by Scott Wilson “Listen keenly,” advises MC Kwasi in a gusty introduction to Mr. Scruff’s fifth mix/compilation LP, which can also be called his twelfth album if you count the all the studio …
by Scott Wilson The lead singer of Milky Chance, Clemens Rehbein, has a voice reminiscent of Southern California punk: the nasal pitch of NOFX or Black Flag with a snarl like Rancid – or …
by Scott Wilson “You Wasn’t Lyin'” is the second track on Planet Giza’s third full-length album, Added Sugar, and if it doesn’t become the number one college radio beach …
text by Scott Wilson | photos by Daniel Boczarski On a cold and dark Friday night, the good people in the development and outreach division of the Vans skateboarder apparel company opened …
by Scott Wilson The music of Molly Hamilton, Robert Earl Thomas, and their small fraternity of collaborators has this fantastic ability to make its listener tip their head down and gaze into …
by Scott Wilson Concept albums, like Stevie Wonder’s Secret Life of Plants or Pink Floyd’s The Wall, hold a special place in the imaginations of music lovers because they exist as something …
by Scott Wilson Yes, The Dig is a very nice band. They’ve won an award, in fact, for writing at least one very nice song, though, for the record, they’ve written more than one – but the …
by Scott Wilson This might be a half-baked idea, but what if music, like fashion, is seasonal? There might very well be bands and songs whose place in the pantheon of sound lies with a …
by Scott Wilson Ode to the stage dive, White Reaper, and Twin Peaks break faces in Chicago Though rock history is a foggy pursuit –hazed by a thousand bong-hits, head-banging shows, and …
by Scott Wilson Over twelve minutes and fifty-nine seconds, the entire run-time of the Please Recycle EP, the Howard gang from Brooklyn take the listener on a musical escapade, blending …