Rebirth of the Cool: How Giant Step and Low End Theory Kept Jazz Alive Matt Sater November 18, 2015 Columns and Opinions 1 Comment It’s a typical Thursday night under the dim incandescent lighting of the Metropolis Café basement in Union Square, New York. Androgynous dancers cast gyrating shadows over a stage split evenly among a DJ, a...
Treasure Island Music Festival 2015: An orgy of illicit pleasures Conner Smith and Matt Sater October 23, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos Treasure Island isn't natural. It was built by the US government as a site for the 1939 World Fair, then used as a naval base during World War II. The base is no longer be use, but the ruins of the barracks and...
I Need New Eyes: Album Review Matt Sater October 12, 2015 Album Review, Reviews Larry Gus strains. Every song he makes pushes itself past its logical limits, every lyric pulls him closer to some breaking point, every frantic percussion hit is a punch in his own gut and yours. His musi...
