Montreal’s Yves Jarvis blends folk with minimalist electronics and Afropop textures on his upcoming new album, Sundry Rock Song Stock. It’s a mesmerizing sound that leaves gentle, lingering traces behind, co-existing with nature’s organic sounds. Jarvis has always preferred performing… Read More
Toronto composer Sina Bathaie utilizes both organic and digital elements to forge a new form of contemporary Persian music, as heard on his latest single “Bloom”. The title hints at the song’s intentions of something original emerging from the merger… Read More
In order to truly, fully, and properly enjoy a Katy Perry song, there is only one rule to bear in mind: location, location, location. Several ideal locales come to mind: flying down the street while dancing through the sunroof of… Read More
From 1939 to 1944, writer-director-producer Preston Sturges seemed nearly incapable of a false step. He shocked Hollywood with the success of his first film as director, The Great McGinty (made in 1939 and released in 1940), by combining these three,… Read More
Last year marked an upswing in the life of Ruston Kelly. On the musical front, after his first full-length album Dying Star earned critical acclaim, Kelly spent a good portion of the year on the road to support the record.… Read More
Ars Magna Umbrae – Apotheosis (I, Voidhanger) Ars Magna Umbrae’s 2018 LP Lunar Ascension remains a highlight of atmospheric black metal in recent years and a bright anomaly in the often dreary status quo of the genre. Built by the… Read More
Sometimes the power and promise packed into a pop single can be heard in its opening notes. However, Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone” is not typical pop. It’s six-minute plus duration gives it an unlikely length for a single.… Read More
TV FACE are a hard-driving post-punk band from Lancaster, UK that channel the genre’s jagged edges and kinetic rhythms alongside intense, punk rock energy. TV FACE have been releasing a new single at the end of each month this year,… Read More
Albuquerque indie-folk artist, BYLAND’s music is sweeping and expansive like the New Mexico landscape she calls home. Unsurprisingly, adjectives like “cinematic” and “dreamy” are bound to spring to mind with regards to her latest single, Passed Me By”. It’s an… Read More
I’m unreasonable on the subject of Douglas Sirk, one of the most intelligent stylists of classic cinema, so I’m happy that Kino Lorber has graced us with three of his 1950s Universal productions on Blu-ray: Taza, Son of Cochise (1954),… Read More