Curiouser and Curiouser…
Broadcast @ The Music Hall of Williamsburg, Wednesday 21st October.

I arrived just as The Selmanaires were rapping their set up. Shame, as they sounded pretty good – thudding, purposeful dance-rock with some interesting harmonies. But it was Broadcast I came to see, a band who have been producing cerebral electronic, in various formations, [...]

Live at the Cake Shop, NY
I actually saw this band a few months ago playing at the Cake Shop in the Lower East. I remember me and a friend making our way down to the basement for the show and being met with a stench of sweat and damp so noxious I almost retched my [...]

When I approached the Mercury Lounge on a cold and blustery Tuesday night I felt a pang of anxiety as I looked at the first act chalked on the blackboard outside the venue: The Republic of Tigers. I expected to then rendezvous with a shifty, swarthy character and, after handing over a manila envelope, be [...]

In his seminal book Either/Or Søren Kierkegaard makes mention of the perfect appropriateness of music to express human emotion and certain complicated concepts: by  using words and lyrics you allow a character opinions, ulterior motives and reflection, whereas with music – and only through music – can the listener experience the essence of what [...]