Joe is a freelance writer who focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. His work has been published at AOL Music, Staten Island Advance, NYDailyNews.com, and SIDump.com. One semester away from mastering J-School over at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, Joe lives in a pastoral abode out on Staten Island where he enjoys the solitude and the whiskey.
Features
Thursday, August 7 2008
Flight of the Dodos: An Interview with the Dodos
With prog-metal meeting West Africa, Meric Long and Logan Kroeber disguise a world of influences in their surprisingly complex sound.
Thursday, November 8 2007
Southern Comfort: An Interview with Band of Horses' Ben Bridwell
Band of Horses' reluctant frontman talks about moving back South to record his new album, the fading playoff hopes of the New York Yankees, and indie rock's most influential beards.
Wednesday, July 25 2007
Saving Humanity: An Interview with John Vanderslice
"I am in general very anti-government." John Vanderslice brings his political and economic sides to the fore in taking on the world's crazies.
Reviews
Monday, July 12 2010
Sonoi: Sonoi
This Chicago collective has put together an album of light, airy, undulating rock songs.
Tuesday, June 29 2010
Les Vinyl: Bright Gray
It's the free-wheeling '90s all over again -- well, the good parts, at least.
Friday, April 9 2010
Child Abuse: Cut and Run
It's probably safe to assume that this band wants to make you uncomfortable.
Monday, March 22 2010
Archie Bronson Outfit: Coconut
Coconut is dirty blues, throbbing bass lines, and spacey drone jams, produced by DFA's Tim Goldsworthy.
Tuesday, February 9 2010
Screaming Females: Singles
Casual listeners might prefer the more pristine-version of the band, via last year's full-length, Power Move, but Singles is a tasty morsel of a feisty young talent.
The Headlocks: Cuckoobird [17.Nov.09]
The Horse's Ha: Of the Cathmawr Yards [12.Oct.09]
Paragraph: Paragraph [27.Aug.09]
Joan of Arc: Flowers [10.Aug.09]
Clint Michigan: Hawthorne to Hennepin [29.Jul.09]
Dan Zimmerman: Cosmic Patriot [9.Jul.09]
Crocodiles: Summer of Hate [5.Jun.09]
Kevin Devine: Brother's Blood [8.May.09]
Pterodactyl: Worldwild [5.May.09]
Manchester Orchestra: Mean Everything to Nothing [21.Apr.09]
Mi Ami: Watersports [6.Apr.09]
Piemont: Strange World Beyond [23.Mar.09]
Owl: Owl [19.Mar.09]
Broken Spindles: Kiss/Kick [16.Feb.09]
Peasant: On the Ground [16.Feb.09]
Conversion Party: More No More [29.Oct.08]
Gang Gang Dance: Saint Dymphna [27.Oct.08]
Ray LaMontagne: Gossip in the Grain [16.Oct.08]
Pleasureboaters: ¡Gross! [7.Oct.08]
Sic Alps: U.S. EZ [19.Aug.08]
G. Love and Special Sauce: Superhero Brother [4.Aug.08]
Eat Skull : Sick to Death [18.Jul.08]
Dr. Dog: Fate [17.Jul.08]
Matt Bartram: Arundel [14.Jul.08]
Au: Verbs [2.Jul.08]
Hammock: Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow [27.Jun.08]
Nathan Moomaw: twenty-six [3.Jun.08]
Renminbi: The Phoenix [2.Jun.08]
Extra Life: Secular Works [16.May.08]
Leerone: Imaginary Biographies [30.Apr.08]
Aaron Robinson: We Are Racing Ghosts [18.Apr.08]
BIg Bang: Wild Bird [17.Apr.08]
Lima Charlie: It's So Easy to be Creepy [16.Apr.08]
Ken Hyland: Self Portrait [15.Apr.08]
Lick Lick: Lick Lick [11.Apr.08]
The Rest: Atlantis, Oh Our Saviour [10.Apr.08]
Gran Ronde: On and On [8.Apr.08]
Elijah Ebenezer Wyman: Butterfly Needles [7.Apr.08]
Aster: Some Things Seldom Heard Of [31.Mar.08]
Neimo: Neimo [28.Mar.08]
Adam Green: Sixes and Sevens [24.Mar.08]
Ulaan Khol: I [17.Mar.08]
Shortstack: The Covers [17.Mar.08]
Baumer: Were It Not for You [4.Mar.08]
Kerowack: The First EP [29.Feb.08]
HIJK: The Pen and the Letter [28.Feb.08]
Brian Dewan: Words of Wisdom [25.Feb.08]
Aarktica: Matchless Years [19.Feb.08]
Amateur Radio Operator: Sirens of Titan [18.Feb.08]
Rings: Black Habit [14.Feb.08]
Tirra Lirra: Breathe Bodies [22.Jan.08]
Junk Science: Gran’Dad’s Nerve Tonic [18.Jan.08]
We Tigers: Rivals [20.Dec.07]
Arthur Yoria: Handshake Smiles [19.Dec.07]
Gultskra Artikler: Kasha Iz Topora [13.Dec.07]
Sylvain Chauveau: S. [7.Dec.07]
Guillaume & the Coutu Dumonts: Face à Lest [28.Nov.07]
The Owls: Daughters and Suns [15.Nov.07]
The Yellow Swans: Descension [7.Nov.07]
Feu Thérèse: Ça Va Cogner [26.Oct.07]
The Sadies: New Seasons [11.Oct.07]
Matt Pond PA: Last Light [26.Sep.07]
Goon Moon: Lickers Last Leg [25.Sep.07]
Sleeping States: There the Open Spaces [20.Sep.07]
Odeath: Head Home [31.Aug.07]
Mobile: Tomorrow Starts Today [22.Aug.07]
Michael Fakesch: Dos [17.Aug.07]
The Cape May: Glass Mountain Roads [13.Aug.07]
Greg Palast: Live from the Armed Madhouse [6.Aug.07]
Lay Low: Please Dont Hate Me [26.Jul.07]
Two Gallants: The Scenery Of Farewell [20.Jul.07]
B for Brontosaurus: A Thousand Times Yes [17.Jul.07]
Tied & Tickled Trio: Aelita [5.Jul.07]
Alsace Lorraine: Dark One [15.Jun.07]
Coffinberry: God Damn Dogs [7.Jun.07]
Parts & Labor: Mapmaker [25.May.07]
The Chrysler: Cold War Classic [10.May.07]
Pterodactyl: Pterodactyl [25.Apr.07]
Alex Delivery: Star Destroyer [19.Apr.07]
Elvis Perkins: Ash Wednesday [9.Apr.07]
Chris Garneau: Music For Tourists [3.Apr.07]
Robert Gomez: Brand New Towns [2.Apr.07]
Memphis: A Little Place in the Wilderness [27.Mar.07]
Im from Barcelona: Let Me Introduce My Friends [22.Mar.07]
Illinois: What the Hell Do I Know? [20.Mar.07]
Partyline: Zombie Terrorist [5.Mar.07]
The Detachment Kit: + [28.Feb.07]
Dr. Dog: We All Belong [27.Feb.07]
Cezanne: Breaking Bats for Jesus [13.Feb.07]
Piebald: Accidental Gentleman [9.Feb.07]
The Green Pajamas: The Night Races Into Anna [7.Feb.07]
The Broken West: I Cant Go On, Ill Go On [25.Jan.07]
Tom Brosseau: Grand Forks [23.Jan.07]
Scissors for Lefty: Scissors for Lefty EP [19.Jan.07]
Julie Loyd: All That You Ask For [5.Jan.07]
Librarians: Alright Easy Candy Stranger [18.Dec.06]
The Heart Attacks: Hellbound and Heartless [15.Dec.06]
Cold War Kids: Robber & Cowards [19.Oct.06]
Blogs
Woods - "To Clean" (video) (Mixed Media) [16.Jun.09]
Sonic Youth - "Sacred Trickster" (video) (Mixed Media) [16.Jun.09]
John Vanderslice - "Too Much Time" (video) (Mixed Media) [11.Jun.09]
Mastodon - "Oblivion" (video) (Mixed Media) [11.Jun.09]
Sonic Youth - "Sacred Trickster" (Live) (video) (Mixed Media) [10.Jun.09]
Kevin Devine - "I Could Be with Anyone" (Video) (Mixed Media) [8.Jun.09]
Allen Ginsberg's Birthday (video) (Mixed Media) [3.Jun.09]
Sonic Youth - The Eternal (stream) (Mixed Media) [3.Jun.09]
Pearl Jam - "Get Some" (Live on Tonight Show) (video) (Mixed Media) [2.Jun.09]
Grizzly Bear - "Two Weeks" (Live) (video) (Mixed Media) [2.Jun.09]
Dan Deacon - Bromst (Album Stream) (Mixed Media) [4.Mar.09]
Caroline Weeks - "Elegy" (MP3) (Mixed Media) [24.Feb.09]
The Strange Boys - "Heard You Wanna Beat Me Up" (MP3) (Mixed Media) [17.Feb.09]
Broken Spindles - "Introvert" (video) (Mixed Media) [16.Feb.09]
Dent May & his Magnificent Ukulele - "Meet Me in the Garden" (MP3) (Mixed Media) [16.Feb.09]
Chairlift - "Evident Utensil" (video) (Mixed Media) [11.Feb.09]
Wavves - "So Bored" (MP3) (Mixed Media) [11.Feb.09]
The Black Lips - "Short Fuse" (MP3) (Mixed Media) [10.Feb.09]
Matt & Kim - "Daylight" (video) (Mixed Media) [2.Feb.09]
Shouting Incoherently in a Crowded Theater (Sources Say) [20.Sep.07]
Rudy Giuliani's 2001 Pro-Immigration Stance (Sources Say) [17.Sep.07]
The Press and General Petraeus (Sources Say) [11.Sep.07]
50 Cent Endorses Hillary (Sources Say) [5.Sep.07]
YouTube Strikes Again (Sources Say) [27.Aug.07]
Boys on the Bus #11 (Sources Say) [7.Aug.07]
Boys on the Bus #10 (Sources Say) [24.Jul.07]
Boys on the Bus #9 (Sources Say) [10.Jul.07]
Boys on the Bus #8 (Sources Say) [25.Jun.07]
Boys on the Bus #7 (Sources Say) [11.Jun.07]
Boys on the Bus #6 (Sources Say) [11.May.07]
Boys on the Bus #5 (Sources Say) [3.May.07]
Boys on the Bus #4 (Sources Say) [26.Apr.07]
Boys on the Bus #3 (Sources Say) [19.Apr.07]
Boys on the Bus #2 (Sources Say) [12.Apr.07]
Boys on the Bus #1 (Sources Say) [4.Apr.07]
