Geek extraordinaire, W&J alum, Muser, Whedonite, Whovian, ice cream connoisseur, bibliophile, ink enthusiast, amateur yogini, professional globetrotter. Living in Aomori, Japan. Blogs at theglobetrottinggeek.wordpress.com and tweets from @halloitsalex.
I feel like I should apologize to those around me because of Orphan, the new album from Empires. For the past few weeks, my neighbors have been hearing ...
On September 26, 2014 / By Alexandra BruecknerEvery year when Apple gives their keynote address, the hullabaloo is always about the new stuff. The new iPhone, the new iPad, the new operating system. If a ...
On September 19, 2014 / By Alexandra BruecknerBridging genres can be a messy affair. Sometimes it feels like an artist just throws in a few new bells and whistles for the hell of it, rather ...
On August 4, 2014 / By Alexandra BruecknerTo hear The Antlers tell it, life is not always a picnic. This is, after all, the band that compared lost love to a cancer ward on their ...
On June 26, 2014 / By Alexandra BruecknerPut anything else you’re listening to aside. I’ve found your perfect summer album: New Eyes, the orchestral- and house-tinged electro full-length debut of Clean Bandit, an electronic quartet ...
On June 24, 2014 / By Alexandra BruecknerI won’t lie. I thought that writing this was going to be an absolute cinch. Write about the music that I love: something that’s been one of the ...
On June 9, 2014 / By Alexandra BruecknerAll too often, musical artists will throw some off-the-wall elements into their creations that don’t gel with their style, all in the name of introducing something new to ...
On May 26, 2014 / By Alexandra BruecknerAfter 24 years and five albums together, you’d think that Elbow would be comfortable in their place. They are arguably one of the few bands – of past, ...
On March 21, 2014 / By Alexandra Brueckner10. Arcade Fire – Reflektor 9. La Vida Boheme – Será 8. Biffy Clyro – Opposites 7. Franz Ferdinand – Right Words, Right Thoughts, Right Action 6. Moving ...
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