Rad Horror just sounds… well, rad. It’s unique, it’s edgy, and it’s stylishly evocative of late 20th-century subculture. Thankfully, the New Jersey rockers live up to their name. On their Anti Teenage…
Review: Skating Polly – “The Make It All Show”
If you scroll through Skating Polly’s YouTube videos, you’ll stumble upon an early clip of them playing the Opolis in Oklahoma. The year is 2010, and they are covering “Paper Planes” by M.I.A. Kelli M…
Interview/Concert Photos: Free Throw
Some bands are hesitant to accept the label “emo.” Free Throw, a Nashville group whose social media handle is “@freethrowemo,” embraces it with open arms, unafraid to get a little vulnerable for the c…
Interview: Yvette Nacer
“Who We Were Before,” a gentle, glowing acoustic ballad, is Yvette Nacer’s debut single, but it’s far from her first foray into the music world. She’s had the kind of roles in musicals that many would…
Album Review: Sofi Tukker – “Treehouse”
During the chorus of “Best Friend,” the seamless, summery Sofi Tukker single that was recently featured in an iPhone X ad, a deep voice asks, “Yo, you want to meet me at the club?” If you’ll listen cl…
Album Review: Manic Street Preachers – “Resistance Is Futile”
The world has changed a lot since 1986, when the Manic Street Preachers were formed. The politicians in charge are different; Richey Edwards is gone, hopefully at peace somewhere. Yet “culture, aliena…
Interview/Concert Photos: Boston Manor
Boston Manor is not from Boston. Rather, it’s a pop punk band from Blackpool, England—one that’s just as bold and unrelenting live as it is on the record. In 2016, the group made a splash with its fir…