TREASURE FLEET Behind the Scenes of a Motion Album The Sun Machine by Treasure Fleet I want to...
New Music and Video
Reviews of new music, video, concerts and music festivals.
Niko Is Delves Into His Creative Process, Plays Boston This Wednesday
The sharp lyrical proficiency of Niko Is happens to be one of his most head turning assets; his...
HEEMS: Ex-Das Racist MC Explores America Through Socially-Conscious Hip-Hop
Heems’ debut hip-hop album, Eat Pray Thug, serves as a powerful antidote to the vapid rap that has...
Record Review: Emily White
Emily White The Resolution EP Chicago, IL "Doing it yourself gets it done right" Emily White, a self-described indie folk singer/songwriter from Chicago, presents her newest release in The...
Record Review: Ed Masuga
Ed Masuga Let Me Tune My Heartstrings Berkeley, CA “Vintage blues and contemporary folk” As far as contemporary music goes, Let Me Tune My Heartstrings sounds like it’s from another era, mixing ’50s...
Record Review: Damon Moon and the Whispering Drifters
Damon Moon and the Whispering Drifters The Holy Noise EP Atlanta, GA “Dixie Damaged” Staking a claim in the crowded Southern-gothic half-acre is a risky, overdone business. Although the commonness...
Record Review: Cloud Nothings
Cloud Nothings Cloud Nothings Cleveland, OH "Fuzzed-out, blistering guitar driven bedroom pop" Cloud Nothings is the moniker for Cleveland’s music school dropout Dylan Baldi. His sophomore...
Record Review: Brooke Fraser
Brooke Fraser Flags Wellington, New Zealand "The soundtrack to the next iPod commercial" This album feels like the soundtrack to a meaningful movie (“Orphans, Kingdoms”), or the saddest, most...
Record Review: Bad Books
Bad Books Bad Books New York, NY “It’s okay to be sad if you sound this good” When two beloved artists come together, their respective fans’ sky-high expectations can eclipse whatever product comes...
Austin City Limits Roundup
We had so much fantastic coverage of the annual Austin City Limits festival that we couldn't fit it all in the magazine. Here is another great round-up of the greatest fest in the greatest live...
Record Review: Violens
Violens Amoral New York, NY New Wave is (unfortunately) an underused descriptor of current music, with a rare and welcome exception coming from Violens’ first full length, Amoral. The record is...
Record Review: Tweak Bird
Tweak Bird Tweak Bird Carbondale, IL The resurgence of ’70s style rock duos consisting of two dudes with shaggy and vaguely out-of -style haircuts is proved awesome once again by Tweak Bird. The...
Record Review: Tumbledown
Tumbledown Empty Bottle Seattle, WA Have you ever wondered what it would sound like if pop-punk and Americana/country music were melded together? Pick up the second full-length album by Tumbledown...