Mind Equals Blown

There is something about Lucero that just makes you feel… real. Okay, maybe the posters of a blue collar lady lighting her cigarette with a blowtorch aren’t realistic, but the mentality certainly is. Here Lucero is 14 years later, for what is their eighth album, Women & Work. If the one thing the Memphis, Tennessee

Have you ever had that moment where a word is just out of reach on the tip of your tongue? The scientists got creative in naming that syndrome, giving it the technical term “tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon” – and this is exactly what I had for the first few listens to Ghostree’s self-titled EP, all due to

It’s a pronoun problem. Black Taxi is busy blowin’ up Brooklyn’s venues and creeping into other areas of life. Some songs have been featured on television shows on NBC and ABC. The EP version of “Pretty Mama” was featured in the trailer for Youth in Revolt with Michael Cera.  And if that’s something you’d be

Usually I am a very strong believer in changing sound to adapt to the times. A band not changing its sound leads to irrelevance, and nobody wants that. Of course, relevance is also associated with the number of accomplishments the band is able to bust out in short periods of time – for example, Nada

There is hardly a somber moment on the Fairfax native powerpop-rock band Fourth Quarter Comeback’s five-track EP, titled Finders Keepers. The upbeat beginning sticks until the final song. Opener “When I Fall” is a track that is sure to wake you up with the dog-whistle synth note in the first few seconds; thankfully, that note

Four Year Strong have blown up. Their third full-length and Universal Motown Records debut Enemy Of The World took five bearded pop-punkers to new limits with its catchy choruses, mosh-worthy breakdowns and facial hair, allowing the band to land tours with bands like Bad Religion, Rise Against and Blink-182. One year post-Enemy brings us to Four

You know what makes me sad? The fact that some bands (cough BrokeNCYDE cough Millionaires cough) can get “famous” seemingly in a heartbeat, but bands that have honest talent, honest tact and honest taste are the last to get praised. Bands like L.A.-based Currents, who have just completed their self-titled EP. In this EP, Currents

Tom Waits. It’s a name known well by more seasoned individuals, be they weathered by the greater music community or life itself. It’s a name not enough people – especially young people – know and praise. It’s also a name that begins eye-rolling sentences which end with something along the lines of “for his food”