DAMN.’s very album title instantly evokes braggadocio like “DNA.,” in which Kendrick Lamar comforts his inferiors by telling them his dominance has been inevitable since his very conception, and “HUMBLE.,” his big hit only kept from the top of the…
Album Review: Old 97’s – “Graveyard Whistling”
The prospect of moving forward is a strange thing for Old 97’s. Most Messed Up, their most successful release in over a decade was a throwback to what worked during their Too Far to Care peak. And though vision was…
Album Review: Pussy Riot EP
In all rock music, but punk music particularly, myth is vital. So what happens when the existence of music actively takes away from its meaning? To put it generously, the footing of Pussy Riot’s public image has become…shaky. Which may…
TV Review: Steven Universe 3×14 “Monster Reunion”
“Monster Buddies” was the first episode of Steven Universe that signaled something more than just Gems fighting monsters as the stakes, and it remains one of the series’ masterpieces. What defined the episode, of course, was a central tension between Centipeedle’s…
TV Review: Steven Universe 3×13 “Kiki’s Pizza Delivery Service”
“Why don’t you talk to each other?” I’m sick of that resolution. I’m haunted by it like Kiki is haunted by cheese. It’s everywhere I look, and I can’t escape it. But Steven Universe knows what it’s doing, and it doesn’t…
TV Review: Steven Universe (3×12) “Restaurant Wars”
Sadly, “Restaurant Wars” is a kooky, somewhat promising idea with no real character development. Although Ronaldo has a girlfriend! Well, had. Really, “Restaurant Wars” seems like a tedious reintroduction to the Fryman and Pizza families, just in time for “Kiki’s…
Steven Universe Review 3×09: “Too Short To Ride”
And now, our favorite little Dorito is also Magneto. “Too Short To Ride” is a little trite for the first episode of the Summer of Steven to focus primarily on Gems, even if we’ve returned to the mundanity of the…
