It’s a work night. So what? I pull up to Brooklyn Bowl with a sprained ankle and an itch for dancing. I bought the ticket for London-by-way-of-Nigeria dance band Ibibio Sound Machine the minute it was announced, and no ankle pain was going to get in the way of the show now. Jobs and workers… Read More Ibibio Sound Machine, Lollise, and Underground System at Brooklyn Bowl, September 25th 2024
Today is International Women’s Day. Radio stations have been blasting us with a higher-than-usual ratio of kickass female artists, giving me the urge to spread some love on my forever faves, older and newer. Here are five songs by or featuring women that I want to give some International Women’s Day love. Ain’t Nuttin But… Read More A Little International Women’s Day Love
I think it was WFUV’s Russ Borris who first played Ibibio Sound Machine on the radio on my way to work, and I was instantly hooked. Their fourth album, called Electricity, is an infectious mix of African percussion with electronic keys and horns for days. It’s like Afrobeat dance punk, and it’s stunning. Their latest… Read More A Saturday Night with Ibibio Sound Machine and DJ Sinkane
Queens-based newcomers The Heart Attack-Acks have no right to sound as good as they do for a band who “didn’t have anything better to do.” The duo Cody and Candace have been testing the waters with their own brand of discoey post-punk dance tracks. Their beats are properly infectious party music with a snarky sense… Read More The Heart Attack-Acks – “Love Me” and more
I was doing some tourism in Oaxaca last February. Oaxaca is a punk town, painted in street art and radical graffiti. It’s not without reason – Oaxaca is a locus for economic and racial inequality in Mexico. Music and art posters are wet-glued to the same walls where spraypaint scrawls decry the harms of capitalism,… Read More Outside Looking In at the Mexican Goth & Post Punk Scene
Members of The Mowgli’s, Metro Station, and Parade of Lights met and swirled during lockdown to combine their powers into anthemic synthpop. Their newest track, “Never Again,” tastes a little like The Escape Club marinated in delicious synthy goodness. The lyrics tell a tale of a busted up dramatic relationship that’s as fun as it… Read More Social Order – “Never Again”
A big thanks to my buddy Soda for giving me the space to share some tunes with you! Thumpasaurus greeted the world with their 2018 sensation “Mental Karate,” and now the rest of us will have to spend our lives scouring eBay for hard copies of their brash debut, Book of Thump. Now they’re back… Read More Thumpasaurus – Thumpaverse album review
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