Fern Knight - Fern Knight (VHF) by Kristen Sollee

Fern Knight is entrancing Renaissance fare with a psych-rock twist.

Kristen Sollee’s Top Ten — March 30 by Kristen Sollee

Best of SXSW

Kristen Sollee’s Top Ten — March 23 by Kristen Sollee

Best of SXSW

Kristen Sollee’s Top Ten — March 2 by Kristen Sollee

february/march ennui

the end of winter, not yet spring, a few songs to describe this middling part of the season. best embodied by the japanese concept of ‘hiesabi’ or chilled melancholy, withered beauty.

Martial Canterel - Refuge Underneath (Wierd) by Kristen Sollee

With the staccato surge and somber vocalizing of DAF, the distorted synthetic soundscapes of Dirk Ivens’ eeriest work, and the industrial strength of The Young Gods, Martial Canterel’s Refuge Underneath is a bleak intellectual exercise in the dark and danceable.

Kristen Sollee’s Top Ten — January 20 by Kristen Sollee

Best Songs of 2007 – Part II

Entire albums are often inconsistent and rarely excellent throughout, so these songs, in no particular order, will instead stand as my top picks for 2007.

Kristen Sollee’s Top Ten — January 13 by Kristen Sollee

Best Songs of 2007 – Part II

Entire albums are often inconsistent and rarely excellent throughout, so these songs, in no particular order, will instead stand as my top picks for 2007.

Interview: The Funeral Crashers by Kristen Sollee

Creeping forward whilst changing form and focus since the turn of the century, The Funeral Crashers have become a mainstay of New York City’s fledgling “new dark rock scene.” A new appreciation for The Crashers grew after immersing myself in their first full-length, so I decided to fill in the blanks through an interview.

Kristen Sollee’s Top Ten — December 30 by Kristen Sollee

Best Songs of 2007 – Part I

Entire albums are often inconsistent and rarely excellent throughout, so these songs, in no particular order, will instead stand as my top picks for 2007.

Kristen Sollee’s Top Ten — December 23 by Kristen Sollee

Best Rock Christmas Albums

Kristen Sollee’s Top Ten — December 16 by Kristen Sollee

Cover Classics, Classics Covered

new and old

Kristen Sollee’s Top Ten — November 25 by Kristen Sollee

Bands and Artists To Be Thankful For

Kristen Sollee’s Top Ten — October 28 by Kristen Sollee

Sanguineous Songs for Halloween

from all genres

The Cult - Born Into This (Roadrunner) by Kristen Sollee

The Cult’s painfully disappointing Born Into This can’t simply be the result of an aging band out of touch with a musical landscape they once electrified in decades passed.

Kristen Sollee’s Top Ten — October 21 by Kristen Sollee

Halloween Events in NYC

(the list will be updated with full details as the day draws near…)