MATT GARRISON | The Aquarian

Dirty Lungs: Dirty Lungs

July 10, 2014

If albums were people, Dirty Lungs would have dissociative identity disorder. It sounds like a bad thing, but when you think of the lovability factor that makes the relationship between Tyler Durden and the... Read More...

CHVRCHES @ Terminal 5

Matt Garrison

June 25, 2014

Concerts

MANHATTAN, NY—When I bought my ticket for CHVRCHES, I didn’t really know much about them. Aside from loosely following some online coverage of the band and lead vocalist Lauren Mayberry’s sexism op-ed, I wa... Read More...

Magicicada: Wrack With Ruin

Matt Garrison

June 18, 2014

Albums

As with any sort of noise project, trying to define Magicicada and explain what’s going on in Wrack With Ruin is quite difficult. At times the album is glitchy, at others it’s melodic, and at others it’s ju... Read More...

Joseph Lemay: Seventeen Acres

Matt Garrison

June 11, 2014

Albums

My father spent his first 18 years of his life in North Carolina. Forever loyal to his home, he spent my early years using mixtapes to introduce me to country music inside his pickup truck. I’m no expert on... Read More...

Collapse Under The Empire: Sacrifice & Isolation

Matt Garrison

May 23, 2014

Albums

The music industry is full of injustices. There’s nothing to make a person’s blood boil quite like an obvious Grammy rip-off or the special attention to a particular artist that legions of young girls can b... Read More...

Sworn Enemy: Back With A Vegeance

Matt Garrison

May 14, 2014

Goings-On

Coming off a hiatus, Sworn Enemy are back with a new lineup, featuring guitarist Matt Garzilli and bassist Mike Pucciarelli, and a new album, Living On Borrowed Time (out this week). The Staten Island-based pun... Read More...

Kina Grannis: Started With Doritos Now She’s Here

Matt Garrison

May 14, 2014

Goings-On

Vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Kina Grannis has come a long way from winning the Crash The Super Bowl contest in 2008. Last week, she released her second major-label album, Elements. Produced by Matt Hales ... Read More...

Dark Star Orchestra: Raising The Dead

Matt Garrison

May 14, 2014

Goings-On

Now just a few years short of two decades in existence, Grateful Dead tribute band Dark Star Orchestra recently surpassed the Dead’s total number of played shows: 2,318. Dark Star Orchestra have probably come c... Read More...

Butcher Knives: Around The World In Seven Members

Matt Garrison

May 14, 2014

Goings-On

Occasionally, there comes a band where it’s hard to believe that so many people could come together and manage to be on the same musical page. If I was told that there are seven people in the world who want to ... Read More...

Amen Dunes: Love And Everything Else

Matt Garrison

May 14, 2014

Goings-On

Amen Dunes, usually Damon McMahon’s own project, has been upgraded, and the music on the new album Love was recorded with the help of a list of other musicians, including frequent collaborators Jordi Wheeler an... Read More...

The Allman Betts Band—Keep On Growing

Not Expository, But Clearly Evocative – Matt Easton Talks The Jenny Thing In 2021

STYX, Coincidentally, Made The Most Meaningful Post-Pandemic Album Before The Pandemic Even Hit

Wild Pink Visits ‘Sunshine Spotlight’

HOT ROCKS: New Releases from Green Day, Stone Temple Pilots, Liam Gallagher, DIO, and Sepultura

To The Tune of “Everlong” – Foo Fighters Breathe Life Back Into Madison Square Garden / June 20, 2021

H.E.R. Depicts Genre Defiance On “Back Of My Mind”

The Thematic, Theatrical High Note That Is MARINA’s “Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land”

Queued Up: Exploring the World of Bong Joon-Ho ('Parasite'), plus 'Doctor Sleep,' 'The Siren,' 'Scandalous,' 'Untouchable,' and more.

Rocking Without Restrictions: How NYC Music Clubs Responded to New Freedoms

Reality Check: THE JOE BIDEN BIPARTISAN FANTASY

Not Even an ‘American Idol’ Can Perform in a Park Without a Permit

Dirty Lungs: Dirty Lungs

CHVRCHES @ Terminal 5

Magicicada: Wrack With Ruin

Joseph Lemay: Seventeen Acres

Collapse Under The Empire: Sacrifice & Isolation

Sworn Enemy: Back With A Vegeance

Kina Grannis: Started With Doritos Now She’s Here

Dark Star Orchestra: Raising The Dead

Butcher Knives: Around The World In Seven Members

Amen Dunes: Love And Everything Else

#THROWBACK: R.E.M., OCTOBER 14, 1987

The End Of An Era – Vintage Vinyl Is Closing It’s Doors

SPOTLIGHT: Rick Wakeman To Bring Music (and Grumpiness) Back On Tour

To The Tune of “Everlong” – Foo Fighters Breathe Life Back Into Madison Square Garden / June 20, 2021

H.E.R. Depicts Genre Defiance On “Back Of My Mind”

SPOTLIGHTS: Celebrate the ’80s With Weiss Week

The End Of An Era – Vintage Vinyl Is Closing It’s Doors

SPOTLIGHT: Rick Wakeman To Bring Music (and Grumpiness) Back On Tour

To The Tune of “Everlong” – Foo Fighters Breathe Life Back Into Madison Square Garden / June 20, 2021

H.E.R. Depicts Genre Defiance On “Back Of My Mind”

SPOTLIGHTS: Celebrate the ’80s With Weiss Week

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