What Love’s Got to Do With it
Occasionally, I suppose, a particularly creative and ambitious songwriter might after a moment of sudden lightning-bolt inspiration sit down and decide, “I’m going to...
Nathan Brown’s (Meta)Physical Re-Release
Fifteen years ago this month, ’80s action score-esque synth-maester Nathan Brown sat in traffic outside of the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel in New York City, en...
Yeah Huh’s Live Debut
It’s not often that you find us taking the time to write about a band that hasn’t even played its first show, but when...
Defending the Fortress
I don’t have any opinions about Diplo in the way that I don’t have any opinions about guanine or sheet rock. My assumption about...
Andy Pickett’s Ordeal
I had this thought at MASS on Sunday night as psychedelic Austin-based prog-rock band White Denim ripped through 90 minutes of technically flashy, inventively...
Left Arm Tan: Reverse Mirage
The last 15 months or so have been quite a trial for Left Arm Tan. In that span, the rough-hewn purveyors of top-down, sing-along...
R.I.P. Kevin Short
Like most news, I learned about Kevin Short’s passing from a casual glance at my phone. It came last Monday, December 30, and I...
The Ghost of Concerts Future
It is now officially the holiday season, and the exhortations to buy local are undoubtedly zigging and zagging across your social media feeds like...
Banding Together
A few weeks ago, I watched this, all-women, Brooklyn-based, reverb-rock quintet totally captivate a half-full Gas Monkey Bar & Grill with their up-tempo take...
The Songs Won’t Let You Sleep
In the fall of 2011, just as it was finally beginning to pick up some local buzz, moody shoegaze trio the Spiral Sound (of...
