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Local Review: Mariel Croft – Trying My Very Best

Posted on May 29, 2024 (October 9, 2024) by Asha Pruitt

Mariel Croft’s Trying My Very Best creates room for anyone to stop, acknowledge, and work with their shortcomings. Or at least think really hard about them. … read more

Review: Mdou Moctar – Funeral For Justice

Posted on May 27, 2024 (October 9, 2024) by Asha Pruitt

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Mdou Moctar is part of a modern recreation of the Assouf genre that embraces many more elements of American classic rock. … read more

Review: Hobo Johnson – FLOOD THE EARTH AGAIN/JANSPORT

Posted on June 10, 2024 (October 9, 2024) by Asha Pruitt

Album cover with a man holding a wine bottle on it.

Hobo Johnson reflects on his loss, all the while managing to throw out other wild-card topics such as the effects of capitalism. … read more

Local Review: Zodiac Killer – Bonded by Morbid Brutality

Posted on June 14, 2024 (October 9, 2024) by Asha Pruitt

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All in all, Bonded By Morbid Brutality stands up to, and even higher than, Zodiac Killer’s other releases. … read more

Local Review: Sunny Day Soap Opera – Me & The Mountain

Posted on June 19, 2024 (October 9, 2024) by Asha Pruitt

Sunny Day Soap Opera’s newest release is swelling, orchestral, full-bodied and builds a feeling of melancholic rage. … read more

Local Review: Gary Dranow and The Manic Emotions – Never Give Up

Posted on June 12, 2024 (October 9, 2024) by Asha Pruitt

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Gary Dranow’s Never Give Up is an album… that’s it. Trust me, I really wanted this to be more engaging than your run-of-the-mill Americana album. … read more

Knapsack: Trying to Kick the World’s Ass: July 1995

Posted on July 3, 1995 (June 14, 2024) by Asha Pruitt

A white image of white text, in black outline, reads, "Knapsack".

Right about when we ran into Eddie Vedder if we were doing it for money we probably would have hung up the towel. … read more

Wētā’s Phillip Leonhardt on The Evolution of Apes and VFX

Posted on May 23, 2024 (May 24, 2024) by Asha Pruitt

Leonardt has worked on all four of installments of the modern Planet of the Apes series, starting with the 2011 release Rise of the Planet of the Apes, followed by Dawn of The Planet of the Apes in 2014 and War for the Planet of Apes in 2017. … read more