NJ ska-core band The Best of the Worst have been around for 14 years but they've only released one full-length during that time (2013's Perspectives), alongside a series of EPs. That finally changes with their second proper full-length, Better Medicine,… Read More
“A man alone always talks too much.” — Ferdinand Griffon Pierrot le fou (1965) was the tenth 10th feature film in five years from French enfant terrible Jean Luc-Godard, working at a blinding rate mostly unseen in contemporary cinema. Adapted… Read More
Think about Buzzcocks for a moment. What did they look like? The image that popped into your head was probably from about 1978. Four stick-thin figures, brimming with angst and cheap speed and cocky with it. Hammering their instruments into… Read More
Joey Bada$$ turned 26 today and he's got a present for us. He's just shared jazzy new single "Let It Breathe" which was produced by Statik Selektah. Joey says they actually shot the video, complete with helicopters and sportscars, last… Read More
Bassist and composer Eric Revis has mainstream credentials through his membership in Branford Marsalis’ longstanding quartet. But his recordings, with a sturdy trio and larger groups, have tended to be more adventurous and varied, at the edge of the compositional… Read More
Last year, robe and mask-wearing Belgian post-metallers Briqueville released their new album Quelle (out now on Pelagic), and as good as the album is, this enigmatic band is really one where the visual experience matters as much as the audio,… Read More
Freaks & Geeks, Judd Apatow and Paul Feig's series about small town high school life in 1980 that ran on NBC in 1999-2000, only lasted a season, and not many people tuned it when it was on. A nuanced, funny,… Read More
Freaks & Geeks, Judd Apatow and Paul Feig's series about small town high school life in 1980 that ran on NBC in 1999-2000, only lasted a season, and not many people tuned it when it was on. A nuanced, funny,… Read More
“There’s a big black hole where my heart used to be…” Griff‘s still got the good stuff. The 19-year-old England-bred multitalented Chinese-Jamaican singer-songwriter and certified One to Watch™ is on a roll, having secured the blogosphere buzz bag with heaps… Read More
With Tesla in the midst of constructing a new facility near Austin, and Elon Musk himself a recent Texas transplant, it's not too surprising that he and Grimes wound up in a picture with Dave Chappelle and Joe Rogan, who… Read More