by Matt Kelchner On Thursday night Cloud Nothings brought their headlining tour to Union Transfer. It’s the first tour supporting their recently released album, Here and Nowhere Else. Thursday also marked the beginning of Ryley Walker’s opening stint on the tour. Both acts gave Read More

by Jane Roser Wednesday’s Clay vs Levi Round 2 musician match-up at Virginia’s Jammin’ Java was an intimate, cozy evening featuring new music, collaborative tunes, popular hits and lots of all-in-good-fun jabs at the Washington Nationals baseball team. The Read More

by Lexi Bissonnette Casey Dienel,aka White Hinterland, saw the release of Baby a few short days ago and the second studio album has a lot of inward and personal meaning for the singer. The album was inspired in large parts by things around her in Massachusetts, so it’s more Read More

by Joe Jamnitzky Upon first listen, one could be forgiven for thinking this was a David Bowie album. After all, Mick Ronson was fresh off his tenure as guitarist for the Spiders From Mars, having worked with Bowie for about four years. Add to that the fact that the lineup of Read More

by Adam McGrath The Sounds live show begins and ends with lead singer Maja Ivarsson, plain and simple. The fiery rocker commands the stage from first note to last, spitting, smoking, and hiking up her skirt as she belts out hit after hit. There’s no doubt that bandmates Felix, Read More

by Meaghan Paulosky To put the words ‘roses’ and ‘revolutions’ together would suppose that they are somehow related- two words that respectively describe fragility and disorder can come together to formulate a greater, third meaning.  A bold proposition, Alyssa Coco and Matt Read More