Through the past decade one of Brooklyn’s most talented and peculiar bands, Japanther, has released album after album. Never ceasing to amaze, the band is bravely stepping up to release…

Much like Fall Out Boy‘s recent album Save Rock and Roll, the rock duo Big Deal has a boldness in its naming. Such a daring choice of words can act as…

In 2005, The Boy Least Likely To unleashed The Best Party Ever, an expertly crafted twee pop album filled with child-like imagery (see “Warm Panda Cola,” “I See Spiders When…

Sharply brandishing a rough-edged musical presence, Milwaukee’s very own Dana Coppa and SPEAK Easy staff their latest exhibition on the Dana Coppa & SPEAK Easy EP. Standing no where’s close…

The band-member-turned-soloist transformation has produced some worthwhile works over the past few years, from Lotus Plaza’s well-received work away from Deerhunter to Daniel Rossen’s (the guitarist from Grizzly Bear) perfectly…

Trouble Will Find Me will send chills down your spine every listen.  The National, since their self-titled debut in 2001, has produced some of the most beautiful and dependable music of…

If we are being honest, Cafe Nine is a dive bar. It has a low stage, a low maximum capacity, and low lighting (just ask our photographer, Audra). Despite all…

You may not have seen a license plate from Washington, DC, but for more than a decade the tags from the Nation’s Capital have been available with the slogan, “Taxation…

What do you get when you mix three seasoned musicians from …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, Red Sparowes, and Broken Bells? The appropriate answer is…

In terms of critical adoration and sheer output, Bradford Cox’s body of work since 2007 can be put up against basically anyone’s. Starting with the hypnotic shoegaze stylings of 2007’s…