BRENT BUTLER

By Rega Jha

Originally from small-town Jersey, and now a sophomore in Steinhardt, Brent Butler knows for certain that despite any odds, music will be a part of his career. “I guess when you’re a musician in a small farm-town, you have a lot of time to sit around and write songs,” he openly admits.
“I’m [...]

PIG DESTROYER

A legion of metal fans squeezed onto a small boat on the Hudson may seem like a dangerous idea. For Pig Destroyer, though, the danger was part of the excitement.
This past October 24th, as part of the CMJ festival, the Temptress hosted about 500 fans (probably a few more than the boat is supposed to [...]

A GRINDCORE TAKE ON SHIRO ISHII

Hailing from Brooklyn, New York, Shiro Ishii is comprised of a modest quadruplet: Haulenbeek, Spence, Freire, and Cutrer. Formed in February of 2008 and previously consisting of just three members, Cutrer is the newest addition to the band: assimilated into the lineup this past September as their “Lakhdive Insurgent.” Paralleling this verbal reduction to primal [...]

MICHAEL DAVID

There was something awfully cinematic about the whole thing: sitting across the table from this learned man, in a diner where every customer looked like they could’ve been straight out of JD Salinger’s imagination. He told me his stories, and I took my notes, all the while wondering what conclusions any unwitting eavesdroppers would reach [...]

RAPHAEL SAADIQ

Hip hop is dead. If Raphael Saadiq could, he would probably exclaim such a statement from the rooftops. In a genre in which Soulja Boy classifies a lyricist, there remains little hope for the new generation to provide fresh and new music. The solution, according to Saadiq? Look to the past, and bring back [...]

CMJ AT NYU

Fall in New York City means many things – some of them questionable – to many people. But to music aficionados, it rings one harmonically perfect, super-loud bell: the CMJ (College Music Journal) Music Marathon (October 21st – 25th). As every year, the festival will span 5 days, 5 nights, 75 venues around the city, [...]

BOBBY PINN

The East Village has long been a place of artistic and musical genius. No one knows this better than Rob Colinear, better known by his “stage name” Bobby Pinn. Why the name? Ultimately, it’s a very Rock ‘n’ Roll thing to do. It is also a way of paying his respects to Richard Hall who [...]

GREEN STREET BAND

Original old-school hip-hop may be hard to come by at most universities, but the dedicated members of Green Street are spreading their sound around to a few northeastern schools and NYU students are liking what they hear.
Founded by NYU senior Ani Sanyal and Boston University’s Max Schneider, Green Street has been garnering attention for their [...]