REVIEW: RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS – I’M WITH YOU (2011)
The Chili Peppers and I go way back. “Under the Bridge” struck me when I was still early in elementary school and I’m pretty sure the way I run is mirrored after
INTERVIEW: SIMS (FEAT. CECIL OTTER) (MINNEAPOLIS)
In the middle of August, Katia and I made it to Minneapolis for a weekend of basking in the last bit of a Minnesota summer. On a patio in Uptown, we sat down with Sims for a chat
INTERVIEW: YOUNG GALAXY (MONTREAL)
Young Galaxy and I just chatted once again (our previous interview in February), getting a progress report on how the year has gone since the release of Shapeshifting to the ac
Review: Tim Kasher – Bigamy: More Songs from The Monogamy Sessions (2011)
Tim Kasher. 2009 brought us Mama, I’m Swollen and 2007 Help Wanted Nights from the Omaha songwriter’s Cursive and The Good Life. He’s been
Review: Tristen – Charlatans at the Garden Gate (2011)
When you return from SXSW, awash in memories and a sheer wall of awe at the volume of participants, often you scramble to remember all musicians you saw. The second is all those yo
Concert Review: Zaz at Rockwood Music Hall (New York City)
Zaz (Tours, France)July 30th, 2011Rockwood Music Hall in New York City, New York Everyone gets nervous when landing in a foreign country. You stammer with the semblances of the l
INTERVIEW: JEREMIAH NELSON (MADISON)
Aside from Julian Lynch and Zola Jesus, Madison’s most talked about musician since last fall has been Jeremiah Nelson. Before his Drugs to Make You Soberwas released, then-l
INTERVIEW: ICONA POP (STOCKHOLM)
Manners” is addictive, although that’s an understatement. It’s brashly addictive, a song that strikes you surprisingly from behind with its synth and fuzz in the beginning be
Review: Luísa Maita – Lero-Lero (2010)
Do you have those close friends who suggest things and, without hesitation, that interior trust in their taste leads to instant acceptance? Luísa Maita came to me from o