August 26, 2014

Written by Ari Roth Lindsey Saunders is a young, country-tinged singer-songwriter with a rapidly growing audience. Saunders bases her songs around her powerful voice and deft acoustic guitar, but the rich and propulsive drum, bass and electric guitar backing provided by Dean T. Read More

by Donte Kirby Pick your poison at the 3rd annual Liberty Fest which took place at Finnigan’s Wake. “Liberty Fest is great. If you’re not quite feeling a band you can go to another floor,” says Brandon Cohill, guitarist of Black Dirty on the main stage at Read More

The Bug Angels & Devils Reviewed by: Ari Roth   Kevin Martin is obsessed with sound. More than any particular musical or stylistic touchstone, his career thus far has been characterized by a visceral fascination with the sheer physical properties of extreme sound – Read More

Elephant Stone The Three Poisons Reviewed by: Brian Roser The first thing I noticed about the first track was the sitar. Nothing wrong with a bit of sitar. Lots of bands use it as a gimmick on some of their tracks. The next song started and there was more sitar. The sound lingers Read More

J Mascis Tied to a Star Reviewed by:  Kelly Galloway Known for his heavy electric riffs in the slacker-rock band that has become iconic since bursting onto the scene in the mid-eighties, J Mascis shows us a softer side by delivering acoustic, folk-inspired harmonies on his new Read More

Rustie Green Language Reviewed by: Ari Roth   If Rustie’s last album, 2011’s Glass Swords, traded in a dizzyingly decontextualized collage of euphoric dance-pop extravagance, designed for the digital age and sparkling with brightly-colored giddiness, his ne Read More