Jess Ingui intends to inspire with some sincerely soulful music
The idea of a genre-less music industry is a well-worn concept and topic of discussion here in 2015. Artists are pairing instruments that were previously…
An audience with Face the King
The music business often being the cutthroat, competitive, “needle in a haystack” kind of field that it is, when a band comes along that is not…
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…
Say you’ll spend time in Sayville, jammin’ at a Generic Rekurds showcase!
Something titled “Generic,” also being something worth devoting any amount of serious time and energy to, might initially sound like a thing of low prospect –something…
Wanted: A PROperly designed royalty payment system
Some thoughts on a recent upswell of news about local businesses coming under fire from US PROs: Exhibit A: Bauhaus Kaffee Exhibit B: Nine separate businesses…
There’s nothing better than talking up a band’s “Negative Qualities”
Don’t worry, this is no slanderous band rant. This all about the London, Ontario based, garage punk band, Single Mothers and their debut LP, “Negative…
Royal Blood at Webster Hall: A case of priceless concert contradiction
The age old idea of a “quick rise to fame” is something that stirs up a range of reactions, depending on the context in which said…
Ghostly International Show: Christopher Willits, Beacon and Tycho
Even as someone more than waist-deep in the trenleverhes of the music industry, it’s always gratifying when an experience manages to strike my emotions in the…
After listening so long, all I hear is, “Love is blind.”
“Less is more.” “I already know what you’re going to say.” “You don’t have to say anything.” “It’s the thought that counts.”…
Chaos and concert etiquette 3.0: The Freedom Edition
What’s the definition of freedom in regards to concert behavior? Is there any semblance of reliable lists of expectation or, short of stopping before total anarchy,…