CONCERT REVIEW: VIENNE MON AMOUR AT LA FLÈCHE D’OR (PARIS)
Monsterheart, Clara Luzia (Vienna, Austria), Ginga (Vienna, Austria), and B.Fleischmann (Vienna, Austria)June 14th, 2012La Flèche d’or in Paris, France [Instagramming in a pinch.] In German, there is a saying that roughly equates to (and all apologizes for messi
REVIEW: THE ALTOS – ALTOS (2011)
When I had stepped into Madison, Wisconsin over a year ago, before the move to Paris, there were enthusiastic talk around several bands that always elicited gasps. After having just left Chicago, how some bands slipped under my radar were beyond me. Collections of Colonies of Bees and 
CONCERT REVIEW: HOUSSE DE RACKET AT LA CIGALE (PARIS)
Housse de Racket (Paris, France), The Dodoz (Toulouse, France), and Kid Bombardos (Bordeaux, France)June 1st, 2012La Cigale in Paris, France After America had their chance to catch France’s Housse de Racket, who criss-crossed North America between SXSW and Coachella,
NUCLEAR SO & SO’S AT THE BOOTLEG THEATER (LOS ANGELES, CA)
Margot and the Nuclear So & So’s (Chicago, IL), Dinosaur Feathers (Brooklyn, NY)May 23rd, 2012The Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles, CA Rushing to the show after work, I’m finding myself in a very secluded part of town that must only exist to be a home for this venue. The st
CONCERT REVIEW + PHOTOGRAPHY: DOOMTREE & YELAWOLF AT LA CIGALE (PARIS)
As a Midwesterner who splits time between Chicago, Madison and Minneapolis, learning and anticipating spending a good chunk of the next year in Europe, like many others, instantly calls forth premature nostalgia for all things 3:30 AM diner trips, craft brews (recently Cave à Bulles solved that), f
CONCERT REVIEW: TWENTY | ONE | PILOTS AT THE LC PAVILION (COLUMBUS, OH)
twenty | one | pilots (Columbus, OH), Red Hot Revival (Dayton, OH), Crown (Cincinnati, OH), and LVX (Powell, OH)April 28th, 2012Lifestyles Communities Pavilion in Columbus, Ohio Last night was a night to remember. Little two piece local band twenty
CONCERT REVIEW: CAVE AT THE EMPTY BOTTLE (CHICAGO, IL)
CAVE (Chicago, IL)April 21st, 2012The Empty Bottle in Chicago, IL Saturday was a busy day for anyone who likes music. Saturday was Record Store Day; the yearly appreciation for vinyl; rare, new, and re-released. Also a day to promote and support local record store around the wo
CONCERT REVIEW: BACHELORETTE AT THE VIC THEATRE (CHICAGO, IL)
Bachelorette (New Zealand)March 29thThe Vic Theatre, in Chicago, IL Annabel Alpers, also known as Bachelorette, is a solo performer who found herself far away from her native homeland of New Zealand Monday night. Chicago was treated to this pint-sized, red-haired darling in an early show at The Vic
REVIEW: MAYLENE AND THE SONS OF DISASTER – IV (2011)
Listen to Dallas Taylor growl on an old Underoath record and you might not be able to believe where he is today. Last fall, southern rock influenced hardcore group Maylene and the Sons of Disaster, released their simply titled IV, which if you haven’t guessed is the fourt