Listening to Northern Passages, the fourth album from Toronto indie rockers The Sadies, you would think that you were in the 1960’s. It’s a wistful and melancholy sound that envelops you as songs whisk by in a psychedelic and indie rock…
Interview: Party Nails
Party Nails is the musical project of Elana Belle Carroll, a New York native who now lives in California and makes glittering electropop songs. The name “Party Nails” suggests that her music bears the kind of buoyant, engaging sound you’d…
Video Game Review: Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
Survival horror has taken the brunt of judgment when it comes to the evolution of video game genres. As like with most horror movies adapting to the times (i.e. found footage, action-horror, social media horror), this category has consistently changed…
From the Record Crate: Neil Young – “Harvest” (1972)
Lately, “Neil Young in the 1970s” is almost interchangeable with the idea of “a consistent decade-long run of classic albums.” Although some will argue for their favorite–often citing After the Gold Rush, Rust Never Sleeps, or On the Beach as…
Will They or Won’t They? 20 TV couples that keep us on the edge of our seats
Will they? Or won’t they? That is the question posed for a number of couples on TV shows past and present. Whether they were stuck in a love triangle or born as mortal enemies, many couples kept us questioning whether…
Album Review: Fifty Shades Darker Soundtrack
The release of a new Fifty Shades of Grey movie means one thing (to me): a new Fifty Shades soundtrack. I have no interest in the books, very little interest in the movies (I would watch them for Jamie Dornan’s…
Album Review: Michael Bolton – “Songs of Cinema”
Michael Bolton’s Big, Sexy, Valentine’s Day Special is an hour long Netflix variety special co-produced by the Lonely Island and Comedy Bang! Bang! The premise of the special is that Bolton has to host a Valentine’s Day special in order to…