Review: Dar Williams, City Winery, Chicago Lots of shows, gigantic or intimate, can collapse or sail into your happy memories based on the venue. Taylor Swift sure did her best … Read More
Quick Six Interview: Dar Williams
Meeting an artist, especially one you admire, is a tense situation. You meet Steve Martin and instead of the “wild and crazy guy” persona, there’s a respectful but very reserved … Read More
Music Review: Dar Williams, Emerald
If I tipped you off to a great new album from an under-the-radar artist from the world of Folk, you might throw the word hippie at me. If I dropped … Read More
Album Review: Mick Ronson- Only After Dark: The Complete MainMan Recordings
When David Bowie rose to stardom in the early 1970s, he and his band the Spiders from Mars were overnight sensations. Along with T. Rex, Sweet and Slade, Bowie and … Read More
Movie Review: Darkest Hour
There is the common question when your friend recommends a sequel to you – “did I have to have seen the first one?”. The answer will of course depend on … Read More
And July’s Legendary Pokémon Is…
From now until July 24th, you’ll be able to download the Grass Type Pokémon, Shaymin. This Shaymin comes with the ability Natural Cure, which allows it to be healed of any … Read More
Concert Review: FKA Twigs, Brixton Academy
FKA Twigs, Brixton Academy Annoyance first – FKA Twigs was very late for her show at Brixton Academy. Like, an hour. It was a good thing the crowd was feeling … Read More
New Music: Leah Ancient Winter
Review: Leah Leah isn’t a new name in melodic metal; her genre is “Celtic fantasy metal,” and her albums could easily serve as the soundtracks for shows like Game of … Read More
Movie Review: The Light Between Oceans
Review: The Light Between Oceans By the time I saw The Light Between Oceans, available on streaming but released three years ago, it had been long enough for me to … Read More
Review: Taking Back Sunday in Cincinnati, Ohio
Taking Back Sunday – Cincinnati There are two things I’m a sucker for — Taking Back Sunday, and full album tours. The Tell All Your Friends Anniversary Tour surely delivered. … Read More
Review: Comptoir Libanais is Chelsea’s Hidden Lebanese
Comptoir Libanaise London’s Chelsea neighbourhood has a lot of restaurants to choose from (I’m guessing so does New York’s area of the same name) but sometimes you want to go … Read More
August at the Soho Theatre
August: Soho Theatre One of my favourite venues in London is hosting one of my favourite comics, and her husband. Natasha Leggero (Another Period, Burning Love, and lots more) and … Read More
Blu-Ray + CD Review: “Pretenders with Friends”
Pretenders with Friends If you were lucky enough to to attend the Pretenders with Friends concert at the Decades Rock Arena in Atlantic City, NJ on August 11, 2006 … Read More
Concert Review: Bob Dylan Neil Young, London
Bob Dylan, Neil Young Live Combined age 151 – someone check the record books on coheadliners ever reaching such a milestone. Bob Dylan and Neil Young rocked Hyde Park, London, … Read More