Geno Thackara

by Geno Thackara It started with a scary flashback. Waiting on the stairway up to Milkboy’s second floor, for a minute I was taken straight back to MTV’s early days with one of those semi-cheesy synthesizer hooks that were so big once upon a time. It was the sound of Read More

by Geno Thackara Talk about strange bedfellows. Heavy power-trio rock, bizarre experimental synth-pop, tight complexity and jazzy improvisation don’t all seem like cozy mates at first glance. It would take an uncommon mind to think about combining them all too thoroughly Read More

by Geno Thackara Well, this is one show that lives up to its name (or since the program first started in London, I should say it does what it says on the tin). Communion is an ongoing showcase that brings a bill of up-and-coming artists to a series of major cities each month for Read More

by Geno Thackara It’s not just a figure of speech to say that Kevin Morby enjoys being all over the place. His career has already included two bands, two solo albums, and taken him around the country and across the Atlantic several times. “The world, at least all of Read More