Shakespeare wrote in Twelfh Night, “If music be the food of love, play on.” This Valentine’s Day, I’m going to attempt to heed the Bard’s advice by feeding my love for music. Tonight, there is a free show...
Hard to believe, but SXSW is just around the corner. Soon you’ll be roaming the mobbed streets going from show to show, drinking too much, eating way too many tacos, and slowly developing a debilitating...
There are two bands from my college days that I would still love to see live. One is the Postal Service, and the other is Conor Oberst’s Desaparecidos. I’ll actually be seeing the former play...
Today’s music wants you to be its Valentine. Enjoy. :Mikal Cronin – Shout It Out: You know what I can’t wait for? Mikal Cronin’s new album. This first single is a shimmering anthem, and I...
Time for your weekly movie news update! Below you’ll find a slew of sentences meant to provide a brief glimpse of what’s been going on over the past week in movieland. If something leaves you...
People are doing traditional-style reviews all over the web, so we decided to try something different. In each “breakdown” we’ll take a look at what a film’s marketing lead us to believe, how the movie...
Ah, February. The short month full of Hallmark cards, increased chocolate intake, and enough flowers and candy to make every single person gag. Yep, we definitely get doused in consumerism as February 14th approaches, but...
The SOTO inbox is always full of cool stuff that never gets to see the light of day on the actual site, and I’d like to change that. So, every Friday I’ll be posting the...
People are doing traditional-style reviews all over the web, so we decided to try something different. In each “breakdown” we’ll take a look at what a film’s marketing lead us to believe, how the movie...
Chvrches sort of hoodwinked me last year. They swooped in, dropped off the stellar track The Mother We Share, and then they left me wondering what would be next. Well, it would appear to be...
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