The Icarus Line Wildlife (Cobraside) The Icarus Line is a band I’ve always found to be shamefully overlooked. I can’t think of […]

Location: Park Slope, Brooklyn Music: Slavic Soul Party Show time: 9 PM Venue: Barbes Food: Chiles & Chocolate Oaxacan Kitchen Drink: The […]

Errors Have Some Faith in Magic (Rock Action Records) For the post-electro quartet Errors, one of the greatest votes of confidence in […]

Amanda Assad Mounser’s fierce jewelry line may be young at just three years old, but when it comes to designing statement-making baubles, […]

Location: Park Slope, Brooklyn Music: Chicha Libre Venue: Barbes Food: El Viejo Yayo Drink: Buttermilk Bar Miscellaneous: The Chocolate Room For fans […]

The Ting Tings Sounds from Nowheresville (Columbia) If you were hoping that The Ting Tings’ latest release, Sounds from Nowheresville, would be just […]

Nada Surf The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy (Barsuk Records) For this reviewer, Nada Surf has always been one of those reliable […]

I happened to score a tour of NYC’s City Winery from the wonderfully informative Ethel Berdah, the restaurant/music venue’s P.R. lady. Below […]

Standard Fare Out of Sight, Out of Town (Melodic Records) With their debut album, the Sheffield trio Standard Fare established themselves as […]

Friday March 9 Location: Union Square, NYC Music: RJD2 Show time: 8 PM Venue: Webster Hall Food: Momofuku Drink: The Village Pourhouse […]