Supernatural fan favorite Richard Speight Jr. talks about his band Dick Jr. & The Volunteers following the release of their debut album.
Why Kate Nash is the GLOW Girl of Your Dreams
At the risk of sounding like a millennial hipster, I’ve been listening to Kate Nash for about 10 years. Someone in my college introduced me to her album Made of Bricks and I’ve been listening to her ever since. Her new EP Agenda is out, and she’s going on a […]
Interview: Jaeki Cho and Salima Koroma talk “Bad Rap,” Music, & Representation
When I tell people I’m watching Bad Rap, a documentary about Asian-American rappers, people have one of two reactions. Either they giggle and ask, “Are there really Asian American rappers?” Or they’re interested in a whole new subject they’ve never even considered. Thanks to Dumbfoundead’s Safe back in 2016, I […]
You’re On the List for Secret Shows with SoFar Sounds
Have you ever wanted to live that indie-hipster Bohemian life for a night, listening to a pop-up show with local artists? Have you ever read about secret concerts and wondered how people are in-the-know enough to get on the list? The ones where up-and-coming artists perform in non-traditional venues, like string-lit rooftops […]
Interview: Jeff Russo talks Superheroes, Hallucinations, and Scoring FX’s ‘Legion’
Jeff Russo has quickly become one of the most heard composers in TV, starting in 2014 with his Emmy-award winning score for the first two seasons of FX’s Fargo as well as the score for CBS’ American Gothic and The Night Of on HBO. Now, he’s re-teaming with Fargo executive producer Noah Hawley to bring David Haller, the occasionally […]
Best of 2016: The Albums We Couldn’t Stop Listening To This Year
Wow, you know things are rough out there when it’s become cliche to say that 2016 was a terrible year. But you know what definitely didn’t suck at all in 2016? Music. In fact, we came out of 2016 with new classics in just about every genre, from hip hop […]
Vibes High-Fidelity Earplugs Let You Hear Live Music With Pristine Clarity
Vibes High-Fidelity Earplugs Created by: Vibes Price: $23.99 Vibes | Amazon If you hate leaving concerts and hearing that ringing sound in your ears, you’re probably looking for some sort of solution that doesn’t involve cheap crappy foam. Vibes are a pair of self-proclaimed “high fidelity earplugs,” designed to bring down your […]
“The Shining” Musical Parody “Redrum” Rocked NYC this Halloween
What began as a night of drinking and Mystery Science Theater 3000-esque commentary on Stephen King’s The Shining grew into something so much more for New York writer Joe Lovero, who set to work on creating what would become his first musical. Redrum – which is murder spelled backward, of course – […]
Episode 13: Kanye West, Animal Collective
Folks, this might be the last episode of Hear and Now with Steve Jozef for some time. I created the show as my thesis project, and with the dissertation on the horizon, the show is going on hiatus. For how long? No idea. But we’re going out with a bang, reviewing […]
Episode 12: Rihanna, Anderson Paak, Car Seat Headrest Interview
After a long stretch of “special episodes,” from our all-Adele supershow to our series of best of 2015 episodes to our David Bowie eulogy, we’re finally back to doing what we do best on Hear and Now with Steve Jozef: reviewing albums. In this episode, we break down Rihanna’s long-awaited ANTI and Anderson Paak’s majestic Malibu. But […]
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