When I walked into the National Theater in Richmond, Virginia to see Minus The Bear play, I really wasn’t sure what I was getting into. [...]

Think of Joy Division then replace Ian Curtis with a female vocalist and you’ve basically got HotChaCha. Mostly simple guitar riffs over rambling drums…

Matador by Arms and Sleepers sounds kind of like the American equivalent to Sigur Ros. Their ambience isn’t as organic; they possess a much more [...]

Thao Nguyen’s energy has always been volatile, under pressure, and one open flame away from explosive. Well, it seems like somebody lit a match and [...]

self-published, 132 pages, trade paperback, $10.00 I Will Name Them Such as Enemies!, a collection of short stories by Ryan Brosmer, has both threads of [...]

There’s something about New Jersey. I’m not sure what it is, but the state has the uncanny ability to churn out musicians. Maybe it’s just [...]

So you walk onto the set of a cable TV show in New York that showcases unknown bands and in the audience is Joan Jett. [...]

Bob Burns and the Breakups are looking to keep alive the sort of raucous punk rock that tries to get the message across in two [...]

One of the greatest tragedies in music are bands that are really good who can’t properly apply their talent to their craft. SÄH is an [...]

This is a band I’ve avoided for the most part, having never really listened to more than one song before this album. I haven’t been [...]

This band claims to be the underdogs of the indie music scene. And they say they’re fine with that. Would they be still be fine [...]

Josh Small is someone I could learn to like. Apparently we both reside in the same city. In fact, this album was recorded right down [...]

Musical vagabond Mark Sultan has written the gospel of good ol’ rock n’ roll. Sultanic Verses acts as a how-to guide, or more so a [...]

If the Cure had grown up in the Bay Area punk scene and hung out at the local Hot Topic then they would have instead [...]

Bloc Party seemed to have their sound perfected with their first album, Silent Alarm, but apparently that wasn’t quite good enough. The band is back [...]