Archive: 2013

Is this a good idea? Either way, color me excited.

As with any list, these picks aren’t based on a scientific scale of high-brow elitism. I (Ryan Reed, the editor) simply picked the 25 albums that thrilled me the most — the 25 that kept me listening months after their release date.

If you are in a position to egregiously waste 118 minutes of your existence, then I invite you to view ‘Battlefield Earth.’

[rating=6.00] The duo Psapp are back making quirky electro based tunes that play with found sounds and odd/invented instrumentation all structured around standard pop filaments; things aren’t artsy for art’s sake rather artsy for pop-sake. The band hadn’t made music in four years because life got in the way but there is no bad blood […]

The xx have announced details of a series of New York City shows starting on March 19 through the 29th, 2014.  The band will be playing twice a night and much like their  Manchester International Festival shows, attendance will be limited to 40 people per performance. The xx at Park Avenue Armory: Wednesday, March 19 […]

Slayer performing in Columbus OH

Without hyperbole, I can say The Kills put on one of the best shows I’ve attended. Top five for sure, with a near perfect set list composed of fan favorites and deep cuts culled from each of their albums.

American Horror Story gives us another lackluster Fall Finale for the week.

It’s not every day that one gets the chance to see CBGB legends, Television perform. In fact, it’s not even every year. Thanksgiving weekend marked the first time in over seven years that these venerable New York City rockers graced the stage of their native land. Luring them out into the open was the grand […]

[rating=8.00] Neil Young’s Live at the Cellar Door follows in the footsteps of previous entries in his archival performance series, bearing marked resemblance to Canterbury House, the Riverboat and Massey Hall. All sterling documents of brilliant solo performances, this one is only slightly less so due to the paucity of spoken interludes that, on its […]