Night Terrors of 1927 | Troubadour (Los Angeles, CA) | July 10, 2014 | If there was a band that needed a full length album for sale after their show, it would be Night Terrors of 1927. Over half of their Troubadour set list is not available on their Guilty Pleas EP making it extremely difficult to relive songs during […]

Bleachers | Strange Desire | Rating: 9.5/11 | If there’s one topic Jack Antonoff knows how to write about it’s lost love, but the heartbroken-my-life-is-upside-down kind that leaves you devastated and unable to move on; not confined to the romantic side of love. In his break-out debut album, Strange Desire, for his solo project (a.k.a. Bleachers) Jack tackles the full […]

The Gravity of Birds | Author: Tracy Guzeman | Rating: 9/11 | A departure from the recent non-fiction reviews, Tracy Guzeman’s breakout novel, The Gravity of Birds, is so captivating you won’t be able to put it down (I couldn’t!). So much of today’s fiction is predictable and formulaic, but Guzeman’s prose wove a story that was as unexpected as […]

Bad Suns | Language & Perspective | Rating: 8.1 /11 | If Bad Suns have one thing going for them, it’s that they’ve just proven themselves more than ready and able to bottle and sell a perfectly produced musical aesthetic. Now if that sounds like a dig against the Southern California indie rockers, trust that it’s not. In their disarmingly short […]

What’s this? Xander Smith showcasing as a solo artist? Better known as the lead singer of the indie rock band Run Run Run, Xander Smith took over the Mimosa Music Series to play a few new songs from his upcoming album, Outside, available July 14th . Xander started the show with himself and his guitarist then exploded in sound with […]

Gotham Unbound: An Ecological History of Greater New York | Author: Ted Steinberg | Rating: 8/11 | As a former Manhattanite, having a special interest in the history of the island (that is New York) is normal. Surely there are many who have lived there, aim to one day live there or are fascinated by the city for one reason […]

How To Dress Well | “What Is This Heart?” | Rating: 8.5 /11 | Sound design has its place in a record collection, particularly when it is parceled with romantic distress, emotional anguish and/or delving into and through Tom Krell’s aka How To Dress Well’s dialogue of what was, is and may never be if his failures and shortcomings don’t […]