Monthly Archive: October 2016

Movie Breakdown: Jack Reacher: Never Go Back

Pre-Screening Stance: Christoper McQuarrie wrote and directed the terrific Jack Reacher.  For Never Go Back, it’s Edward Zwick pulling double duty.  He’s certainly done some good stuff (The Last Samurai, Blood Diamond), but for whatever...

Show Of The Week

To be honest, the show that I’m most excited about this week is Taylor Swift on Saturday during the F1 USGP out at Circuit of the Americas.  I’m going to go sing my head off,...

The Blow

It’s been a long time since I’ve shared anything from The Blow here at SOTO, but their new track caught my attention and I think you should hear it.  Personally, I think the song sounds...

Priests

Boy am I into the Priests track that I have for you today.  It’s got a semi-surf rock sound, which is fun and all, but it’s front woman Katie Alice Greer’s vocals that really have...

From Waylon To Wu-Tang (James)

Jeremy Murray and the team at 1886 Management keep on coming up with winning concepts. The flagship of Murray and Co.’s fleet is The Blackheart, a whiskey soaked blueberry in the tomato soup of Rainey...

Cloud Nothings

Good news!  2017 is going to start with a new album from Cloud Nothings.  Below you’ll find the first single off of the LP.  It’s got a guitar pop-leaning sound that’s not quite what the...

Show Of The Week

If you were under the impression that things would scale back after the conclusion of ACLx2, you were wrong.  There are a ton of shows this week!  So many in fact that I’m tossing out...

Thee Oh Sees

When I set out to find something pleasant and calming this morning, I didn’t figure I’d end up with a song from Thee Oh Sees.  They’re a band that’s usually loud and chaotic, but their...

In Review: Fantastic Fest 2016

Fantastic Fest has come and gone and – as always – it was a damn good time.  Below you’ll find mini-reviews (divided into various categories) of the 18 films I saw this year.  Make some...