Email Author Ryan Wasoba

2010 Stories by Ryan Wasoba

• SLSO Violinist Lisa Chong Talks About Performing Steve Reich's "Violin Phase" Tonight

  published Mar 10, 2010

  When Nick Jonas put RFT music editor Annie Zaleski on the spot after his Pageant performance to ask her for an in-person critique, he crossed the standardized boundary between music journalist and mus... More >>

• Zevious/The Conformists

  published March 10, 2010

  The music of Zevious would be the result of improvisation or aleatory, if the group didn't navigate its self-assembled rhythmic obstacle... More >>

• Funky Butt Brass Band with Mama Rogers

  published March 3, 2010

  Although a sousaphone and a marching snare drum are part of the Funky Butt Brass Band experience, the local sextet is well versed in all things... More >>

• Symphonic Bliss: Urban Alchemy Concert Series

  published March 3, 2010

  As international Olympians recover from the physical strains of ski marathons and curling tournaments, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra violinist... More >>

• Pattern is Movement/Via Audio

  published March 3, 2010

  Brooklyn-via-Boston pop outfit Via Audio recently took a breather from relentlessly touring alongside White Rabbits and Someone Still... More >>

• Heligoats

  published February 24, 2010

  As frontman of Chicago's ill-fated indie rockers Troubled Hubble, Chris Otepka garnered a reputation as a wordy songsmith whose wry delivery... More >>

• Mahjongg

  published February 24, 2010

  For those too young to have witnessed Talking Heads live and too old to catch the best New Year's Eve dance party of 2099, Mahjongg is a... More >>

• Title Tracks

  published February 17, 2010

  Q and Not U's detractors quickly wrote the band off as Fugazi clones after the release of 2000's No Kill No Beep Beep. These days,... More >>

• Polysics brings its manic new-wave to America

  published February 3, 2010

  In 1997, the extreme flashing colors of a Pokémon episode sent 635 Japanese children to the hospital with epileptic... More >>

• Show Review + Setlist: Yo La Tengo at the Pageant, Sunday, January 24

  published Jan 25, 2010

  Yo La Tengo fandom is a labor of love. The adventurous diversity which makes the band's albums so captivating also wreaks havoc on its consistency. Never is this more apparent than in the live setti... More >>

• Into the Groove: Yo La Tengo stays the course — with a little bit more soul — on Popular Songs

  published January 20, 2010

  At its Pageant show in 2003, Yo La Tengo interrupted its signature set of moody dreampop by singing along to a prerecorded instrumental mix of... More >>