Artificially Sweetened is best treated as something akin to a The Death Set for Dummies: Clearly, the dudes in The Death Set are big fans of all the artists featured on the mixtape, and the brief selections and odd mash-ups of hip-hop acts and punk bands certainly show their mark on the frenetic pun[...]
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December 3rd, 2010 - 5:57 pm § in Freelance Work
The Death Set’s New Mixtape Loves D.C. Punk – Arts Desk – Washington City Paper
November 19th, 2010 - 3:05 pm § in Freelance Work
Tomorrow: Liturgy, Brooklyn’s Finest Black Metal Band, at Comet Ping Pong – Arts Desk – Washington City Paper
“I’ve never felt like much of a member of the metal community, and certainly the other members of the band I think dont really identify with metal so much,” says Hunt-Hendrix. “In New York theres not much of a metal community, at least, that Ive ever been involved with.”[...]
June 16th, 2010 - 12:09 pm § in Freelance Work
Tonight: Disappears at Black Cat – Arts Desk – Washington City Paper
The word minimalism is used a lot to describe Disappears, the mezmerizing Chicago quartet that dropped its new album, Lux (Kranky), in April. via Tonight: Disappears at Black Cat – Arts Desk – Washington City Paper. I first saw Disappears at the Joan of Arc Variety Show in January. They [...]
May 12th, 2010 - 1:39 pm § in Freelance Work
Between Albums, Parts & Labor Quietly Makes Some Noise – Arts Desk – Washington City Paper
It might appear that the ultra-abrasive Brooklyn band Parts & Labor has been unusually quiet since dropping its 2008 album, Receivers. Although 2009 was the first year the group went without producing a new album since 2005, the electronics-tinged art-punk act has actually been as productive as [...]
May 11th, 2010 - 1:51 pm § in Freelance Work
“I’m Like the Royal Family, I Do Have Bodily Functions”: A Chat with Public Image Ltd.’s John Lydon – Washington City Paper
Few names in pop music inspire the kind of polarizing, passionate responses as John Lydon’s. He kicked his way into the public consciousness with the Sex Pistols in the ’70s: He was featured in the British tabloids as frequently as members of the royal family, angry protesters hung on his every [...]
April 25th, 2010 - 5:26 pm § in Freelance Work
Pop Adventurism with Think About Life – Arts Desk – Washington City Paper
With its plain name and its immediate sound, the Montreal quartet Think About Life does not necessarily lend itself to SEO: Here is a band concerned only with making good music. “The one thing that I find is really driving the underground music scene is the Pitchforks,” says singer Martin Cesar.[...]