Music Reviews
MetalMatters: The Best Metal Albums of October 2022
This month’s best metal albums feature grind phenoms Cloud Rat, Faceless Burial’s death metal recipe, and Desbot opening new pathways for post-metal.
Music Features
MetalMatters: The Best Metal Albums of October 2022
This month’s best metal albums feature grind phenoms Cloud Rat, Faceless Burial’s death metal recipe, and Desbot opening new pathways for post-metal.
Film
Royalty and the Help Do Switcheroos in Pre-Code Comedy ‘By Candlelight’
James Whale’s pre-code comedy/romance, ‘By Candelight’ is a perfect example of Depression-era escapism into Art Deco consumer porn.
Books
Patti Smith’s ‘A Book of Days’ Captures Much More Than Her Instagram Posts
Patti Smith’s ‘A Book of Days’ creates an ironic loop of parasocial relationshipping, generating a kind of intimacy through photographs of objects.
Television
Why Do Voters Want Women Candidates to Be Like Parks and Recreation’s Leslie Knope?
Ten years after Parks and Recreation’s campaign-focused season 4, real-world female political candidates still liken themselves to Leslie Knope. Is that the kind of candidate 2022 needs?
Lists
MetalMatters: The Best Metal Albums of October 2022
This month’s best metal albums feature grind phenoms Cloud Rat, Faceless Burial’s death metal recipe, and Desbot opening new pathways for post-metal.
