Monthly Archive: May 2016

Beats & Eats: Volume 4 (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 this month) and a recipe to cook (bake, mix, whatever) while you...

Trouble In Mind: Omni, Klaus Johann Grobe (Noah)

I was all set just to write about how fantastic the Wire single from Omni was, because, well, it is, just a peppy little bit of modern post-punk (post-post-punk?). The band features members formerly of...

Movie Breakdown: Alice Through The Looking Glass

Pre-Screening Stance: Way back in 2010 Tim Burton delivered Alice In Wonderland.  I watched it, instantly forgot it, and then ended up rather surprised when it managed to gross over a billion bucks.  I suppose...

Thee Oh Sees

I’m hungover.  Normally when such a thing happens I want to listen to the chillest music I can find, but this time around it’s a frenetic new jam from Thee Oh Sees that’s doing the...

Show Of The Week

I’m really excited for Friday.  Not only will Boyfrndz be releasing Impulse, an album full of Mars Volta-esque gems that I’ve had on repeat over the last couple of weeks, but they’ll be celebrating its...

Cymbals Eat Guitars

When it comes to Cymbals Eat Guitars, I’ve grown to expect high quality, guitar-driven, maybe sometimes kind of dark and weird rock music, so it totally caught me off guard when the first single off...

P.O.S

A couple of months back Minneapolis’ own P.O.S (aka Stefon Alexander) released a nine-minute block of intensity called Sleepdrone/Superposition.  It’s a great track (and you can/should watch the video for it down below), but I...

Movie Breakdown: The Nice Guys

Pre-Screening Stance: I’m excited for The Nice Guys.  Mostly because I love me some Shane Black.  Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Lethal Weapon 1-3, The Monster Squad, Iron Man 3 – that’s just a few of...