CONCERT REVIEW: TAME IMPALA AT TURNER HALL (MILWAUKEE, WI)
Tame Impala (Perth, Australia), The Growl (Fremantle, Western Australia)March 3rd, 2013Turner Hall in Milwaukee, WI Of all the 2012 albums that frequented year-end lists, few were praised as highly and as often as Tame Impala’s Lonerism. The Australian band’s follow
REVIEW: MOTHER MOTHER – THE STICKS (2013)
Mother Mother is a tough band to categorize. The Canadian quintet incorporates an array of genre-blurring sounds into their music, and with their latest release, The Sticks, there is isn’t much of a push to clarify any of that. The songs range from soaring acoustic ballads to edgier alte
REVIEW: DAY JOY – GO TO SLEEP, MESS (2013)
Day Joy initially began as a project between Peter Perceval and Michael Serrin. The two friends met in college and casually began arranging and writing songs on rooftops and porches, taking advantage of those warm Orlando, Florida nights. Over the years, those drinking and jamming sessions bega
Review: The Spinto Band – Cool Cocoon (2013)
Not even a year after their last full-length release, Shy Pursuit, The Spinto Band are right back at it with Cool Cocoon. The quick turnaround isn’t too much of a surprise for the indie rock ensemble as they often recorded self-releases at will back in the band’s early d
REVIEW: FRIGHTENED RABBIT – PEDESTRIAN VERSE (2013)
With songs entitled “Backyard Skulls,” “Late March, Death March,” and “Dead Now,” it seems evident that Frightened Rabbit still have some stark gloom left to share on their now fourth studio album, Pedestrian Verse. On their previous releases, including 2008’s breakout,&
REVIEW: TRIXIE WHITLEY – FOURTH CORNER (2013)
Who is Trixie Whitley? The best five-minute introduction to the 25-year-old singer-songwriter is the studio video of her recording “I’d Rather Go Blind” with Black Dub (initially I assumed there was some relationship– a rendition, an ode, a homage– between Trixie W
INTERVIEW: DAY JOY (ORLANDO, FL)
When most people think of American cities with great music scenes, they think of Brooklyn, Los Angeles, Nashville, Austin, Seattle– generally larger cities or cities that have, over the years, fashioned a popular and thriving music culture. Yet, it’s hard to believe that in most areas of the cou
REVIEW: BELL GARDENS – FULL SUNDOWN ASSEMBLY (2013)
In any good story, change is essential, and for that change to occur there has to be some level of discovery. Either a discovery in oneself, the people around them, the world we all share, or collectively in all three as they’re often unavoidably intertwined. That discovery can be difficult or eas
REVIEW: ADAM GREEN & BINKI SHAPIRO – ADAM GREEN & BINKI SHAPIRO (2013)
Over roughly the last decade, Adam Green has released seven solo albums. He, however, is still best known for being one-half of the self-proclaimed anti-folk group, The Moldy Peaches. Green along with Kimya Dawson formed the New York group in the late 1990s and the band reached modera