First, let’s get this out of the way: Hesitation Marks is a good album. I’d buy it before I’d buy the majority of the other albums out—or due out—this year.* It’s got some songs that I played three times in a row and now—a scant few hours later—am itching to play again. These aren’t exactly […]
As you may have gathered from my piece about Harold & Maude, there is a handful of art that connects me to a particular girl—specifically, to a shitty breakup. Neko Case’s previous album, Middle Cyclone, is another. The album was brash and empowered, wild, a nearly literal force of nature. High emotion is probably how […]
“An epically ominous fantasia…” –Pitchfork Next week marks the release of Anna Meredith’s newest 12”. Incredible news for anyone interested in the frontier of composing and how classical considerations can intermix seamlessly with an environment of electronica and pop. I became aware of Meredith’s work a couple years ago now. She was still attempting to […]
Netflix has a bad habit of lying to me. Four Lions is dark? Please. Four Lions couldn’t pass a brown paper bag test. It might be hilarious, but it’s not black. Here is why. I admit that black humor is a complicated beast. It gets easy to quickly characterize things as black or not based […]
It started with 21 Jump Street, a film that initially appealed in no way, but whose reputation began to precede it. Hearing again and again of quality, I was inspired to rent it, and upon doing so was shocked—like a bomb detonating my preconceived notions. Not only is it a film that has no reason […]
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