Pre-Screening Stance: Initially I was pretty excited about X-Men: Apocalypse. Bryan Singer back once again to direct the franchise he helped jump start, the always stellar Oscar Issac as the super baddie Apocalypse, the eternally...
Indie rock darlings Speedy Ortiz just announced a companion piece to last year’s excellent Foil Deer. The four track EP, which carries the appropriate title of Foiled Again, features two new tunes (one of them...
Now that I host both 101X Homegrown and KGSR’s Lone Star State of Mind, I don’t really post quite as many local mp3s. This is mostly because I spend my Sunday evenings blabbering about all...
Pre-Screening Stance: I mean has there ever been a summer blockbuster that’s garnered more hype from the nerdier side of the critical spectrum? I can’t recall, but I’ve been sweating nerd juice for weeks in...
As I was deciding which band to write about I reviewed the albums I’ve had on heavy rotation. Prosthesis by Mind Spiders was an obvious choice, but I worried I’d written about them too much...
Pre-Screening Stance: I hate math. However, there are plenty of math-centric movies that I love (A Beautiful Mind, The Imitation Game, Good Will Hunting – just to name a few), so it’s possible that I...
Music! Enjoy. :Casket Girls – Tears Of A Clown: Here’s a real attention-grabber from Casket Girls. I hope there’s more of the same to be found on their new full length. The Night Machines is...
Pre-Screening Stance: In my opinion, 2015 wasn’t a great year for Marvel. Sure, they made a ton of cash, but The Avengers: Age of Ultron wasn’t exactly good, and Ant-Man was okay-but-largely-forgettable. Does this mean...
Favs of mine A Giant Dog will be putting out their very anticipated third full length, Pile, this Friday via Merge, and then on Saturday they’ll be celebrating the release of it at Barracuda alongside...
Aside from being an important part of every Sonic The Hedgehog game, Chaos Emeralds are a new Nashville-based act that’s led by Daniel Ellsworth and Kyle Andrews. Below you’ll find their latest single, which is a...
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