Spencer Krug @ (Le) Poisson Rouge July 12, 2019This one was a tough sell to Ms. Hipster. Spencer Krug and his various incarnations/contributions over the years...
Aesop Rock & TOBACCO are Malibu Ken: Malibu Ken July 8, 2019Aesop Rock is a thing you kind of either like or you don’t. His rapping feels like a...
The Get Up Kids: Problems June 26, 2019The Get Up Kids were like the bratty kings of second-wave emo back in the late 90s. I...
Lil Skies & Lil Pump @ Terminal 5 June 13, 2019Yet another concert that puts Mr. Hipster in the awkward position of being among children who are probably...
Sebadoh: Act Surprised June 7, 2019To this day Sebadoh created one of my more epic and ridiculous concert moments. It was 1996 and...
Vampire Weekend: Father of the Bride May 27, 2019Vampire Weekend have always been a band out of time. Well, not out of time per se, but...
Fontaines D.C.: Dogrel May 2, 2019The band Kansas is from Kansas. Alabama is from Alabama. L.A. Guns are from LA. Fontaines D.C., however,...
Bad Music Take: Smash Mouth’s “All Star” Is Actually a Song About Climate Change April 18, 2019Forever known as that annoying-ass song from 1999 that took sports stadiums, sports highlights and, uh, MTV Sports...
PUP: Morbid Stuff April 13, 2019There was a moment in 1994 when I walked into a room and heard Dookie for the first...
American Football: American Football [LP3] March 25, 2019I’ve gone on record to express my dispassionate shrug for American Football and their brand of nutless emo-ism....
No Age: Snares Like a Haircut March 11, 2019I’ve been less than kind in my past mentions of No Age. I’ve blamed them for the drowned-in-fuzz...
Earl Sweatshirt: Some Rap Songs March 5, 2019It’s been some time since I reviewed a hip-hop album. I feel like the genre has mostly passed...
Better Oblivion Community Center: Better Oblivion Community Center February 27, 2019I’m probably the only indie rock fan of a certain age in the history of old-guy indie rock...
Pedro the Lion: Phoenix February 19, 2019I’ve always been a little weirded out by Dave Bazan’s Christianity and the kind of pigeonholing of Pedro...
Mike Krol: Power Chords February 15, 2019Mike Krol’s Power Chords is like an ode to what music ought to be. No, seriously. There’s so...
Soul Coughing: Ruby Vroom February 7, 2019Soul Coughing’s 1994 album, Ruby Vroom, came out at a very important pivot point in my life. I...
Joyce Manor: Million Dollars to Kill Me February 1, 2019Joyce Manor moved into their Joe Jackson period, which for a former emo, pop-punk band sadly seems to...
The Beths: Future Me Hates Me January 18, 2019Look, man, I can’t be all punk all of the time. In fact, as I age I’m getting...