The Tough Crowd: Venue Pet Peeves

Last Saturday, like most other Saturdays, I went to a show I won‰’t name because it was mediocre, but I will mention the things I noticed there. A show that isn‰’t holding your interest is the same as being in a class where the professor is droning on...

Live in the Hive: The So So Glos

Too pop for punk, too punk for pop, The So So Glos have made a name for themselves with their melodic DIY punk anthems over the past few years. With the release of 2013’s excellent Blowout, many yearned for their out of print earlier albums. Now comfortable with...

Sit Down with Shira: Chalk and Numbers

If we‰’re going to talk about super cool female-fronted collectives, there‰’s really no way we can‰’t discuss the sudden — and well deserved — rise of girly pop duo Chalk and Numbers. Hailing from the bizarre land of Brooklyn, NY, Chalk...

Rainy Day Music #6: Is This It

Last week‰’s rainy day selection came from my good friend from home and was an album you‰’d expect to fit in with a rainy day: a jazz album (Speak No Evil). This week‰’s Rainy Day Album comes from another old friend, Michael Venit, but it‰’s an...

Minutia: Arcade Fire – "Some Other Place"

Composed for some movie about people loving their phones (actually though, the movie‰’s f*cking great), Arcade Fire‰’s “Some Other Place‰” lets the band escape from their persona and style that has been hammered into our skulls all of last year. When we...