Electric Six
Heartbeats & Brainwaves
Metropolis Records
8/10
With Electric Six’s Heartbeats & Brainwaves—the disco-punk-metal’s eighth album in ... Read More...
Tom Waits
Bad As Me
Anti- Records
It would be a misnomer to say Tom Waits is aging like a fine wine. Yeah, he gets better with age and other such platitude... Read More...
Captain America: The First Avenger
Paramount Pictures
7/10
Captain America: The First Avenger is the origin story of well-known comic book hero Captain Ameri... Read More...
So I went all the way to Winston Salem, North Carolina to interview A Light Divided last Thursday. After a nine hour flight, they wouldn’t even buy me lunch, b... Read More...
Let England Shake
PJ Harvey
Vagrant Records
8/10
PJ Harvey released Let England Shake, her latest in a long line of records. Admittedly, this is my intro... Read More...
The post-CMJ recovery time is almost 3 weeks, at least for us late 20’s grandmas. When you get a press pass, you need to pack as much in as you can, and this ye... Read More...
When The Emperor asked me to do my first review ever for Racket Magazine (first ever review anywhere) I was scared! The more I thought about it the more I thou... Read More...
Pacer
No. 1
Chunksaah Records
4/10
The debut release from Pacer, the loud, melodic up and coming punk band from London, England, could very well be the s... Read More...
The CMJ Music Marathon is a yearly gathering of jaded music industry types and eager, not-yet-jaded college radio kids in New York City. Young, pretty radio gi... Read More...