Will Schube stays the same but keeps getting younger “It’s a crispy night of late September stargazing and teenage debauchery. And I got a new track for you cats from Modern Vices. Fresh off their disgustingly charming debut.” So begins the video for Modern Vices “Cheap Style,” a raucous, neon tinged affair–shred-heavy in all the […]

Will Schube will jump on the wall and tick tock There’s a fine line between music with a constant eye on the rearview mirror and the sort of stuff that has no interest in leaving that reflected past. A lot of artists informed by the sultry sounds of 60s/70s R&B or soul music have no […]

Will Schube was built to last.  The problem with many retro-leaning bands revolves around a lack of balance. Some lean too heavily on nostalgia (a band such as Tennis comes to mind), some distract from the music by distancing themselves from what they do best (the forthcoming Parkay Quarts record does away with the Velvet Underground […]

Will Schube is always still thinking about it. Is Josh Tillman, also known as Father John Misty, an unrelenting douchebag or simply smarter than the rest of us? This question could have been asked a number of times over the past few years—from the release of his signature cologne line, to his stage persona, to his […]

Will Schube was a member of Good Brains, a punk rock mathlete ensemble Fugazi seems like the ideal band to release an album of early demos. Their sound is cleaner than the typical punk band and more approachable than your average hardcore group. Landing themselves somewhere strange between post-hardcore and art-punk, the legendary DC act […]

Will Schube can see through you like Skyy Vodka Blake Mills’ music hinges on restraint and precision. Mills is just about perfect at finding the elusive middle ground between these poles and striking for gold. His best tracks start slowly and simply, hinting at something grand and bombastic, and then pull the carpet out from […]

Will Schube can shine shine like a trillion watt light bulb The sideman or workhouse turned front man is a tired narrative. Because of its nature—the success of a certain project can be used to catapult said second-fiddler into his or her own realm of contextual ‘stardom’—this biographical ploy feels more exploitative than informative. Music […]

Will Schube is the rhyme regulator/mic manipulator My favorite artists tend to be those whom have a deep and intense respect for the technical aspects of their crafts: the filmmakers who can give every sort of detail about their favorite childhood films or the musicians who can rattle off the list of snare drums used […]

Will Schube got something for the honies For all his oddities, Ariel Pink has settled into a consistently straightforward aesthetic over the course of his last three releases (and, not coincidentally, these are by far the best albums he’s ever made…it’s not even close, really). Bordering the periphery of silky smooth 70s AM radio and […]

You without Will Schube is like Harold Melvin without the Blue Notes It’s no fault of their own that every time I hear a Fool’s Gold track, I yearn for Foreign Born. The two bands are fairly incestuous, with plenty of crossover between the groups. While I’ve thoroughly enjoyed everything Fool’s Gold has put out […]