When faced with overwhelming challenges, one must deal or fold in. In the case of NYC-based R&B/Soul artist Amira B, there’s no denying she’s always chosen the former option. Her new album, Defined, comes following a recovery from a pseudo-cyst [...]
Brooklyn-based dream-rockers Dead Leaf Echo first hit my radar back in 2013 and have only continued to improve in the art of crafting engulfing waves of entrancing, whirring sound. Recently, Dead Leaf Echo dropped the Strawberry.Skin EP which teases a [...]
Photos courtesy of Roland Jeric Lintag The Meatlocker — a small music venue in Montclair — plans to reopen this Friday after authorities shut down a show there May 12, which left the fate of the space up in the [...]
Normally my policy with writing about shows that I cover is if a picture is worth a thousand words, I should just shut the hell up. I’m breaking that one this week with some comments (along with photos below) on [...]
Last week, the NYC-based alt-Americana band Evening Darling dropped their debut, self-titled album which plays as a beautifully laid out complete thought. You can check out Mike Petzinger’s photos from their release show at Bowery Electric here. To get the [...]
As they say, it takes one to know one. It takes a rare spirit to pledge the lifetime oath to music journalism; a road paved with late nights, ignored real life obligations and little to no pay. Celebrating 30 years [...]
Win, lose or draw, live, die or exist; there are plenty of pockets interspersed where the weight and emotional depth of moments big, small and in-between lend to the overall experience we have as human beings. Queens-based duo Hugs don’t [...]
Photo Credit: Pete Thompson Making the move from their native Dallas to Brooklyn last Summer, the duo of Jonah P. Smith and Julian P. Smith used that opportunity to refresh and form Pueblo. The band’s debut record, Boring The Camera, [...]
Photo Credit: Liz Maney The best sort of music, at least for my money, is transportive and illuminates landscapes, real and otherwise, in the mind’s eye. Blending elements of psych, soul and garage rock, the Brooklyn-based Evolfo pull up with [...]
A few weeks back, I introduced you to the NYC-based indie-pop-rockers Little Person who manage to evoke the stylings of Brian Wilson without sounding like anything other than themselves. On April 3rd, Little Person released a new EP, I Feel [...]
