behind the Doomtree collective out of the Twin Cities. While the one house may be a stretch, False Hopes 15 definitively debuted with Blowou
Review Roundup: Vampire Weekend, Crash Kings, Smile Empty Soul
Vampire Weekend – CousinsTruth be told, I wasn’t a fan of their debut. While refreshing and charming with its melodic pop, “A-Punk” and Co. lost its carbonation and became stale too quickly for my musical tastebuds. However, “Cousins” shakes off that perishable shelf-life
REVIEW: FELT – FELT 3: A TRIBUTE TO ROSIE PEREZ (2009)
Confession. I hate hip-hop. The beats are repetitive, unimaginative to the point it may as well be techno. Lyrically, it only (mis)treats drugs, abuse, and violence. There no true musicianship behind rap, nothing that makes me want to learn an instrument or be a better artist. Welcome to early 2003,
REVIEW: SOPHIE HUNGER – MONDAY’S GHOST (2009)
I love debating the viability of international artists in the world marketplace, particularly in America. While some argue that the industry prevents international artists from our radio and markets, others see the internet started to erode that influence, allowing deserving musicians to crest those
REVIEW: CHARLIE – CHARLIE (2009)
It’s approaching a year since her self-titled album was released on the independent rock label at(h)ome in Paris as well as her biggest-to-date concert at Place de la République’s Café de la Danse. Since then she’s carried away the Prix des Écritures de la Chanson 2009 f
REVIEW: KERO ONE – EARLY BELIEVERS (2009)
“It seems like it took forever for that sun to shine…” follows the lead on When the Sunshine Comes, the second track off of San Fran’s up and coming Kero One‘s sophomore album. Dropping from his Plug Label, Early Believersattempts to wrap up all those anticipated feelings of the upcomi
CONCERT REVIEW: SOPHIE HUNGER AT LA BOULE NOIRE (PARIS)
Sophie Hunger (Switzerland)March 25th, 2009La Boule Noire in Paris, France Never before have I experienced such heartfelt ovation as after Sophie Hunger‘s set tonight at La Boule Noire in Paris. Capping the evening on her second encore, sung in Swiss German, the Zurich artist and he
REVIEW: CURSIVE – MAMA, I’M SWOLLEN (2009)
Mama, I’m Swollen was ‘released’ a bit over a week ago and has proven to be the most difficult album to wrestle with. Previous albums held solid themes (the chef-d’oeuvre example being Domestica), though gradually this has dissipated with a discography resembling Picasso than anyth