Chris Devine

RECORD REVIEW: Drew Beskin — Problematic for the People

Athens singer/songwriter Drew Beksin’s upcoming third full-length solo album, Problematic for the People, feels like it just fell out of an episode of American Bandstand. Visualize a gaggle of girls in front of the stage swooning over the lead singer and you get the...

Record Review: Toh Kay

Toh Kay Streetlight Lullabies New Brunswick, NJ “Upbeat acoustic versions of Streetlight favorites” Streetlight Manifesto frontman Toh Kay (aka Tomas Kalnoky) tones down his traditional ska sound...

Record Review: The Soft Hills

The Soft Hills The Bird is Coming Down to Earth Seattle, WA “Hauntingly dreamlike songs from the Cascades” It’s easy to lump all these new harmony-singing bands from the great Northwest (I miss you...

Record Review: The Sexbots

The Sexbots Don’t Stop Portland, OR “Joanna Newsom, Björk and Peaches have a threesome in your wildest of wet dreams” It’s official: Portland’s Ilima Considine is certifiably crazy. But, it’s the...