Category: Indie/Pop

Mary Lynn’s “Animal” Is a Great Listen End to End

My Animal by Columbus, Ohio’s Mary Lynn is an upbeat pop-rock record, and though they aren’t doing anything revolutionary, they definitely aren’t doing anything bad either. It’s a fun record, and it’s easy to listen to all the way through.…

Eerie pop from the South: The Casket Girls

On a Sunday night I headed to The Mercury Lounge – one of the meccas of the indie music at the LES – to hear The Casket Girls. When Black Moth Super Rainbow Ryan Graveface met sisters Elsa and Phaedra…

Underground Music Festival Bridging Cross Country Musical Gaps

When most people talk about building a musical community, they are talking about working with bands and fans within a 10 mile to 20 mile radius. When Idio Gallery founder, Montana Simone says it, she’s talking about bridging the gap…

The Legal Aid Society: Second Annual Winter Benefit 01/28/16

The Legal Aid Society is a private, not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing legal representation to low-income New Yorkers. With offices in Manhattan and Brooklyn and specializing in Civil, Criminal, and Juvenile Rights Practices, they bear out through works their belief,…

Jacob Metcalf: Live at the Kessler Theatre

Dallas’s Kessler Theater is a favorite venue of many in the area. Boasting a seating capacity of about 400 people, while still maintaining the intimacy of a much smaller room, it provides the perfect back drop for the album release…

Ron Pope + The Nighthawks @ Irving Plaza 01/09/16

Ron Pope is a singer/songwriter who plays an accessible style that meanders between country-pop-ballad, on its softer side, and a markedly southern rhythm and blues, on its edgier. Running through it all is an attention to lyrical and emotional detail…

Yes! Her Majesty

Pianos NYC, a popular bar in the East Village is known to have their fare share of sui generis indie bands. Alternative pop band Her Majesty was no exception to this fact when they graced the backroom stage last week.…