The Mountain Goats tag in many styles with “Beat the Champ”
It, most likely, would not be an unreasonable assumption to believe that someone who is a diehard fan of the Mountain Goats and who has…
Nothing But the Silence: A sophisticated debut from Striking Matches
When a band hits the point of releasing their ever important debut album, that’s when listeners – new and pre-debut fans both – get a…
Cutting Jonas Tarm’s composition: Common sense or censorship?
A bit of back story first: This morning, pockets of the social media world are buzzing with talk of a recently and hastily cancelled upcoming performance,…
Turn up the music and top up the champagne: Stand out music of 2014
I refuse to refer to this as a “Top” list of music because well, we all know the avalanche of such named lists that emerge…
The convenience shared by classical and Christmas
Sometimes, the way the general public, at least the majority of that within the bounds of U.S. borders, positions itself in relation to both classical repertoire…
You’ll be scrambling to get in the door for the Long Island Screamo Skramz Festival
New Year’s Eve being the simultaneously predictable and unpredictable evening that it is, (Yes, 2015 is coming but how one chooses to ring in those first…
Not just blowing smoke: One fan’s passion is another fan’s apathy
What do we find valuable about music? Have we constricted our ability to determine what makes music important to us as individuals, by continually and…
Amy Lynn and the Gunshow: Firing on all cylinders for their debut album: “Don’t Trip on the Glitter”
There’s something about sax, soul and sass powered group, Amy Lynn and the Gunshow, that makes one believe they have already long discounted and dismissed the…
“Swimming with the fishes”: Creativity, shock and the half life of grief
Today’s title comes with an addendum: “Public outcries against references to “significant” deaths: An unintended red herring to what the offended are really angry or upset…
“C” is for Christmas and composing
During the past six days, leading up to the next six days, two different discussions from two very different outlets brought up topics that could be…