Finally! It seems that in my tenure of living in Helsinki I was never able to quite grasp why there were certain genre holes in the local up-and-comings. That isn’t to say I haven’t enjoyed Villa Nah’s, French Films’ and Siinai’s ride-up;they all got at me in their own ways. But having my musical interests bloom [...]
If New York-based band The Men are not on your radar, they should be. The rattle-your-bones rockers are celebrating the release of their third full-length album, Open Your Heart, at 285 Kent tonight … and you should be there. The group is hard to pin down, mostly because they combine a variety of seemingly unrelated [...]
For those of you who aren’t keeping up with Italian politics, (now ex-) Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi resigned from his position yesterday after losing the majority in a fundamental vote regarding state finances on Tuesday. NPR published a photo of his hands holding a pen over some intriguing notes, which reflect the disappointment. The scribblings [...]
Welp, it’s that time of year again. CMJ Music Marathon and Film whatever. I remember when I was in college and I could actually skip around from event to event, it was fun. (Plus, there were always cute boys in town for CMJ.) But now, with a full-time job and a bunch of other significant [...]
Note: Handsome Furs performed at Tavastia in Helsinki, Finland on October 8th, 2011. The first time I had seen the Handsome Furs was at the Echo on Sunset Blvd. in Los Angeles. I had just moved back to LA after having lived in Finland for a year where I had been listening to their debut [...]
Out of nowhere, I decided to have a competition. Muster’s first competition!!!! I asked the fans and contributors to submit a drawing (or photo) of a yellow bear. And the five best bears get a free Muster tote bag. Why a yellow bear, un ours jaune, if you will? Why the hell not? And here you [...]
OK, so you’re not going to die if you don’t hear this one. It’s not revolutionary, or life-changing, necessarily, but not all music needs to be. “Teenage Tide” by Letting Up Despite Great Faults is a fun, inoffensive indie-pop song – carefree, lighthearted, sweet. If you are a fan of Pains of Being Pure at [...]
In mid-September, Death by Audio hosted a shoot for the brand new music video for Ty Segall’s song, “Goodbye Bread”. In one continuous frame, we go from Ty’s face to a wide shot of a bizarre and distracting party scene, full of strange characters including (but definitely not limited to) a girl dressed as Evel Knievel, [...]