by Donte Kirby “We’re interested in creating music that fans can create their own stories to,” says Thomas Mullarney III, the vocals half of the electronic sultry tones that is Beacon. Jacob Gossett, the electronic sultry tones half, met Mullarney at Brooklyn’s Pratt Institute, Read More

by Lauren Rosier It has been fifteen years since Canadian post-hardcore band, Silverstein, formed and ten years since its breakthrough sophomore record, Discovering The Waterfront, was released. For a band to remain intact and active for that length of time is definitely a Read More

Colin Hay Next Year People Reviewed by: Dan Williams     It’s been thirty-four years since Men At Work hit the airwaves with such classics as “Down Under” and “Who Can It Be Now”.  They hit around the same time as The Police and Supertramp.  And Read More

A Place To Bury Strangers Transfixiation Reviewed by: Andres Rodriguez     Brooklyn’s A Place To Bury Strangers have been amassing searing guitar noise with the standard rock band setup for over a decade now. Their breakthrough 2009 album, Exploding Head, is named after Read More

Ibeyi Self-Titled Reviewed by: Max Miller     Ibeyi is a duo consisting of twin sisters Lisa-Kainde and Naomi Diaz. The former plays piano while the latter plays the cajón and the batá, percussion instruments of Afro-Cuban descent. The sisters also both sing, crafting Read More

Fresh Cut Orchestra From the Vine Reviewed by: Andi Bricklin     Jazz. Did some of your stop reading already, rolling your eye thinking, “ yeah… not my thing.” For some music critics, jazz can be like the broccoli of the music genre, we all know it’s good for us, but Read More