There is a moment in director Bong Joon-ho’s celebrated film Parasite (2019), a pivotal moment in my estimation, that brings to mind verses 5:43-45 from Matthew, a portion of a long sermon delivered by Jesus: “You have heard that it… Read More
As you'd expect from a subgenre with an abbreviation for "traditional" in the name, trad-doom is not an easy genre to break ground in, but Pallbearer have become one of the rare bands to do it. They recall the classics,… Read More
Rina Sawayama once said “gimme just a little bit more, little bit of excess” – and now she’s doing just that. Oh, me, oh, my! Having fully secured all of the love and affection of the Girls, the Gays &… Read More
There may not be a Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade live in NYC this year, and a lot of people will not be with families, but one tradition, thankfully, will continue. Mystery Science Theater 3000 will once again make fun of cheesy movies… Read More
Electronic producer and DJ i_o, aka Garrett Falls Lockhart, passed away at the age of 30. A message on his social media accounts confirms the news. It reads: On Monday, November 23rd, the world lost a beautiful soul, Garrett Falls… Read More
10. Chouk Bwa and the Ångströmers – Vodou Alé (Bongo Joe) In Haiti, mizik rasin, or roots music, serves important roles in many culturally engaged movements. It has the capacity to tie together past, present, and future in often spiritually-inflected… Read More
Chilly Gonzales recently released A very chilly christmas, a holiday album that features a number of holiday classics interpreted in Gonzales' melancholy piano style. He's just announced that he's turning it into a A very chilly christmas special, modeled on… Read More
Next year marks twenty years since the release of The National's self-titled debut album. In celebration of the anniversary, they're releasing a reissue of the record, alongside reissues of two more pieces of their early catalog, 2003's Sad Songs for… Read More
What began as a way to collectively kill time during the early days of the pandemic, Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess' Twitter listening parties for classic and new albums has become a full time hobby, having hosted over 500 of them… Read More
Bad Bunny cancelled his American Music Awards performance on Sunday night (11/22) after contracting COVID-19. The Latin trap giant had been set to close out the show by joining Jhay Cortez for a take on their collaborative single "Dakiti," but… Read More