Monthly Archive: April 2016

Hip Hop Hooray (Leah)

Losing Prince has made this a tough month, but at least we have his music. I made you this mix! It doesn’t feature Prince. Sorry. :DJ Shadow – Nobody Speak feat. Run the Jewels: :Busta...

White Lung

Oh my.  Have you guys been paying attention to White Lung?  You may have caught their singles as I’ve been posting them, but have you been listening and noting just how awesome all of them...

Show Of The Week

There’s only one thing that really matters this week, and it’s Levitation.  On Thursday there are a variety of kick off shows happening around town (Coathangers will be at Barracuda!), and then the festival itself...

Seratones

Way back on Saturday I saw the Shreveport, Louisiana-based Seratones open up the sold-out Thao And The Get Down Stay Down show at the Mohawk, and I instantly fell in love with them.  Front-lady AJ...

Patience

Veronica Falls have always been a favorite of mine, so it was a real bummer to find out that they’re no longer together.  On the bright side, former frontwoman Roxanne Clifford has a new project...

Movie Breakdown: Green Room (Noah)

Pre-Screening Stance: Jeremy Saulnier’s Blue Ruin was one of my favorite films of 2014. This one is my most anticipated film of 2016. Post-Screening Ramble: Jeremy Saulnier is not a director who shies away from...

Movie Breakdown: A Hologram For The King

Pre-Screening Stance: I love Tom Hanks, and I liked Tom Tykwer’s work on Cloud Atlas, so therefore I should be excited about A Hologram For The King, right?  Eh.  It looks like a really generic...

Deerhoof

Over the last few days Deerhoof have really gotten things moving for their new album.  They first released a song called Debut (it’s down below in video-form), then announced some tour dates, and now there’s...

Movie Breakdown: Elvis & Nixon

Pre-Screening Stance: While I was initially disappointed that Elvis & Nixon wasn’t some sort of Alan Moore-scripted super hero movie set in a bizarre alternate universe, I do think the film looks just peculiar enough...