Riot Fest continues to be one of the nation’s most exciting niche festivals, creating a communal platform for misfits and outcasts to find their people. And for their fifteenth year, they didn’t hold anything back. The roster for Riot Fest…
Ready or Not Movie Review: Horror comedy at its finest
As summer comes to a close, studios are often willing to take risks, sending projects out into the world that were deemed too much of a gamble for blockbuster season. And we’re so fortunate that Fox Searchlight took a chance…
The Angry Birds Movie 2 Review: Not quite the obvious cash grab but still second-rate animation
A few years back, when the project was first announced, all of the conversation surrounding the blatant cash grab seemed to be something to the tune of, “Ugh, they’re making an Angry Birds movie?” Now, the chatter has devolved into…
Album Review: Torche – “Admission”
Metal fans have long argued over the importance of ‘heaviness.’ Can you really call yourself a heavy metal band and still make room for light and airy textures? For the past decade and a half, Torche has been a glowing…
Them That Follow Movie Review: Faith based film aims to spark conversation
Entrenched in a rural Pentecostal community of Appalachian snake handlers who risk their lives in order to test their devotion to God (led by a reliably skeezy Walton Goggins), a pastor’s daughter (Alice Engler of Ginger & Rosa and Beautiful…
Album Review: Dude York – “Falling”
Since their inception in 2012, Dude York has remained an undeniably solid American rock band, even if their output rarely worked to distinguish themselves from their contemporaries. The Pacific Northwest pop-punk outfit has fostered an endearing charisma, as they wear…
Album Review: Drab Majesty – “Modern Mirror”
Every couple of years are so, the ever-changing litmus test music fans construct to determine who has “cool” taste gets a makeover, redesigning which boxes on the checklist make the cut. As of late, one of the standard questions seems…
