Posts by Jeff Strowe

Meric Long has been making music alongside Logan Kroeber for quite some time. The San Francisco- based duo The Dodos rock hard for a two-piece, with Long’s guitar arpeggios scattering around and through Kroeber’s pulsating and aggressively nuanced drum rhythms. Underneath the sound though, is Long’s songwriting, often ruminative, sometimes confessional, but always evocative and […]

As a loyal listener to the long-running Sound Opinions podcast, I’ve heard co-host Jim DeRogatis rave on and on about Savages, for the better part of a year now. His hagiographic odes to the all female London quartet have interspersed themselves into much of the show’s dialogue as he takes no hesitation in his praise […]

A few songs into their set at Brooklyn’s Music Hall of Williamsburg last Sunday night, Dodos’ drummer Logan Kroeber said what was on most of the audience’s mind: “Thank you guys for coming out on the same night as the finale of Breaking Bad. We weren’t sure how many people to expect.” As the roar […]

[rating=7.00] Over the course of a career, most artists and musicians go through multiple phases in their approach to the craft. The shifting nature of the business and the turbulent lifestyle it requires tend to bring fluctuating levels of focus to artists’ perspectives and personas. Some play the comedown machine, bringing their raucous behaviors and […]

[rating=5.00] Lifelong friends and native New Yorkers Alex Frankel and Nick Millhiser have been kicking around the indie dance-pop scene for a few years now. Long enough to earn some rave reviews for their previous work, 2010’s Static on the Wire EP and 2011’s self-titled full-length, but due to their still relatively youthful ages, not […]

On a busy June weekend that found musicians, comedians, and media moguls heavily gathered in middle Tennessee for Bonnaroo or north of the border in Toronto for NxNE, the Williamsburg and Greenpoint neighborhoods of North Brooklyn found time to host an event of their own with the music and technology portion of the annual Northside […]

[rating=8.0] It’s been quite some time since Chris Flemmons fired up his Denton, TX collective The Baptist Generals. Ten long years, in fact, have passed since the critically acclaimed No Silver/No Gold  buzzed the music world with its’ ambient and kaleidoscopic whirling dirges and sound-scapes.  In this day and age of blogs and self-uploading of […]

Stones Fest proved to be a veritable jukebox of Stones tunes, as each track elicited howls of approval from the locked in and packed crowd. (Truth be told, the setlist was more of the greatest hits variety, but you don’t really hear people clamoring for much post-1989 Stones material, anyways.)

Signed since 2011 to the Kings of Leon helmed imprint, Serpents & Snakes, The Features have returned with their latest LP, an eleven track self-titled walk through their kaleidoscopic soundscape, offering both steady favorites and some new, interesting wrinkles.

2013 may not be finding Kenny Roby as wealthy or as famous as his old pal, Adams, but it has found him back on his feet as a musician. These quiet years away from the musical grind have allowed him to painstakingly craft an album borne out of his vision and outlook, and the results sound pretty sweet. It’s a triumph for the spirit of the artist, and hopefully a sign of more good things to come.