Benjamin Ricci

Juana Everett: Learning to Move On by Using Pain as Creative Fuel

Moving on is supposed to be an alleviating experience. It’s supposed to be about leaving what no longer serves us, abandoning the dark and stepping into the light, detaching from the past and embracing a brighter future. Sounds nice, but that’s rarely what it actually...

Record Review: Forty Winks

Forty Winks Bow Wow Bologna, Italy “Attitude driven, Italian pop-punk” After several releases and worldwide tours since 1998, Italian quartet Forty Winks unveils their latest, Bow Wow, which...

Record Review: CSC Funk Band

CSC Funk Band Things Are Getting Too Casual Brooklyn, NY “Block-party funk band in a post-punk warzone” The CSC Funk Band was born out of the Brooklyn noise-punk scene and has decided to channel...

Record Review: Cave

Cave Neverendless Chicago, IL “Going from one to crazy in the blink of an eye” On the surface, Neverendless seems to be unrelenting repetition for forty-plus minutes. Upon closer inspection, that...

Record Review: The Can’t Nots

The Can’t Nots Applesauce EP Providence, RI “Like them apples?” It’s hard to get a read on the Can’t Nots’ EP Applesauce.  Over a five-song sample size, Naomi Wilkinson’s band could either be...

Record Review: Boy+Kite

Boy+Kite Go Fly Austin, TX “The soundtrack to life’s complex relationships” Boy+Kite’s first full-length album, Go Fly, is one that can be blasted proudly in cars as the summer months come to a...

Record Review: Big Harp

Big Harp White Hat Los Angeles, CA “A laid-back, compelling piece of Americana” It’s not always true that haste makes waste. For proof, look no further than White Hat, the debut output from Los...