Ray Padgett

Interview: Ethan Lipton & His Orchestra

Back in March the National announced a couple last-minute shows at Brooklyn’s Bell House. Tickets sold out in under a minute. Fans who got there early were confronted with a guy with a mustache singing lounge songs...

Interview: Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt

“Help!” “Dancing in the Dark.” “Viva La Vida.” Popular music has a long history of happy songs about being sad. Brooklyn singer Neil Fridd pushes that concept to the limit with The Terror Pigeon...

CD Review: Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt's "Have the Best Day of Your Life!"

Could 2010 be the year indie got happy? Just look at some recent titles. MGMT, the definition of jaded, dropped Congratulations. Perpetual grudge-holders Broken Social Scene released their Forgiveness Rock Record. Heck, even rappers are thinking positive; Diddy titled...

Ten Questions for...Midnight Masses

Death marks the end of many bands, but rarely does it inspire a beginning. Consider Midnight Masses the exception. When his father passed a few years ago, lead singer Autry Fulbright began writing songs to process his grief. The outpouring...

CD Review: Freelance Whales' "Weathervanes"

Press for Freelance Whales inevitably emphasizes their Queens origins. Readers, presumably, will leap out of their chairs to hear this mysterious band not from Brooklyn. What does Queens sound like? Weathervanes offers nary a clue. Queens may be what they...

Interview: Semi Precious Weapons

Just a year ago Semi Precious Weapons were an underground band playing trashy Manhattan parties, getting bottles thrown at them, and trying to bring fun back to a city that takes its music very seriously. At one point they invited...

Interview: Javelin

Javelin’s trajectory follows an increasingly common path. Band releases free CD-R for friends. CD-R winds up in influential hands. Tracks pop up on blog after blog, building buzz before the band has even released a proper...

CD Review: Sweet Electra's "When We Abandoned Earth"

Sweet Electra got their start in Mexico, but you’d never know it. The electro-pop concocted by the New York-via-Guadalajara duo carries not a whiff of south-of-the-border flavor. Their latest album, When We...

Interview: Mayaeni

The name Mayaeni may not ring a bell, but if you’ve stepped into a Target in the last few months, you’ve probably seen her. Her face adorns posters and billboards as part of the company&rsquo...

CD Review: Jessibel Suthiwong's "Brooklyn-4-Life"

If you’ve forgotten FannyPack’s 2003 hit “Cameltoe,” consider yourself lucky. Somehow this one joke managed to survive three months, buoyed by an animated video that went viral before viral was even a thing. FannyPack...

Interview: Ethan Lipton & His Orchestra

Interview: Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt

CD Review: Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt's "Have the Best Day of Your Life!"

Ten Questions for...Midnight Masses

CD Review: Freelance Whales' "Weathervanes"

Interview: Semi Precious Weapons

Interview: Javelin

CD Review: Sweet Electra's "When We Abandoned Earth"

Interview: Mayaeni

CD Review: Jessibel Suthiwong's "Brooklyn-4-Life"

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