Canadian indie rock band Metric performed at Brooklyn Bowl in Las Vegas on Feb. 29. Their last Las Vegas performance was at the Life is Beautiful festival in Sept. 2015. Metric played a solid 90 minute set, and performed a well rounded catalogue of songs spanning all eras of their vast musical career. 1. Lead singer Emily Haines reminds me of Ellie Goulding’s cooler Canadian sister. … Continue reading 5 Thoughts I Had at a Metric Concert
If you spent a lot of time on MySpace.com circa 2007-2009 you’ve most likely heard of Animal Collective. And if you were alt enough to regularly read the now defunct Hipster Runoff you most likely owned Merriweather Post Pavillon on vinyl. The Baltimore based experimental pop trio released their tenth studio album Painting With last week. Centipede HZ (2012) was their most recent release and let’s admit it: … Continue reading Collectively Maintaining the Status Quo
It’s 8 a.m. in San Francisco’s famous Castro district, masked men in construction uniforms are carrying a 6 foot 5 inch object under a blue tarp. The mysterious men begin to spread a layer of industrial strength epoxy to the sidewalk, they glue the object to the ground, and remove the tarp. They swiftly walk away and disappear into the gathering crowd. It’s August 18, … Continue reading This is Indecline
“What are you doing tonight?” Chris asked me. “Nothing planned, I’m off today,” I respond. “Do you want to go see Donald Trump speak with me?” “Fuck. Yes.” Although I share absolutely no philosophical ideals with Donald Trump, I know he is a damned good entertainer. His excessive use of emotional appeals, the elaborate ways in which he can fabricate current events and his effortless … Continue reading That Time I got Drunk and Went to a Trump Rally
Jennifer Durnell 