Month: July 2016

The Bangles

Music Reviews

Ladies and Gentlemen… The Bangles! (Omnivore Records). Review by Christopher Long.

For the Plasma

For the Plasma

Screen Reviews

A Down East idyll of fire watching, light houses and Japanese industrialists in search of enlightenment.

Bleached

Bleached

Music Reviews

Welcome The Worms (Dead Oceans). Review by Jen Cray.

Velvet Crush

Velvet Crush

Music Reviews

Pre-Teenage Symphony (Omnivore Recordings ). Review by James Mann.

The Zero Boys

The Zero Boys

Screen Reviews

Middle-aged teens end up in a cabin, and killed one at a time by a creepy guy. Then it rains. A lot.

Bad Suns

Bad Suns

Event Reviews

Crunchy LA-based rock combo, Bad Suns, popped into Orlando recently while on their current “Disappear Here” US tour. Christopher Long was there, and he couldn’t have been happier with their performance.

The Kingbees

Music Reviews

The Big Rock (Omnivore Recordings / RSO). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Matías Meyer

Matías Meyer

Interviews

In a fascinating look at Mexican cinema and its culture, Generoso and Lily Fierro review Yo and speak with the film’s director, Matías Meyer, about his newest work and his diverse filmography.

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Idiot Grins

Idiot Grins

Interviews

Ink 19 talks with Idiot Grins about the making of Golf Cart Life, their evolution from Oakland soul-rock lifers to one of indie music’s most unpredictable acts.

Deathslope Music Festival 2026

Deathslope Music Festival 2026

Event Reviews

Eight bands from Colorado and as far away as New Zealand knocked the socks off the West Slope music scene on the last day of this year’s Deathslope Music Festival in Grand Junction, Colorado.

Blue Thunder

Blue Thunder

Screen Reviews

John Badham’s 1983 future-tech helicopter thriller, Blue Thunder, with its cautionary tale of militarized police and a surveillance state, still resonates decades later.

The Eye

The Eye

Screen Reviews

What if the miracle of sight came with a curse? The Eye builds its horror from that chilling premise.

Chapterhouse

Chapterhouse

Interviews

With the thirty-fifth anniversary of debut album Whirlpool, UK shoegaze outfit Chapterhouse is back together again and touring the US as part of Slide Away Music Festival.