Will Bennett & The Tells — Wichita

If you’ve been pining for some good old-fashioned barroom rock, look no further than Will Bennett & The Tells. I wrote about them a few weeks back and am excited to share the full album with you now. Bennett has…

VIDEO: Round Eye — “Billy”

Chinese punk band Round Eye has a knack for making eclectic videos. For the fourth of July, let’s take a moment to celebrate American culture, in only the way a bunch of ex-pat punks can. Round Eye — Official, Bandcamp

Marisa Anderson — Into the Light

Marisa Anderson’s latest release is a masterwork. This is an instrumental album, but you won’t feel lost…at least not in the wrong ways. Into the Light was conceived as a soundtrack for a fictional sci-fi Western movie. But if that…

Ryan Cassata — SHINE

Ryan Cassata is fitting for the entry before NYC Pride. Cassata is a New York-based trans* singer-songwriter, who also describes himself as an “actor, Youtuber, and activist.” If you’re not sure how being a Youtuber counts as a job, this…

The Sharp Things — EverybodyEverybody

For its sheer force of personality, EverybodyEverybody, by New York’s pop institution the Sharp Things, is a winner. The album is delightfully weird, creating full symphonies out of life’s mundane moments (see “Family Day at the Lake” and “Sport’s Drinking…

The Westies — Six on the Out

Although it’s a show about a blind lawyer who becomes a vigilante thanks to his super-heightened senses, I’d say the least believable aspect of Daredevil is the show’s ability to make Hell’s Kitchen time warp back to an ambiguous moment in…