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Review: MJ Lenderman – Manning Fireworks

Posted on September 16, 2024 (October 9, 2024) by Asha Pruitt

Manning Fireworks is a stained-glass window made of crushed beer bottles to commemorate those who were abandoned by the world. … read more

Posted in: Music, National Music ReviewsTagged: Anti-, Drive-by Truckers, Manning Fireworks, MJ Lenderman, Pavement, Wednesday

Local Review: Bad Luck Brigade – SOMETHING’S AT MY NECK

Posted on September 13, 2024 (October 9, 2024) by Asha Pruitt
A splatter of multicolored paints with a black cat being squeezed by a hand coming from the corner of the image.

Coming out on Friday the 13th of September, SOMETHING AT MY NECK promises all the fate in the world. … read more

Posted in: Local Music Reviews, MusicTagged: Bad Luck Brigade, Experimental Rap, hip-hop, Music Review, Neo-soul, Psychedelic Rock, Soul Funk

Film Review: Milk & Serial

Posted on September 11, 2024 (September 12, 2024) by Asha Pruitt
Movie poster for "Milk and Serial". A boy with a glass mask on holds an object and peers at it.

Popping up on Reddit feeds and a smattering of other online film forums of the like, Milk & Serial has been the talk of the online horror community… … read more

Posted in: Film, Film ReviewsTagged: Cooper Tomlinson, Curry Barker, film, film review, found footage, Horror, Milk & Serial, Reddit, Sketch Comedians, Slasher, YouTube

Local Review: Emily Hicks – Weird Wild Wonderful

Posted on September 11, 2024 (October 9, 2024) by Asha Pruitt

Weird Wild Wonderful contains and represents each of Emily Hicks vocal subtleties in a sincere and delightful country-pop package. … read more

Posted in: Local Music Reviews, MusicTagged: Emily Hicks, Lainey Wilson, Mandy Moore, Weird Wild Wonderful

8 Bands of Notoriety at Crucialfest 13

Posted on September 6, 2024 (September 10, 2024) by Asha Pruitt
An illustration of wolves smoking cigarettes being abducted by aliens with the Crucialfest logo.

At Crucialfest, local and national bands with unparalleled talents will culminate at the Metro Music Hall, equipping our ears with the sounds of heavy metal sovereignty as we headbang our way into comas. … read more

Posted in: Music, Music Festival CoverageTagged: Black Tusk, Crucialfest, Crucialfest 13, Dehorn, Frail Body, Howling Giant, Last, Mars Red Sky, Moray, The Otolith

Film Review: His Three Daughters

Posted on September 6, 2024 by Asha Pruitt

His Three Daughters wasn’t the easiest movie to watch for me, but it’s the most rewarding and memorable film I’ve seen this year by a sizable margin. … read more

Posted in: Film, Film ReviewsTagged: Arts & Sciences, Azazel Jacobs, Carrie Coon, Elizabeth Olsen, High Frequency Entertainment, His Three Daughters, Jay O. Sanders, Jovan Adepo, Natasha Lyonne, Tango Entertainment

Review: Sabrina Carpenter – Short N’ Sweet

Posted on September 9, 2024 (October 8, 2025) by Asha Pruitt

Sabrina Carpenter on her album Short n’ Sweet is just fun, upbeat, and makes something you immediately grasp and return to again and again. … read more

Posted in: Music, National Music ReviewsTagged: Hannah Montana, miley cyrus, Reneé Rap, Sabrina Carpenter, The Corrs

Review: Magdalena Bay – Imaginal Disk

Posted on September 4, 2024 (October 9, 2024) by Asha Pruitt

A project of the Los Angeles-based duo, Imaginal Disk is sophomore album of Magdalena Bay —and in it, they’re hitting their stride. … read more

Posted in: Music, National Music ReviewsTagged: Britney Spears, Grimes, Hilary Duff, Imaginal Disk, Magdalena Bay, Matthew Lewin, Mica Tenenbaum, Mom + Pop Music, Sleigh Bells

Book Review: The Book of Drought

Posted on September 5, 2024 (September 6, 2024) by Asha Pruitt

The Book of Drought, by local poet and educator Rob Carney, manages to take a clear-eyed look at the environment, instill faith in community action and a more hopeful tomorrow. … read more

Posted in: Art, Interviews & FeaturesTagged: Book Review, Joe Roberts, Poetry and Prose

Local Review: Painted Lines – Painted Lines

Posted on September 18, 2024 (October 9, 2024) by Asha Pruitt

Painted Lines eponymous first EP serves up old-school goth atmospheres with acutely morose (if slightly sophomoric) lyricism. … read more

Posted in: Local Music Reviews, MusicTagged: Brad Rhoades, Edgar Allan Poe, Jordan Pundik, Joy Division, Siouxsie and the Banshees, William Shakespeare

Local Review: Sunhills – Planetarium

Posted on September 6, 2024 (October 9, 2024) by Asha Pruitt

Sunhills Planetarium is glittered with samples that seemingly come from mission control, poking the eerie feeling of “sitting in a tin can, far above the world.” … read more

Posted in: Local Music Reviews, MusicTagged: Beach House, David Bowie, Drew Nicholson, Matthew McConaughey, Planetarium, Slowdive, Sunhills

Review: Fontaines D.C. – Romance

Posted on September 3, 2024 (October 9, 2024) by Asha Pruitt

Romance is an undeniably pop-infused project for Fontaines D.C. that balances rolling melodies expertly against its existential lyricism and signature tones. … read more

Posted in: Music, National Music ReviewsTagged: Flaming Lips, Fontaines D.C., The Pogues
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