by Maxwell Cavaseno The trouble with having friends who are amazing is there’s a coin-toss involved with how you can be remembered. Sometimes you look cooler, but sometimes one can get overshadowed. And for Kurt Ralske of Ultra Vivid Scene, this was a probable issue. After Read More

by Matt Kelchner I don’t know how Craig Finn, lead singer of The Hold Steady, does it. His band has spent the last several years touring relentlessly and he still comes out every night with the energy and spunk that a band typically has in their first year. This year alone The Read More

by Matt Kelchner I don’t know how Craig Finn, lead singer of The Hold Steady, does it. His band has spent the last several years touring relentlessly and he still comes out every night with the energy and spunk that a band typically has in their first year. This year alone The Read More

by Brittney Corridean The dim lit stage at Johnny Brenda’s was decorated in sheer bead curtains with green and red lights shining through, giving some sort of mystic prism effect to the rest of the room. Most of the audience stood patiently and quietly waiting for the show Read More

by Brittney Corridean The dim lit stage at Johnny Brenda’s was decorated in sheer bead curtains with green and red lights shining through, giving some sort of mystic prism effect to the rest of the room. Most of the audience stood patiently and quietly waiting for the show Read More

Simian Mobile Disco Whorl Reviewed by: Brian Roser     In April, James Ford and Jas Shaw took one modular synthesizer each to Pioneertown, California and recorded this album live. They did, of course brush it up in the studio later but the original recording was live. Read More