Beats & Eats: Volume 2 (James)
Beats & Eats is a mixtape and a meal. A collection of tunes (sometimes there’s a theme, sometimes it’s just whatever I’m into that month) and a recipe to cook (bake, mix, whatever) while you...
Monthly Archive: February 2016
Quickdraw: A Giant Dog, Future Of The Left, Pity Sex, St. Vincent, Dana Falconberry And Medicine Bow
Music! Enjoy. :A Giant Dog – Sex And Drugs: Austin’s own A Giant Dog will be putting out their new album via the mighty Merge Records, and that’s just snazzy as hell. This first single...
Movie Breakdown: Race
Pre-Screening Stance: It was pretty neat when Jesse Owens went over to Berlin in 1936 and essentially tossed up a gold medal-laced middle finger right at Hitler, so I’m down to watch a dramatic re-telling...
Show Of The Week
While I’m excited about White Denim’s underplay at Hotel Vegas tomorrow night, my “show eyes” are totally focused on Carly Rae Jepsen at ACL Live on Saturday. Admittedly, for so very long I only thought...
Tacocat
While I was thinking about my favorite Presidents yesterday, Tacocat were working. Not only did they put out a new single, but they also released the theme song for the reboot of The Powerpuff Girls. ...
Raised Eyebrows: Modern Global Sounds (Randy)
This month I’m taking a look at some incredible global music. Though mostly Tuareg assouf music, there’s also some quality Zamrock, WAGM, Somali, and Malian folk blues represented. It’s important to note that ALL of...
Movie Breakdown: Zoolander 2 (Noah)
Pre-Screening Stance: The original Zoolander was a rare film for me that on repeated viewings became something I sort of half-heartedly cherished, quoted, and ostensibly enjoyed. It says a lot about my growth as a...
Movie Breakdown: Deadpool (Noah)
Pre-Screening Stance: Deadpool is one of Marvel’s most popular and most annoying characters. The fact that Ryan Reynolds has spent most of his career trying to absolve himself of his Green Lantern sins by bringing...
Movie Breakdown: How To Be Single
Pre-Screening Stance: Judging by the trailers, How To Be Single is about a variety of pretty ladies who love being, uh … single. Or maybe it’s about them trying to not be single anymore? Or...
Black Mountain
Waking up to a new Black Mountain song is like waking up to find out you’ve won the lottery. Well, maybe it’s not quite that great, but I am really excited that the psych rocker...
