In a zine that features bands with names like “Murder Castle” and “Barn Burner,” we don’t often get into the electronic pop scene – but thanks to a reader recommendation, we’re taking a listen to New Haven brother-sister duo Mission 0. Their first full length album, Bruises on the Map, has been called smart, edgy,… Continue reading Reader’s Choice Review: Mission 0
Author: Jessie May
Go for Walk? Look at An-i-mal? A Trip to the Stamford Museum and Nature Center
If you want to go on an afternoon outing that doesn’t involve sitting at a bar or staring at a screen, a trip to the Stamford Museum and Nature Center might be just what you’re looking for. Located at 39 Scofieldtown Rd., the SMNC boasts beautiful hiking trails, seasonal exhibitions — and of course,… Continue reading Go for Walk? Look at An-i-mal? A Trip to the Stamford Museum and Nature Center
A Trip to Transcend
Last month I wrote a column of tattoo musings before going to get some linework finished… For all the readers on the edge of their seats, here’s how it went! I was a little nervous on my way to Transcend Tattoo in Branford – it was my third time being tattooed and the first… Continue reading A Trip to Transcend
Maelstrom: Metal Never Dies, It Just Grows Up and Has Kids
In the late 80s and early 90s, a young Long Island band named Maelstrom made waves in the northeast with their unique blend of thrash and power metal. Inevitably, though, members went off to college, started families, and cut their hair, and Maelstrom joined the graveyard that so many good bands end up in. But… Continue reading Maelstrom: Metal Never Dies, It Just Grows Up and Has Kids
Interview with Kevin Keegan of Barn Burner
Over a decade into the new millennium, there are few young bands that embody the sweaty, beer-soaked essence of old rock and roll – and one of those bands is Barn Burner. If Phil Lynott was born twenty-five years ago in Canada, this might be the band he started. Barn Burner is kicking off… Continue reading Interview with Kevin Keegan of Barn Burner
A Pointless Tattoo Column from an Unlikely Tattoo Columnist
I’m glad I never had the money to implement the grand tattoo plans I had as a teenager. Sleeve of Saint Anthony of Padua? Kind of glad that’s not on my arm right now. But soon I’ll be making a pilgrimage to Branford, Mecca of the Universe, to get one of my two deftly… Continue reading A Pointless Tattoo Column from an Unlikely Tattoo Columnist
The Gold-Coasters Hit the Road: Cherry Street Station and Cook’s Café
Down here in Stamford, there are metal shows… But the audience is the band members’ twelve friends and the beers all cost six dollars. Okay, five for a PBR. To find a really brutal metal show in Connecticut, though – the kind where there’s a hundred people and some dude is fisting a blow-up sheep… Continue reading The Gold-Coasters Hit the Road: Cherry Street Station and Cook’s Café