Stranger
Bad Robot has something up their sleeve.
Sound Bite
A few weeks ago, TV On The Radio released their first new music since 2011’s Nine Types of Light and the death of their bassist Gerard Smith. Presented and covered in a fairly low key fashion, the piece titled “Mercy” carries a weight and simplicity promising continued growth and exploration for one of the most […]
Anna Meredith’s Jet Black Raider
“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 […]
Watch and Listen
Films are a tricky thing. In review we look at the whole over the moments, and yet there are great films with even greater moments and to look over them for the whole accounts for a great loss of experience. This week, as we head toward fall and the general concession of awards season production, […]
I’m a fan of Channing Tatum, and I feel weird about it.
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 […]
