Mar 02
Rina Sawayama – Hold The Girl By Tyler Mandell | Top Tracks: Frankenstein, Hold the Girl, Minor Feelings | Worst Tracks: Hurricanes Photo Credit: Google Photos Synopsis: Hold the Girl has songs as good as anything Rina Sawayama has ever done, but too much of it feels misguided and limiting after such a promising debut …
Feb 03
Preacher’s Daughter by Ethel Cain By Kylie Arbini | Top Tracks: Family Tree, Ptolemaea, and American Teenager I’m not a particularly religious person myself. While I occasionally attend temple with my sibling and use God’s name in vain at the slightest inconvenience, I most commonly find myself attributing my struggles to the fact that someone up …
Dec 05
Sandinista! – The Clash Photo credit: Google photos By Tyler Mandell |Top Tracks: The Magnificent Seven, Police on My Back, Washington Bullets The Clash are considered one of the defining bands of the 1970s punk rock scene and dad rock playlists everywhere. You still often hear all their major songs on classic rock radio and …
Dec 04
Concert Review – Magdalena Bay at 9:30 Club By Amal Qazi On Friday November 18 of 2022 synth-pop duo Magdalena Bay played at 9:30 Club in D.C. with New York pop artist Bayli as their opener. Though Magdalena Bay’s singer, Mica Tenenbaum, had lost her voice right before the D.C. show, the duo performed a …
Nov 28
The Jungle Giants at The Black Cat By Amal Qazi On Sunday November 13th The Black Cat hosted alternative/indie Los Angeles based artist Tim Atlas and Australian indie rock band The Jungle Giants. The venue itself is small, certainly compared to other well known D.C. venues like The Anthem. The stage is low to the …