Review: Vice Transmission – S/T March 7, 2008 Nine times out of 10, the free CDs you get handed by random persons while in the crowds of a live show aren’t very… Continue Reading
Review: We Are Childhood Equals – Hearts Ache For Home March 7, 2008 There’s this moment at the end of “Hearts Ache for Home,” the title track of the recent We Are Childhood Equals EP, where a… Continue Reading
Review: The Vanities – “EP For The Lord” March 7, 2008 The Vanities peel open the stage curtain of EP for the Lord with more of a declaration of intent than you might initially expect… Continue Reading
Review: The Snow Fairies – “Feel You Up” March 7, 2008 Boys and girls, don’t be fooled by the title of The Snow Fairies’ full-length debut. This is not a frisky affair. It’s the soundtrack… Continue Reading
Concert Review: Wingdale Community Singers – June 24, 2005 February 23, 2008 Wingdale Community Singers Housing Works Used Book Cafe – New York, NY June 24, 2005 If record release parties represent a public birth for… Continue Reading
Concert Review: Ipecac Records Geek Show – May 23, 2003 February 23, 2008 Ipecac Records Geek Show Irving Plaza – New York, NY May 23, 2003 It is only due to the wonders of two very small,… Continue Reading
Concert Review: Slint – March 18, 2005 February 23, 2008 Slint Irving Plaza – New York, NY March 18, 2005 And that, my friends, was — without question — the best live show I… Continue Reading
Review: Shesus – “Ruined It For You” February 23, 2008 Forget O-Matic. When it comes to gauging Michelle Bodine’s work as a guitarist and songwriter, the standard is always Brainiac’s Smack Bunny Baby, the… Continue Reading
Concert Review: Shipping News – Feb. 13, 2003 February 22, 2008 Shipping News Tonic – New York, NY Feb. 13, 2003 It says a lot about a band when they can face technical obstacles and… Continue Reading
Review: Scoville Unit – Everybody Knows February 22, 2008 Scoville Unit’s Everybody Knows is an aptly titled debut from an up-and-coming group of five Connecticut friends, a guitar- and vocal-driven pop-rock affair that… Continue Reading
