"If one should desire to know whether a kingdom is well governed, or if its morals are good or bad, the quality of its music will furnish the answer." – Conf...
"As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, diverted to consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as they please, and thos...
MADAM WEST - ANXIETY PALACE
ELEVTRTRAX OF THE DAY
"It's as if Snarky Puppy and Kimbra collaborated on an entire album. Dangerously reckless, thank y...
“Someone once asked Somerset Maughham if he wrote on a schedule or only when struck by inspiration. “I write only when inspiration strikes,” he replied. ...
"In my most graceful drunken stupor, I walked into Manhattan Inn on the part of Greenpoint that thinks it's not Williamsburg. Nothing could have prepared ...
"Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and widen and expand our sense of life: they feed the soul. When writers make us shake our hea...
GIANLUCA MINUCCI - FEELING LIKE A MAN
ELEVTRTRAX OF THE DAY
"Feeling like a man could make any man dance, like a women, and romance like the night w...
CAT SIGNS - WERE IN TUNE
ELEVTRTRAX OF THE DAY
"On a massive tour across state and country lines for Growlers, it makes me glee in relatedness with a...
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"Yesterday Mayor Bill de Blasio signed three new measures into law to prevent the tenant harassment and shady practices that have be...
THE GROWLERS - GOOD ADVICE
CLASSIC TRAX
"The Growlers have truely carved their own niche of "surf-goth," into the terrestrial plane where moshing with...
"Psychic transcontinental adventures produce music like this. Enter Psymon Spine; just a sonic spark waiting to be light from members Peter Spears and Noah ...
"As a kid I loved finding little spots where I could sing and have my voice echo and be super reverb-y. I just loved that! It was one of my favorite things to d...
JOURNALISM - A THOUSAND PRICKS
ELEVTRTRAX OF THE DAY
"There I was inside Williamsburg Hall of Music, taken by surprise at a Wild Nothing concert whe...
"I first wrote about Sianna Plavin's music in August, (you can read the review in full here) I'm so pleased to know she has announced tour dates! What else ...
WARPAINT - BIGGY
CLASSIC TRAX
"Who can ever forget the complete picture Warpaint illustrates on such gems like Biggy? From the bass-line that won't qu...
"Noveller is the solo electric guitar project of Brooklyn/Austin-based composer and filmmaker Sarah Lipstate. She brings you into a world fit for the sublim...
CAVEMAN - IN THE CITY
CLASSIC TRAX
"Touring, shooting fire out of Brooklyn like a rocket headed towards the sun was Caveman. I can't count how many ti...
THE BABE RAINBOW - SECRET ENCHANTED BROCCOLI FOREST
ELEVTRTRAX OF THE DAY
"If you've ever wanted to meet Diablo himself, look no further than the ac...
"So, poetry becomes a means for useful dialogue between people who are not only unknown, but mute to each other. It produces a dialogue among people that guards...
VOLUME 4
The Elevtrtrax Mixtape for September 2015 features some of the more experimental, musical, and naked tunes we’ve reviewed/featured on our site...
