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Articles by Noelle Simeon
Poolblood debuts their indie-rock dream sequence, Mole
Written By Noelle Simeon Poolblood’s debut album, Mole, is a record that reminds me why I love writing about music: it is gentle and careful and open. It is both self-affirming and self-deprecating. To be honest, it reminded me of the part of myself that lingers from my teen/young adulthood, when things seemed so uncertain.
Album Review, Larkin Poe’s Blood Harmony
Written by Noelle Simeon, Photos by Jason Stoltzfus Growing up in a musician’s house is both a blessing and a curse. Late nights with my mother’s melodic piano rang throughout the house at all hours of the night; my step-dad would constantly play the guitar while we were trying to watch TV. He loved old-school blues the most, strumming Muddy Waters or B.B. King.
Album Review: Big Joanie, Back Home
Written By Noelle Simeon Photo by Ajamu X If you looked up each member of Big Joanie, you might think of it as a side project because these ladies are changing the world. Stephanie Phillips (main vocals/ guitar) is a journalist and author of 2021’s Why Solange Matters; Chardine Taylor-Stone (drums/backing vocals) was the vice chair of the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee of UK’s Musician’s Union in 2021 and is an activist in both racial and LGBTQI.
Album Review: Vixen77, Easy Access
Written by Noelle Simeon Photographs by Shervin Lainez When you’re hanging with a friend, and that friend puts on an album you’ve never heard, your ears perk up and start REALLY listening. “Who is this?” you inevitably ask. Your friend incredulously answers, “umm, you’ve never heard of [insert amazing band’s name here]?”. That’s what Easy Access, Vixen77’s debut album, is like. Philly’s all-woman punk band, Vixen77, immediately made me wonder, “where have I been?”.
Album Review: Tegan and Sarah, Crybaby
crybaby, John Congleton, Noelle Simeon, tegan and sara Written by Noelle Simeon Tegan and Sara have been busy the last few years. Their 2019 memoir High School turned-TV-show premiered this month, a prequel graphic novel Junior High is due in 2023, postings in their popular Substack online newsletter “I Think We’re Alone Now,” and running the Tegan and Sara Foundation. In 2021, they went into the studio only thinking they were recording a few singles created from demos made during 2020.
Album Review: Lacuna Coil’s Comalies XX
Written by Noelle Simeon In 2002 you could find my friends and me cruising around the San Fernando Valley, blasting music from bands like Korn, Disturbed, and Lacuna Coil. Lacuna Coil stood out from the rest, with full orchestras and Christina Scabbia‘s operatic voice carrying over the heavy guitars and double kicks. Comalies seemed to capture restlessness and depth more than any American band at the time. In short, we loved them for their uniqueness, and we weren’t the only ones.
Album Review: Gigi Rowe -Laura
Written by Noelle Simeon When I first looked up Gigi Rowe, I saw her bright-colored wigs and comic book stylized website and expected much of the same from her debut, full-length album Laura. She has a Cyndi Lauper aesthetic, which isn’t accidental.
Abum Review: Weezer’s SZNZ: Autumn
Franz Ferdinand, Noelle Simeon, Vivaldi, weezer Written by Noelle Simeon Inspired by Vivaldi‘s “Four Seasons,” Weezer‘s SZNZ: Autumn, one-quarter of a four-album concept, awakens familiar demons with their fun-but-awkward style. I mean, it’s Weezer. They know how to fuse an anxious song and sway your head. Before I listened to Autumn, I prepped by playing Spring and Summer back-to-back. If Spring is “happy Weezer” and Summer is “angsty Weezer,” Autumn fits as the next logical step.
Album Review: Michelle Branch “The Trouble With Fever”
Written by Noelle Simeon Photo by Sonya Jasinski The last time I actively listened to Michelle Branch was in the early aughts. One of the forerunners of the pop-but-with-soul sound of the time, Branch could play the guitar and gaze longingly from the television screen with hits “Everywhere” and “All You Wanted”. The Trouble with Fever breaks the mold I had wrongfully assumed she fit.
Written by Noelle Simeon SYML breathed life and grace into the Masonic Lodge at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery on April 20. It was the first of 3 shows at the Masonic Lodge, and the first time he was back in L.A. after almost 3 years due to the COVID lockdown and restrictions. It was also the third time I was able to see him play, and I was more than thrilled at the chance. The Masonic Lodge was built in 1927 and is a smaller venue with only a 150-person capacity.
Alison Wonderland presents epic live show with visuals at Shrine Auditorium
photo credit: Julie Ann Shaw Written by Noelle Simeon The electronic mastermind, Alison Wonderland, seemed especially excited to perform at the Shrine Auditorium on Friday, April 1st, 2022. Earlier in the day, she posted to Twitter that it was “going to be the first time ever that my mum and my bf see me sing live…” If she was nervous at all, her performance did not indicate it so. Alison’s current tour, the Loner Tour, is promoting her upcoming 3rd studio album, Loner, out on May 6th.
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