CMJ kicked off last Tuesday, and the Couch Sessions wasted no time getting down to business with a showcase offering up nine acts that ran the gamut from […]
OPINION: Should The History of The Blues Be Rewritten?
The blues is a genre steeped in history, mythology, and the intersection between the two, with giants from the Delta’s Robert Johnson to Chicago’s Muddy Waters, Memphis’ B.B. […]
ALBUM REVIEW: Blu & Exile – Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them
The story of an album many times can define how it’s received, and with the many myriad and incomplete ways Blu & Exile’s sophomore collaborative effort leaked out […]
REVIEW: SuaveHaus
One thing about the pace and volume of music that comes out these days is that sometimes you pass by an album or a mixtape or a track […]
INTERVIEW: Riot !n Paris Talk New Album, O Music Awards, And Giving Everything On Stage
Riot !n Paris are not afraid to lay their bodies on the line in the name of a live show. “We’re jumping off the drum set, breaking bones […]
LIVE: Danny Brown Brings Outrageous Stage Show to the SPIN Rooftop
Photos by Probe rok /Media Scheme Danny Brown is outrageous. No matter what aspect of his career, music, or personality you’re attempting to dissect, that one word keeps […]
LIVE: Lettuce Flies At Brooklyn Bowl Album Release Party
For a band that got its start at Boston’s Berklee College of Music in the 1990s, Lettuce sure has embraced New York City. In addition to the band’s […]
NEW MUSIC: Vintage Trouble: Timeless Chaos and the Funk Resurrection
America, it seems, has become obsessed with finding the next great singing sensation. Every since American Idol debuted here in the states in 2002, the proliferation of reality-based […]
LIVE: Lotus at Irving Plaza
It’s been more than a decade since Lotus first started making music, but I must confess that it’s been a few years since I’ve seen them. The height […]
INTERVIEW: Charmingly Ghetto
It’s a Friday night on the upper floors of a plush high-rise apartment building in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, and the man they call Charmingly Ghetto is going […]