Leading Ladies: In Love with Elli Ingram

Courtesy of Urban Development I’m mad. Mostly annoyed, but also really mad. Of course, all of that anger is directed at myself for being completely ignorant of Elli Ingram‘s EP, Sober, for so long. Released in July 2013, Sober is a soulful six track debut of more good...

The Tough Crowd: The S Word

For a while now the term “skramz‰” has been considered a dirty word by many a music enthusiast. I can‰’t tell you the origin of the word and if you asked 10 people who thought they knew the definition, they‰’d all give you different answers. The closest to...

Rainy Day Music #0: Prelude

I conceived this column during a particularly rainy stretch of last October. Walking down Wisconsin Ave., my ill-chosen shoes saturated in ankle-high puddles, I was lost in the throes of my favorite rainy day album. Removing the shoes to reveal ruined socks in the...