Nathan Weakley

Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to see Detroit post-punk band Protomartyr play live at Thalia Hall. I was first introduced to this band by a friend about a year ago, and since then, I have been a huge fan. After seeing them live, I only love them more. Chalk drawing of The Agent Intellect cover in Thalia Hall's lobby Protomartyr’s sound and aesthetic are fairly unique. In many ways they are essentially a goth band, with gloomy, austere soundscapes and lyrics that confront the dark...

A little over twenty years ago, Brooklyn-based visual artist and singer-songwriter Tara Angell released her first and final studio album, Come Down . The title couldn’t be more perfect; this is an album for the afterparty, the walk home by yourself in the dark early morning with heavy eyes and greasy hair and questions left unanswered if not unasked. It is lonely and honest and beautiful, and in straight, easy tones it communicates feelings that many of us don’t know how to express. Angell...