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’s grit and determination will start Game 7 for the Kansas City Royals Having seemingly exhausted the pervasive Velvet Underground influence, Parquet Courts have re-invented themselves as Parkay Quarts and are now intent on exploring the sonic multitudes of Bob Dylan. Well, it’s not quite so simple, but the band has never been […]

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 […]

Will Schube cannot pick just one favorite Police Academy movie Immediately inserting themselves into the upper echelon of un-Googleable band names, Los Angeles Police Department, have to share internet traffic with the official concert band of the Los Angeles Police Force. Fortunately for Ryan Pollie (the band’s principal songwriter and seemingly the band’s only constant), […]

Will Schube better watch his speed There aren’t many folk traditionalists left—the sort of musician who treats public domain spirituals with the same reverence as original compositions. There are even fewer who update this tradition with modern twists—electronics, guitar solos, etc. Sam Amidon falls into the latter category—treating an R. Kelly slow jam the same […]

Will Schube only believes in the God of Death There should be something inherently wrong about an Appalachian folk revival band coming from Brooklyn. It should reek of the same preciousness so prevalent in that borough, with its artisanal everything and chronic gentrification. But, for some strange reason, O’Death doesn’t seem like any of this. […]