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Emily Daly
#Classic Rock
TRACK REVIEWXNY "White Wire"
XNY have been making classic, bluesy rock'n'roll in the tradition of the White Stripes since 2010. This Brooklyn band originally met at the Berklee School of Music in Boston, and like Jack and Meg, the two are a duo, but with reversed gender roles: Pam Autuori contributes sultry, smoky vocals and...
Emily Daly
INTERVIEWJack + Eliza
Eliza Callahan and Jack Staffen grew up at the same time--and in the same zip code!--but as the harmony-happy folk pop outfit Jack + Eliza, the pair spans decades. "Hold The Line," the first single off their forthcoming EP No Wonders (via Yebo Music), takes the seventies-era classic rock that Eliza...
Carena Liptak
LIVE REVIEWNEEDTOBREATHE @ The Slipper Room
Despite the open bar and the allure of attending a "private party," I could not convince a single one of my friends to come to this damn show with me. The conversation would go something like this: I'd say hey, there's this concert, and it's both super secret and free, and the band is a handsome...
Carena Liptak
ALBUM REVIEWGringo Star "Float Out To See"
Though the world is hardly hurting for sixties-inspired doo-wop indie rock, Gringo Star's latest release, Floating Out To See, skews rock and roll in an irrepressibly colorful direction that's too much fun not to pay attention to. Brothers Nicholas and Peter Furgiuele grew up raiding their parents'...
Carena Liptak
TRACK REVIEW"Red Eyes"
Channeling late eighties classic rock and an oft-noted kinship with Bruce Springsteen's raw jubilance, The War On Drugs have released three albums since their inception in 2003. Over the course of the decade, the line-up has fluctuated--notably, founding member Kurt Vile left the group in 2009 to...
Carena Liptak