CONCERT REVIEW + PHOTOGRAPHY: DESSA AND HINDI ZAHRA AT LINCOLN HALL (CHICAGO)
Dessa (Minneapolis, MN) and Hindi Zahra (France/Morocco)October 11th, 2011Lincoln Hall in Chicago, Illinois Sometime during the late summer, not so far away from now actually and in a midst of that still growing curiosity of all that’s going on across the Atlantic, I happened upon the most vib
Review: The Great Explainer – The Way Things Swell (2010)
Jimmy Roxy is a composer/producer from Madison, Wisconsin. Ever since his dog died, the world has become a cruel, senseless place filled with hateful cats who feel the need to mark their territory in his closet. (Editor note: They made the adjective ‘uncanny’ to describe his ability to articulat
Concert Review: Beirut at The Pageant (University City, MO)
Beirut (Sante Fe, NM), Lætitia Sadier (London, UK)October 9th, 2011The Pageant in University City, Missouri 8:00 PM As the glossy autumn night descends on Del Mar Blvd, Beirut fans straggle past my patio table at Blue Ocean Sushi, the venue only two blocks away.&n
REVIEW: ICONA POP – NIGHTS LIKE THIS EP (2011)
Caroline Hjelt and Aino Jawo are two Swedish DJs that met by happenstance. They’ve been spending the better half of the year down in London working with Patrik Berger, releasing only teasers of the fruits of their labor with “Manners”, “Still Don’t Know”, “Top Rated”, and most recent
CONCERT REVIEW: JENS LEKMAN AND GEOFFREY O’CONNOR AT 6TH AND I HISTORIC SYNAGOGUE (WASHINGTON, D.C.)
Geoffrey O’Connor (Australia), Jens Lekman (Sweden)5 October 20116th and I Historic Synagogue in Washington, D.C. Here in the Mid-Atlantic, the season has just started to turn. D.C’s oppressive swamp-like humidity has finally broken and Washingtonians are just starting to bre
Review: Dessa – Castor, the Twin (2011)
What usually follows an album nowadays is something called a deluxe edition. The original plus added “incentives”, usually b-sides or live recordings haphazardly tacked on often as an afterthought as a way to revitalize interest in an album. To convince me to buy your deluxe edition, paying seve
Review: Joakim – Nothing Gold (2011)
Joakim came into my existence in 2008 through a ridiculous, quirky and addictive trip of a remix for Late of the Pier. Seven minutes long, it was an ambitious track with a subversive disco beat mixed in with razor guitars and a completely disjointed Sam Eastgate. Imagine the song tossed in
CONCERT REVIEW + PHOTOGRAPHY: ASTRONAUTALIS AT THE TRIPLE ROCK SOCIAL CLUB (MINNEAPOLIS)
Astronautalis (Minneapolis), Me and My Arrow (Minneapolis), Votel (Minneapolis)October 3rd, 2011Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis, Minnesota On a warm Monday night, Minneapolis had it’s first chance to welcome it’s newest Rap-resident home with open arms and take in top notch openers&
REVIEW: ED GEIN – BAD LUCK (2011)
Hope you’re in prime condition, circle pitters, because the Syracuse 5k is upon you. Ed Gein has returned from hiatus with their first album in six years and it’s 22 minutes of blistering hardcore at break neck speeds. So put some new insoles in your combat boots (or y