Posts Tagged ‘New York’

ArpLine – Modulating with the Brooklyn Scene

By Andrew Duncan • Jan 27th, 2010 • Category: Features

Links:
ArpLine on MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/arpline
ArpLine on FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/ArpLine/84247718802
Brooklyn band ArpLine has been making a splash in the city that never sleeps. Over the past several months and several sold-out shows, including the latest at the Mercury Lounge, their powerful blend of electronics, instrumental landscapes and vivid lyrical imagery rings out with the bravado and essence of [...]



Aqui – The First Trip Out

By Andrew Duncan • Feb 13th, 2009 • Category: Avant Garde/Noise, Categories, Reviews

There is a degree of poetic justice that comes from the song “Please Send Love.” It’s a song that defines a post-modern sexual revolution, like art house sterility in a dirty mid-town environment.



Zigmat – Self-Titled

By Andrew Duncan • Oct 20th, 2008 • Category: Categories, Indie Rock, Reviews

Monica Rodriguez teeters on the line of aggression and late night bittersweetness. A vocalists who tries desperately to be a pop star in an indie rock shell, her voice carries so much confidence, you end up siding with her whether you acknowledge the music or not.



White Zombie – La Sexorcisto (Devil Music Volume 1)

By Andrew Duncan • Aug 26th, 2008 • Category: Categories, Metal, Reviews

White Zombie
La Sexorcisto, Devil Music Volume 1
1992 – Geffen
Origin: New York City
Style: Metal

To me, it’s still baffling that this band ever made anything of themselves. Could Rob Zombie have been such a visionary that he foresaw the future’s need to cherish the Drive-In and Grindhouse culture? Did he see the sights of many who [...]



Young MC – Stone Cold Rhymin’

By Andrew Duncan • Jul 30th, 2008 • Category: Categories, Hip Hop/Rap

Young MC
Stone Cold Rhymin’
1989 – Delicious Vinyl/Island
Origin: Queens, New York
Style: Pop Rap, Party Rap

For Young MC, real name Marvin Young, it paid to go to school. A student at the University of Southern California, where he received a degree in Economics, music was a hobby until he met two guys that ended up changing his [...]