The Sounds of State-Jini Shim

On Wednesday I caught the trolley, a bit delirious from typing essays the night before, but eager to see my latest DJ to interview. Jini Shim is KCR’s resident K-pop DJ, that’s Korean pop music, to the uninitiated. We decided to schedule the interview about half an hour before her radio slot at 11 am. […]

Netsky: Live at the House of Blues [Nov. 24, 2014]

Last Monday, I had the awesome opportunity to see one of the most famous drum and bass DJs in the world, Netsky! And that’s pronounced net-sky, not net-ski. The 25 year-old Belgian named Boris Daenen adopted his alias from a real-life computer virus. His current tour has been taking him all around the US and Europe, one […]

Up-and-coming Hardcore Band: Sylar

Ever wonder what would happen if you combined Emmure and Beartooth? Chances are you’d get Sylar (no, I’m talking about the villain from the cancelled TV series Heroes), a metalcore band from Queens, N.Y. They’ve released one full length album, To Whom It May Concern, but I’ve known them for about a year when Last.fm […]