Four Up: Xx Lou Reed Tribute, Tell-Alls, “Quiet City” And Shake-Shake Xx + Americana + Lou Reed When talking music, the term “Americana” conjures an image of pickers and grinners. But in the broadest sense, Americana refers to artifacts relating [...] Samantha Anne Carrillo \ Mar 27, 2014 Read More
Sonic Reducer: Micro Reviews Of Say Yes To Love, The Porter Draw And Piecesofuswereleftontheground Dear Syracuse noise-punk band Perfect Pussy: For someone out there, your name is apt. For me, though, adequate is more like it. I’d [...] Alibi \ Mar 27, 2014 Read More
Last Month(S) In Music: December 2013 And January 2014 Oh my god, these last three months. I don’t know if any of you read that Alibi piece I wrote about detesting the [...] Mike Smith \ Mar 20, 2014 Read More (Compfight cc via photosteve101)
Sonic Reducer: Micro Reviews Of Lost Forever // Lost Together, Field Of Reeds And Boy Metalcore is the subgenre of rocanrol that features certain conventions of heavy metal, up to and including intricate 12-string solos, headbanging and a [...] August March \ Mar 20, 2014 Read More
Four Up: Enchantment On Sunset, The Sword And Chaos Reigns Join In The Chant While my lyric-addled brain conjured a subhead referencing Nitzer Ebb, the concert this blurb hypes is two parts Burqueño and one part Canadian. [...] Samantha Anne Carrillo \ Mar 20, 2014 Read More
That Sweet, Sweet Soul: Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings Bring Something Fierce Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings Bring Something Fierce Simply put, soul music doesn’t require overthinking. And the fact that the genre has seen somewhat of a resurgence isn’t necessarily a cakewalk [...] Mark Lopez \ Mar 13, 2014 Read More Sharon Jones (Kyle Dean Reinford)
Sonic Reducer: Micro Reviews Of Joyland, Axxa/Abraxas And Eagulls Oh, for the day when filmmaker Gregg Araki contacts Toronto band Trust to score one of his movies! It would be a logical [...] Alibi \ Mar 13, 2014 Read More
Four Up: On The Source, Gloomy Sunday, Sxsw Burger And Atypical Gemini Source Material Descendant of the Mali Empire/Mandinka griot (a West African hereditary tribal genealogist, historian and storyteller class) and kora (a 21-string double-bridge-harp-lute) master Yacouba [...] Samantha Anne Carrillo \ Mar 13, 2014 Read More
Sonic Reducer: Micro Reviews Of Electric Balloon, Oxymoron And Digital Resistance Six members comprise New York band Ava Luna; they’re a sextet. The complex musicality of that word, “sextet” (say it out loud), encapsulates [...] Alibi \ Mar 06, 2014 Read More
The Genuine Article: Aj Woods Proves Folk-Rock Mettle Aj Woods Proves Folk-Rock Mettle There is a crop of younger folk-rock musicians in Albuquerque who stand out from the crowd thanks to genuinely interesting songwriting and talented [...] Geoffrey Plant \ Mar 06, 2014 Read More AJ Woods (Courtesy of the artist)
