Modest Mouse’s long-awaited sixth studio album interweaves the crudity of their early recordings and the polish of their recent work into a powerfully eccentric opus.
Read More...Music Review: Modest Mouse’s “Strangers to Ourselves”
Interviews with musicians, album reviews, articles, and reviews of New York City shows and concerts.
Music Review: of Montreal’s “Aureate Gloom”
Recorded in a span of three weeks after the divorce of its front man, Of Montreals’ thirteenth album safely stays within their previously charted sonic territory while often sliding into conceptual schizophrenia.
Read More...Music Review: Father John Misty’s “I Love You, Honeybear”
Father John Misty’s sophomore release is a startling investigation into the possibility of love enduring in our contemporary, inhospitable social climate.
Read More...Review: She Keeps Bees at Baby’s All Right
She Keeps Bees, Luke Temple, Friend Roulette, Stranger Cat, DM Stith, and Teletextile mesmerized the audience with a mix of folk ballads, indie electronica, and bluesy rock last Saturday night in Williamsburg.
Read More...Music Review: EMA’s ‘The Future’s Void’
On her sophomore album, “The Future’s Void” EMA returns as an oracle from beyond the apocalypse of popular music.
Read More...Unsound Festival Review: Demdike Stare and Michael England’s Haunting ‘Concealed’
It was fitting that the Unsound Festival’s “The Long Tone” concert was held at the First Unitarian Church in Brooklyn on Friday, as the evening was more akin to a religious experience, a narcotic intoxication, or a sexual awakening, than a mere music show.
Read More...An Interview with Teletextile
Pamela Martinez who performs under the name Teletextile is a woman that can make even an accomplished musician feel inadequate. We caught up with the singer, songwriter, and multi-instumentalist while she was on tour with British musician Chad Valley and spoke with her about the progression of her sound and her upcoming album.
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