Foxtrax are making tracks: In the studio and to the stage
New York City is a like an ever-alluring trap for musicians. The east coast metropolis is a city boasting of never-ending potential but also a…
Wolves Records is Weaving Together Local Artists with Authentic Ambition
Honesty, sincerity, authenticity…these are characteristics that, more often than not, are appreciated, no matter where they are applied: within an individual, in a gesture or…
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…
A second serving of Honeyblood
Stina Tweeddale, guitarist of UK based, crunch pop band, Honeyblood, spoke with me at length about many of the things: about the band’s past, present and…
Striking up a conversation with Stina Tweeddale of Honeyblood
The old adage goes, “You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.” Well, does a band catch the ears of more fans with…
Hotel of the Laughing Tree shine light on new sounds with “New World Sundown”
There are certain instances, when significant changes to something happily routine and possessing stacked expectations, like a well established band, can transcend and glide gracefully…
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…
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…
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…
Here’s the real deal on a few Dreamers from Brooklyn
If someone is told not to do something, the more likely that person is going to want to break restriction. If a specific object is made…