Martha Wainwright and I immediately started off on the wrong foot. Her second full-length album, I Know You’re Married But I’ve Got Feelings Too, immediately pissed me off with its title alone. Being an objective reviewer, I tried to look past the album title, but then my eyes fell on Martha’s...

So I go to Marah’s website to get an idea of what to expect before I put on the CD, and the first thing I notice is the flurry of cancellations in their tour schedule: The Living Room in Providence, RI = Cancelled The Iron Horse in Northampton, MA = Cancelled 9:30 Club in Philly = Cancelled Williamsburg...

Michael Stipe, when asked about the creation process of his lyrics for the newest R.E.M. album ‘Accelerate’, stated “When the empire is going down the toilet, it’s easy to write great, angry songs.” Although that may be true, I would recommend that R.E.M.’s newest...

The foremost reason that I’ve ever attended any show that’s an amalgamation of metal, hardcore, or any other random subgenre of the two is the tremendous energy level present in the room. At any given moment, I can never quite be sure just when the crowd is going to break into an adrenaline-soaked...

What’s exactly happened to real, honest R&B records in the past few decades? Where have all the sultry crooners been hiding their collective heads? Have they been so beaten down and bludgeoned by those average-voiced, yet attractive-and-marketable singers and groups that have come to populate...

I am notoriously concerned with comfort over style, which is why I wear Chacos year round and still frequently adorn myself in my old Army PT shirts, armpit holes and all. Mindy, on the other hand, enjoys treating me like some sort of dress-up doll. She buys me button-up shirts with starched collars....

The pretentious rock star with the big ego has become such an over-worked cliché that it’s long passed the point of ridicule. When bands themselves make fun of those other acts who are living out the formulaic rocker existence, you know that the concept is passé. Yet for all of the attempts...

The term “Montreal indie band” has become a bit old. For a while it seemed all one had to do to find success in the Canadian indie scene was to move to Montreal, buy an array of thrift store instruments and record a lo-fi album in someone’s basement studio. Being able to wear the label...

What do you do when you contract HIV at eleven years old? Adamantly deny it. Never let on that you’re the student the school sent a warning letter about to your classmates–even when you are conspicuously absent after getting kicked out due to your illness. Maybe then you, yourself won’t...

As soon as your mother is out of site you begin to walk in the opposite direction of the school. You are not sure where you are going, but at least you are not sitting in class learning. After a few blocks the neighborhood begins to look less desirable, and the walls are covered with graffiti. You...