Here’s the scene: a crowded house party, well past midnight. Liquor has been flowing, maybe some illegal party favors tossed around. The lights are low and the music has faded to subtle background noise. Everyone at the party is snuggled…
Movie Review: 20th Century Women
We’re all shaped by two things: the people who raise us and the decade that inspires us. Writer/director Mike Mills has explored one side of his unique upbringing with 2010’s Beginners, the story of his closeted, cancer-ridden father and how…
Album Review: The Rolling Stones – “Blue & Lonesome”
Not to sound mean or anything, but The Rolling Stones doing an album of blues covers is one of the most unoriginal ideas in the history of recorded music. At the same time though, it actually makes perfect sense for…
New Teaser Trailer For “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2”
If you’re one of the people who’ve complained that this year’s string of comic-book movies have been somewhat dour and too serious, things are certainly looking up for 2017. Especially if you like tiny tree creatures and raccoons shooting guns…
Album Review: Justice – “Woman”
If done right, electronic dance music can be aggressive and enjoyable at the same time. Hell, listen to it long enough in a packed nightclub and all of that sweat, booze, and workday stress will snap with one simple track.…
Album Review: Bruno Mars – “24K Magic”
Thank God Bruno Mars doesn’t have to be what everyone else wanted him to anymore. When he debuted six years ago, he came off looking a Jason Mraz-clone with his fedora, buttoned up flannel shirt and piano/acoustic guitar riffs. That…
Album Review: A Tribe Called Quest – “We Got It from Here… Thank You 4 Your Service”
“Microphone check 1 2, what is this?” A valid question: What is a new Tribe Called Quest album doing in 2016? Rap has stretched and expanded well beyond the parameters Tribe explored in their 90s heyday, so it’s not like…
