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  Most people cringe when asked who their all time favorite band is, I don’t. Iggy Pop and the Stooges have moved and influenced me in a way that no other artist or musician could. The Stooges gave me a of feeling of liberation and contentment leading me down a path that influenced, not only...

London based Alessio Natalizia has been honing his own personal brand of bedroom Psychedelica for over a year now, and yet few have caught on. It’s probably a sign of the times that the only reason that one might have heard of him before is due to a recent spot on a hipster –filled roster...

To generalize Secret, Profane & Sugarcane as “his bluegrass record” would hardly be flattering. No, this an Elvis Costello bluegrass record, and everything that name suggests is palpable throughout this rare strictly-acoustic outing as it is on his angry-young-man back catalogue. Sure, there’s plenty of strumming, fiddle flourishes, weeping dobro, along with all the other...

I love Pussy Galore. I even kind of adored Shithaus but that’s just because it was this rambling obscurity I’d hungered for ever since I first heard Songs About Fucking and ended up with a faded copy of the Trouser Press Record Guide (there’s a late night, Boarding School connection there I can’t recall at...

This will never happen again. May 24th was the last stand of the 241ers. In the stark, stenciled hall of ABC No Rio four men played. Just fucking played. As they do every day. As they have for years in the Stockyard Stoics, the Filaments, the Rickets, the Ready Men. On the floors of a...

When an artist releases a collection of “rare/live/unreleased demo” material, your general reaction at first is to think “well, this is going to suck…”. But I guess you have to take into account the nature of the music. Cremations was released under the Hopsital Productions label which is run by Dominick Fernow, who is better...

Although not quite fanboy status, I was probably a little too horny for the release of this record—figuratively speaking, of course. But how could you not be? We all know about his talents as a genre-bending musician, TV and film actor and even style icon; but doesn’t Mos Def just seem like he’d be a...

Pop’s back, apparently. With summer nearly in full swing, pop fanatics and those who love a catchy melody are in for a treat. La Roux, Little Boots, Empire Of The Sun and Passion Pit have up until now been seen as the main flag carriers for this wave of bubblegum electronics and neat little basslines....

The Mars Volta’s fifth studio album sees the modern prog rockers sadly devoid of any creativity or new ideas. Described by the band themselves as their “poppy” album, TMV seem to have written eight songs that desperately attempt to hark back to former glories. I should make myself clear from the outset – I’m a...

Before the Echoplex fills up it has a post apocalyptic crimson glow that kinda functions as precursor of madness. Dealing with the ticket / line process at this place is a pain even when you’re on the right lists. This particular night at the Echoplex the all ages crowd was treated to Cale Parks, Harlem...

Has it been 7 hours already? It must have been less than a day because there is already a new Venetian Snares record to hear! Okay, so perhaps his output isn’t as regular as I may like to joke about but it doesn’t shadow the fact that Aaron Funk doesn’t waste time in throwing new...

My girlfriend fucking hates this band. I mean, really. Can’t fucking stand them. Hates them so earnestly, in fact, that the mere mention of their name elicits a glassy-eyed sneer that begs a question of why my cracked and misguided ass was ever allowed to make out with her in the first place. And I...