Year: 2024
Film Review: The Return
If you’re going into The Return hoping for a swords-and-sandals extravaganza that can compete with Gladiator II, you’ll be very disappointed. … read more
Bold & Beautiful: Princess Deathwish
When the COVID-19 pandemic shut the world down and slowed Paredes’ momentum, he simmered on Princess Deathwish and reinvented himself. … read more
Local Review: John Elwood Morgan – New Skies
The EP shows a polished mix of roots music genres that John Elwood Morgan taps into while still remaining something all his own. … read more
Film Review: Nightbitch
While Nightbitch isn’t terrible by any means, at a mere 98 minutes it feels more like a short film that has been far too padded out than it does a feature. … read more
Local Review: Gilded Lillies – UP IN ARMS
It’s no accident that the figure on the album Gilded Lillies cover has their arms raised up to the sky, as if wishing for mercy. … read more
Film Review: That Christmas
That Christmas is an entertaining (if schmaltzy) festive treat with enough quirkiness to earn a recommendation, especially as an evening-at-home streaming film. … read more
Film Review: The Order
The Order isn’t exactly escapist entertainment, especially now and it may have trouble finding an audience precisely because it’s so uncomfortably topical. … read more
Local Review: Sympathy Pain – Swan Dive
Let Sympathy Pain consume you whole and spit you back out a completely different person. It is in fact, one hell of a “swan dive.” … read more
Review: Geordie Greep – The New Sound
The New Sound actually lives up to its name — Geordie Greep manages to blend latin grooves alongside progressive rock to create avant-garde rock operas. … read more
Review: Kim Deal – Nobody Loves You More
With Nobody Loves You More, Kim Deal rises above everything like a Phoenix out of familiar ashes. … read more