Certain movies these days try to get by on appealing to people’s nostalgia. Remakes and reboots of franchises and properties from American youth have become more and more commonplace in Hollywood. But once in a while, Hollywood gets the nostalgia…
Memories With Spielberg: A Retrospective
There’s a reason so many people remember the films of Steven Spielberg. The director has made films with the right balance of professional craft and child-like imagination that’s connected with people of all ages, managing to have movies be commercially…
Album Review: Disclosure, “Caracal”
For some reason, people seem to think that electronic dance music had the best potential to be the next best genre to merge with pop. The likes of Calvin Harris, Avicii, Skrillex and Diplo are scoring hits on pop radio,…
Album Reviews: Prince, “HITNRUN Phase One”
Here’s a question: did you ever think Prince would make an EDM record? Well, Prince does what he wants, so we got it anyway. Why? Because no one will ever tell Prince what to do, even if it makes logical…
Movie Review: “Everest”
Anytime a movie is exclusively advertised and released as an IMAX 3D feature, it may feel like a fancy gimmick to get more people to seeing the movie. One might think that this high-tech form of movie-making is just something…
From the Record Crate: KISS – “Alive!” (1975)
Hey, remember when it was cool to be a Kiss fan? The hard rock legends have been one of the genre’s many punchlines for the last 10-20 years due to their ridiculous image, unholy marketing abilities and the never ending…
From the Record Crate: Jane’s Addiction – “Ritual de lo Habitual” (1990)
There are many bands that could be credited to kick-starting the alternative rock revolution of the 1990s. But one band that must be thrown into conversation at all times is Jane’s Addiction, the L.A. quartet that mixed glam rock and…
