Tag Archives: Gabe Birnbaum

I dis­cov­ered The Wave Pic­tures when I vol­un­teered to cover, for another illus­tri­ous inter­net pub­li­ca­tion, Brook­lyn Vegan’s pre-SXSW party at the Knit­ting Fac­tory. At first it was pretty much as expected: swarms of overzeal­ous pho­tog­ra­phers, PBR spon­sor­ship, lots of dazed-looking … Con­tinue read­ing →

I once read an essay that con­jec­tured that the moments we feel most fully alive and present in the world are the moments in which we get clos­est to the impos­si­ble. For exam­ple, what if you turned around right now … Con­tinue read­ing →

Insert­ing moments of musi­cal unrest into pop music with­out dis­turb­ing the grace­ful flow that makes pop songs so plea­sur­able is an incred­i­bly dif­fi­cult task. Even brief moments of dis­so­nance can be dis­tract­ing (occa­sion­ally one gets the feel­ing that they are … Con­tinue read­ing →

Will Strat­ton is poised at a moment of spir­i­tual and artis­tic growth, and lucky for us he is com­mit­ting it to tape (or hard drive, rather). His first two records, 2007’s What the Night Said and 2009’s No Won­der, were … Con­tinue read­ing →

Here at Ampeater, we’re not ashamed to say that we love Canada. The bustling Toronto scene has been a nev­erend­ing source of mar­velous music for us to present tri­umphantly to the open-eared pub­lic: Evening Hymns, PS I Love You, The … Con­tinue read­ing →