Benjamin Ricci

Yamaha YC61 Stage Keyboard REVIEW

The new Yamaha YC61 is quite the beast – a 61-key clonewheel-style organ and piano combo that takes cues from some existing Yamaha instruments (like the CP73) and retains the feel and sound the Yamaha audio team has become known for. Why did we mention the CP73? Well,...

Record Review: Cursive

Cursive I Am Gemini Omaha, NE “Hard-hitting concept album from the indie rock vets” Cursive’s seventh full-length album picks up where Mama, I’m Swollen left off, with regards to both sound and...

Record Review: AC Deathstrike

AC Deathstrike Winter in Russia Jacksonville, FL “Fuzzy, cheerful, simplistic indie pop” AC Deathstrike’s Winter in Russia is the perfect mix of effortless melodies intertwined with fuzzy guitar...

Record Review: The Wheel Workers

The Wheel Workers Unite Houston, TX “New music with an old soul” Much like a certain kind of young person is said to have “an old soul,” so does the music of The Wheel Workers, a Houston-based band...

Record Review: Uh Huh Her

Uh Huh Her Nocturnes Los Angeles, CA “Feminist-approved, artfully textured electro-pop” Upbeat and infectious LA duo Uh Huh Her (named after PJ Harvey’s 2004 release) is facing a meteoric rise into...

Vinyl of the Month: Ty Segall

Ty Segall Singles 2007-2010 San Francisco, CA “Grungy lo-fi that amps you up” Ty Segall makes some truly exceptional lo-fi, garage rock; he always has. Singles 2007-2010 is an album that pulls...