by Erinn Fortson  It’s been over a month since Hurricane Sandy and the clean up has only just begun. The East Coast was predicted to be hit hard and unfortunately, Mother Nature made good on her promise.  The music industry took some big blows as record labels in New York really Read More

by Meaghan Paulosky   The phrase “no risk” calls to mind a safe, protected solace- say a bubble. Once you hit play on a No RiSK track, warm and fuzzy don’t exactly come to mind. Take “Scene Politics” for example. The song immediately opens with pulsating drums and a killer Read More

Kowloon Walled City Container Ships Reviewed by Joe Tingle Kowloon Walled City’s new record Container Ships has made its late year release and, unfortunately  I’m afraid it is going to slip through the holiday cracks. Container Ships features all the trudge and sludge Read More

Artist: Local H Album: 12 Angry Months Year: 2008 by Joe  Jamnitzky   It feels odd to do a Lost and Found article on an album that’s less than five years old. However, I feel this album was way overlooked from the start, and am hoping that this will at least bring it to the Read More

by Jane Roser The first time I sang the old Carter Family tune “The Titanic” in public, I was sitting at a large dinner table in a dacha located in a small Russian village in the Ural Mountains. The town mayor was across from me and our host, a former KGB agent, was Read More

by Meaghan Paulosky    Look at any review of an Ari Hest performance and you’ll find the same phrases: “…amazing live” and “…he has so much feeling…” Eventually it starts to resonate with you that this guy is the real deal. He isn’t some cut, processed and manufactured Read More