Reviews

by Adam McGrath There’s something about seeing a band on the first night of their tour. The tanks are full and the energy is high. Dead Stars, a shaggy-haired guitar-pop trio out of Brooklyn, brought their best Sunday night at Kung Fu Necktie as they kicked off a series of dates Read More

by Matt Kelchner This past weekend my girlfriend and I took a trip down I-95, past Washington, DC and past Richmond, VA. We traveled all the way down to Raleigh, NC. The occasion? To visit my dearest little sister. Part of the weekend’s plans included seeing Katy Perry’s Sunday Read More

Lovers League Lovers League Reviewed by: Ari Roth   Lovers League, a duo of Reverend TJ McGlinchey and former Origivation (now That Music Mag) Acoustic Artist of the Year Dani Mari, make breezy, well-crafted country-folk that is perfect for summer afternoons. The focus here Read More

Carsie Blanton Not Old, Not New Reviewed by: Lara Supan   Get ready to fall in love with jazz again (if you ever fell out of it in the first place). Carsie Blanton delivers a playful album of iconic honkey-tonk jazz tunes that will have you leaning back in your easy chair in Read More

How to Dress Well “What Is This Heart?” Reviewed by: Ari Roth   In many ways, “What Is This Heart?“ feels inevitable, the logical culmination of Tom Krell’s avant-pop project. The last four years have seen him slowly and methodically stripping back the Read More

Peter Matthew Bauer Liberation! Reviewed by: Lara Supan   Liberation! is best experienced with the liner notes read in tandem with listening to the songs, because this is an album that screams for an explanation. In quite an intriguing way, the disjunct styles and complex Read More