Friday with Finding Fiction: reinventing what’s cool
by Samuel Hernandez There’s a stretch in the Lower East Side that is holding onto the storied punk rock scene and then there are those that are taking that, applying their hip twist and …
by Samuel Hernandez There’s a stretch in the Lower East Side that is holding onto the storied punk rock scene and then there are those that are taking that, applying their hip twist and …
by Samuel Hernandez | photos by Emily Chang Never underestimate intelligent bands who are aware of their musical catalogue. A band who can reference where they’re coming from, what they’re …
by Samuel Hernandez In Glass Elk‘s new EP Glasswork, the piano provides the distance, whereas the pulsing dance tracks attempt to reconcile what’s been created. The EP opens with a …
by Samuel Hernandez Generationals, Alix Two albums in two years with starkly different tones. “Alix” is a coming out of depression jam for how even when things go wrong you’ve still got so …
by Samuel Hernandez Big Freedia is committed to something bigger than herself. Bounce music – a call and response heavy, dance inducing, mother of twerking genre – has long been in the hands …
by Samuel Hernandez Fridays are for finding yourself in a dive somewhere in New York City that actually happens to be just two blocks from where you used to live and work. You never even …
by Samuel Hernandez The world stops for CMJ’s music festival. With all eyes poised on who the next up and coming band will be, it’s easy to get lost in the tantalizing game of, “this is …
by Samuel Hernandez | photos by Justin Astafanous Afropunk 2014 was about the sultry summer heat, whether it was the polka dotted, deep throated call of Alice Smith or the classic styling of …
by Samuel Hernandez Because everyone needs a summer escape and Firefly Music Festival wants you to soak in the sun and go camping. Of course there are other music festivals that attempt the …
by Samuel Hernandez Juan Wauters took the stage five minutes after setting up. His crew placed an American flag over a homemade Queens flag, a swinging Edison bulb from the microphone, and a …