Hip Hop Hooray (Leah)
This week, the ruling came down that no officers in the Freddie Gray case will be indicted for murder, and we’ve lost at least two black men to blatant racism in the last month. The...
Monthly Archive: July 2016
Clipping
“Splendor & Misery is an Afrofuturist, dystopian concept album that follows the sole survivor of a slave uprising on an interstellar cargo ship, and the onboard computer that falls in love with him. Thinking he is...
Movie Breakdown: Jason Bourne
Pre-Screening Stance: The Bourne Trilogy is pretty damn great. The Bourne Legacy isn’t terrible, but I can’t say I’ve ever really wanted to revisit it. As for Jason Bourne, I want it to be good, but...
Show Of The Week
On Friday come join me at Hotel Vegas. I’ll be there operating as 101X Homegrown (that’s one of my radio shows) in support of Kay Odyssey and the tour kickoff show that they have lined...
Movie Breakdown: Nerve
Pre-Screening Stance: I like Emma Roberts and Dave Franco, but Nerve looks pretty silly. Also, my lack of excitement for the film isn’t helped much by the fact that the duo behind the internet-kitschy Catfish...
Russian Circles
As things currently stand, Explosions In The Sky’s The Wilderness is my favorite instrumental album of 2016. I’m pretty sure that status won’t change by the time December rolls around, but if it does, it’ll...
Screaming Females
If you’re in Australia or New Zealand, then today’s news should slap a smile on your face. Not only are Screaming Females heading your way to play some shows, but they’re bringing along a deluxe...
Movie Breakdown: Captain Fantastic
Pre-Screening Stance: Viggo Mortensen is an all-time favorite of mine, and he just so happens to be in Captain Fantastic. This automatically means I’m excited to see it. Granted, it certainly doesn’t hurt that the...
Movie Breakdown: Star Trek Beyond
Pre-Screening Stance: Let’s face it, just about everything in regards to the marketing for Star Trek Beyond has been decidedly weird. It’s like the studio wasn’t really sure who to sell the movie to –...
Jeff The Brotherhood
Jeff The Brotherhood have really been working it since they got “dropped from the clutches of the demented vulture that is Warner Bros.” Last year they put out two LPs – Wasted On The Dream...
