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"Charles, is a straight baller. His laid back attitude kept the interview experience thoughtful, calm, and introspective. He asked the right questions, and patiently absorbed a chorus of response from our end of the speakerphone. When the call ended he expertly pruned our conversation into coherence and integrated it into his own flowering meditation on our work. His writing was potent, unique, and witty-- a rare and beautiful creature in the music review space." - Dan, Harsh Armadillo
Life In The City paints the aura of a mundane, overstimulated world and bespatters the canvas with electro-funk graffiti.
Brooklyn Comes Alive: ‘My Life Before, Then Forever After’ with Karina Rykman
Multi-instrumentalist Marco Benevento entrusted his iconic top hat upon Karina Rykman, a fill-in bassist in her early 20’s, at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. Rykman’s mouth agape, Marco’s stare tracked dead in her eyes, sealed shut in the…
Dark Star Orchestra: A Grateful Dead Time Capsule
“Dark Star” was first performed, without lyrics, by the Grateful Dead in September 1967. The first version with lyrics was heard three months later. The tunes’ sole focus was improvisation. “Dark Star” was played regularly through the…
Hearing Aide: Harsh Armadillo ‘Bite’
The first ‘Bite’ sinks raw into your gums, perking your ears with sound. Harsh Armadillo and their latest four-track EP release is uninviting to the easy-listener. Regardless, you delve in for seconds and it becomes clear- there is no…
Victor Wainwright Brings the Train to Funk ‘n Waffles
The steam train will take flight at Funk N Waffles Downtown in Syracuse, Friday July 6. Showtime *8pm (corrected from 6pm). And carry on Saturday July 7 at Funk N Waffles Music Hall in Rochester, NY. beginning at 8pm also. Tickets: $15.…
Bonnaroo 2018: Waking Up in the Present
Bonnaroo days bleed together and it was hard to resist the sun making a full circle upon The Farm, as birds chirped at 5:30am - music still thumping from The Ville and Kalliope. With Eminem, Anderson.Paak, and two sets of Bon Iver today, it…
This Crazy Dream Called Bonnaroo
“I want you to take one moment to be present enough to realize that you're surrounded by people that you may never see again, but for some reason we all came here today. And we get to be present. And we get to be right here with each…