Light Spoilers Ahead What’s a franchise to do after raising the stakes as high as conceivably possible? For those keeping score, the last film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Russo’s Avengers: Infinity War, saw the combined efforts of the…
Music Interview: Phantastic Ferniture
Australian band Phantastic Ferniture formed in 2014 in a Sydney bar on band member Julia Jacklin’s 24th birthday. Since then, they have lived by the mission statement “Don’t overthink it.” We spoke to the band, which consists of Jacklin, Elizabeth…
Whitney Movie Review: Music Icon Doc Shows Humility And Heartbreak
There always was an interesting juxtaposition to Whitney Houston. The R&B icon had one of the most powerful voices in the history of the genre, able to captivate a stadium of people with the hold of a line or the…
Album Review: Drake – “Scorpion”
Have you heard the good word? Drake’s upset, again! I mean, that should be a good thing right? Some of the best moments of Drake’s career (intentional or not) have been when he’s agitated. When everyone started calling him soft?…
The Best Books of 2018 So Far
This year has felt like an eternity in many ways, and yet, it’s already halfway over. Today we’re sharing our Books Editor’s top five books released in the first half of 2018. Leah On The Offbeat by Becky Albertalli The…
Music Interview: Welles
Jeh-sea Wells (now known as Welles) is a rock-n-roller based out of Nashville who just released a new album titled Red Trees and White Trashes. I got to talk to the singer-songwriter about his early days in Arkansas, his new album,…
Review: BRIGHTLY BURNING by Alexa Donne
Brightly Burning is Jane Eyre in space. That’s the one-sentence pitch and summary of the novel, but it’s smart enough in what it keeps and sheds from the source text that it largely stands on its own. To put it…