Under The Banner of Heaven serves as a sobering reminder that, 38 years later, wounds left by the series-inspiring Lafferty case are not likely to go away any time soon. … read more
LDS History Meets Murder Mystery in Under The Banner of Heaven
Review: Erica Eso – 192
Erica Eso = Yves Tumor + HOMESHAKE … read more
Review: Let’s Eat Grandma – Two Ribbons
Let’s Eat Grandma = Japanese Breakfast + Charli XCX … read more
Review: HEALTH – DISCO 4 :: PART II
DISCO 4 is incredibly welcome after 2019’s Vol. 4: Slaves of Fear, which was excellent, but felt no more transcendent than 2015’s masterful Death Magic. … read more
Review: Norco
Norco, the point-and-click game from Geography of Robots, depicts a southern-gothic reality that tugs at how industry has irrevocably fucked us—and how we find ourselves picking up the pieces. … read more
Lighting the Flame of Your Own Baptismal Fire: Passing Strange at SLAC
The musical score and lighting of Passing Strange create a visceral push-and-pull between wanting to be included and needing to separate. … read more
Bold & Beautiful: Drag King Story Hour at Under the Umbrella
April’s Drag King Story Hour at Under the Umbrella bookstore featured Korey Edgewood and Autumn the Oddity, each of whom performed a book for children. … read more
New Year’s Eve At Cinema In Your Face
Whether or not you had a cool yule, Cinema In Your Face was the place to be for the Eve of “A New Year’s Party You Probably Won’t Remember”. … read more
New Band Spotlight: Swee Rhino
Meet the local, six-piece band Swee Rhino. The band doesn’t try to make any big statement with their music and write mostly with objective political overtones. … read more
Showrunner Jared Stern Talks Green Eggs and Ham: The Second Serving
Jared Stern has so much to do now, with shows and movies to make. But 10 years spent on Green Eggs and Ham still takes the cake. … read more
Film Review: The Spine of Night
Fans of heavy metal, blood-soaked hand-drawn animation and psychedelic visuals will likely find a home in the world of The Spine of Night. … read more
January 1990 Tape & Record Reviews
Fractal Method Fractal Method (excuse me, I mean William Clarke Walker III) is a wizard of pyrotechnical sound manipulation. This reviewer is more than impressed. I’m ecstatic!! If this is any forecast of the 90s musical progression to come, let it spawn relatively from latent exclusion. Not your average New Age spacey and transcendental gobbledygook,
