Blair Levinger

Question: what do you do when the cartoon bassist from your virtual band is framed for a fictional crime by the live-action kingpin of an unspecified, presumably fictional crime syndicate… and then … [Read more...] about Album Review: Gorillaz – The Now Now

Sunnyland is a real place, sort of. Its actual name was “Sunland Hospital,” and the Tallahassee location, operational from 1967 to 1983, was one of a Florida-wide chain of mental health facilities. … [Read more...] about Album Review: Mayday Parade – Sunnyland

May 24, 2018 Irving Plaza New York City, NY Review and photos by Blair Levinger In math, a “tesseract” is a four-dimensional extension of a square— an eight-surfaced shape where each surface … [Read more...] about Show Review: TesseracT, Plini, Astronoid – Irving Plaza

In some alternate universe, The Word Alive is just called “ALIVE.” “No meaning behind [the name] TWA actually,” the band’s lead singer, Telle Smith, explained in a recent Reddit AMA. “The band was … [Read more...] about Album Review: The Word Alive – Violent Noise

May 7, 2018 St. Vitus Bar Greenpoint, Brooklyn St. Vitus Bar is one of New York City’s more unusual venues. Housed in the back room of a gothic-themed bar — you enter through a sliding glass … [Read more...] about Show Review: Veil of Maya, LIMBS, Sycarian – St. Vitus Bar

From Ashes To New is all about rebirth. Take their name, for starters— its imagery is of finding renewal in the dust, of making something out of nothing, a phoenix pulling itself up off a dirty floor. … [Read more...] about Album Review: From Ashes to New – The Future

February 25, 2009. Hollywood, California. It was the second week of the semi-final rounds of the eighth season of American Idol. Sixteen-year-old Allison Iraheta stepped onstage, wearing a … [Read more...] about Album Review: Halo Circus – Robots and Wranglers