Every couple months, I become intrigued with a band I find on the internet. First it was Valient Thorr, next it was Barn Burner… The latest fascination is with Black Table, a genre-defying metal band based in New York and New Jersey. They have this one six-minute song posted on Band Camp — and… Continue reading “Post-Something, Black-Something”
Author: Jessie May
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Where is the sound guy? Smoking weed behind dumpster Keyboards are too low
Riding with the Mongol Horde: A Review of Under and Alone
If you’re addicted to Gangland reruns, Under and Alone (2005) is the book for you. ATF agent William Queen tells the story of going undercover in the vicious Mongol biker gang, rising through the ranks to become a fully patched member and eventually the Mongols’ treasurer. The information he risked his life to gather became… Continue reading Riding with the Mongol Horde: A Review of Under and Alone
Winter: If You Book It, They Will Come
I’ll admit it: when it comes to black metal, I don’t know my ass from my arm gauntlet. I listened to an Agalloch song one time, and spent a Vital Remains show in the parking lot having a heated discussion with some dude. (Is Vital Remains even a black metal band? Or do they just… Continue reading Winter: If You Book It, They Will Come
Why Ladies Can Do Stuff Now: A Review of Gail Collins’ When Everything Changed
Everybody knows that most governments treated women as little more than chattel for a good deal of history. Thank goodness that all changed overnight in America when women got the right to vote… Except it didn’t. Suffrage was an essential first step, but just one of many that got modern American women to relative equality… Continue reading Why Ladies Can Do Stuff Now: A Review of Gail Collins’ When Everything Changed
Reader’s Choice Review: Mission 0
In a zine that features bands with names like “Murder Castle” and “Barn Burner,” we don’t often get into the electronic pop scene – but thanks to a reader recommendation, we’re taking a listen to New Haven brother-sister duo Mission 0. Their first full length album, Bruises on the Map, has been called smart, edgy,… Continue reading Reader’s Choice Review: Mission 0
Go for Walk? Look at An-i-mal? A Trip to the Stamford Museum and Nature Center
If you want to go on an afternoon outing that doesn’t involve sitting at a bar or staring at a screen, a trip to the Stamford Museum and Nature Center might be just what you’re looking for. Located at 39 Scofieldtown Rd., the SMNC boasts beautiful hiking trails, seasonal exhibitions — and of course,… Continue reading Go for Walk? Look at An-i-mal? A Trip to the Stamford Museum and Nature Center