Riot Fest 2018 felt a bit rocky before it had even begun, with schedule delays sparking rumors of the beloved music festival’s cancelation. But once the gates opened at Douglas Park, thousands of diehard punks and metalheads came together to…
Movie Review: MDMA is an intricate character study with intimate charisma
There’s an innate joy to be found watching someone find success outside of the rigid confines of the law, particularly in a political climate so ripe for rebellion. As it turns out, this also applies to acts that are retroactively…
Album Review: Big Red Machine – “Big Red Machine”
Derived from the eponymous track the duo contributed to 2009’s Dark Was the Night benefit compilation, the Big Red Machine project finds indie rock heavy-hitters Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon and The National’s Aaron Dessner sifting through timeless metaphysical dilemmas over…
Movie Review: ‘Cold Skin’ is a marriage of sensational period drama and chilling sci-fi horror
Perhaps the strangest thing about the latest film from French genre director Xavier Gens (Frontier(s), The Divide) is that it almost works. Almost. Ambitious, bizarre, and strangely philosophical, his creature-driven follow-up to 2017’s grim – and widely dismissed – The…
Album Review: Alice In Chains – Rainier Fog
One of the last holdovers from the early 90s grunge scene, Seattle rockers Alice In Chains have been on a fixed career trajectory for more than three decades now. Even after the tragic loss of tortured frontman Layne Staley, whose…
The Bookshop Movie Review: This adaptation never rises above expectation
If you were to set out to make a parody of mid-century set English chamber pieces, the result would most likely bear a striking resemblance to Isabel Coixet’s (Things I Never Told You, Learning to Drive) The Bookshop. It’s got…
Skate Kitchen Movie Review: A vibrant and authentic film by Crystal Moselle
The world of skateboarding, like most spaces typically dominated by male energy, has never been overly accommodating to young women. Even for female prodigies in the field, there are always men waiting somewhere nearby to condescendingly undermine their abilities. It…
