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 a
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
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
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
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 jus
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 ofte
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
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, Minn
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