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20 Songs from the 1990s That Time Forgot
Rather than listening to Spotify's latest playlist, give the tunes from this reminiscence of lost '90s singles a spin.
26 Oct 2020
Film
Delightful 'Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day' Is Good Escapism
Now streaming on Amazon Prime, Bharat Nalluri's 2008 romantic comedy, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, provides pleasant respite in these times of doom and gloom.
26 Oct 2020
Film
The 10 Best Horror Movie Remakes
The horror genre has produced some remake junk. In the case of these ten treats, the update delivers something definitive.
26 Oct 2020
Television
Flirting with Demons at Home, or, When TV Movies Were Evil
Just in time for Halloween, a new Blu-ray from Kino Lorber presents sparkling 2K digital restorations of TV movies that have been missing for decades: Fear No Evil (1969) and its sequel, Ritual of Evil (1970).
26 Oct 2020
Music
Magick Mountain Are Having a Party But Is the Audience Invited?
Garage rockers Magick Mountain debut with Weird Feelings, an album big on fuzz but light on hooks.
26 Oct 2020
Music
Aalok Bala Revels in Nature and Contradiction on EP 'Sacred Mirror'
Electronic musician Aalok Bala knows the night is not a simple mirror, "silver and exact"; it phases and echoes back, alive, sacred.
26 Oct 2020
Music
Clipping Take a Stab at Horrorcore with the Fiery 'Visions of Bodies Being Burned'
Clipping's latest album, Visions of Bodies Being Burned, is a terrifying, razor-sharp sequel to their previous ode to the horror film genre.
26 Oct 2020
Music
Call Super's New LP Is a Digital Biosphere of Insectoid and Otherworldly Sounds
Call Super's Every Mouth Teeth Missing is like its own digital biosphere, rife with the sounds of the forest and the sounds of the studio alike.
26 Oct 2020
Music
Laura Veirs Talks to Herself on 'My Echo'
The thematic connections between these 10 Laura Veirs songs and our current situation are somewhat coincidental, or maybe just the result of kismet or karmic or something in the zeitgeist.
23 Oct 2020
Film
15 Classic Horror Films That Just Won't Die
Those lucky enough to be warped by these 15 classic horror films, now available on Blu-ray from The Criterion Collection and Kino Lorber, never got over them.
23 Oct 2020
Music
Sixteen Years Later Wayne Payne Follows Up His Debut
Waylon Payne details a journey from addiction to redemption on Blue Eyes, The Harlot, The Queer, The Pusher & Me, his first album since his 2004 debut.
23 Oct 2020
Music
Every Song on the Phoenix Foundation's 'Friend Ship' Is a Stand-Out
Friend Ship is the Phoenix Foundation's most personal work and also their most engaging since their 2010 classic, Buffalo.
23 Oct 2020
Music
Kevin Morby Gets Back to Basics on 'Sundowner'
On Sundowner, Kevin Morby sings of valleys, broken stars, pale nights, and the midwestern American sun. Most of the time, he's alone with his guitar and a haunting mellotron.
23 Oct 2020
Music
Lydia Loveless Creates Her Most Personal Album with 'Daughter'
Given the turmoil of the era, you might expect Lydia Loveless to lean into the anger, amplifying the electric guitar side of her cowpunk. Instead, she created a personal record with a full range of moods, still full of her typical wit.
23 Oct 2020
Music
Flowers for Hermes: An Interview with Performing Activist André De Shields
From creating the title role in The Wiz to winning an Emmy for Ain't Misbehavin', André De Shields reflects on his roles in more than four decades of iconic musicals, including the GRAMMY and Tony Award-winning Hadestown.
23 Oct 2020
Film
The 13 Greatest Horror Directors of All Time
In honor of Halloween, here are 13 fascinating fright mavens who've made scary movies that much more meaningful.
22 Oct 2020
Music
British Jazz and Soul Artists Interpret the Classics on 'Blue Note Re:imagined'
Blue Note Re:imagined provides an entrance for new audiences to hear what's going on in British jazz today as well as to go back to the past and enjoy old glories.
22 Oct 2020
Film
Bill Murray and Rashida Jones Add Another Shot to 'On the Rocks'
Sofia Coppola's domestic malaise comedy On the Rocks doesn't drown in its sorrows -- it simply pours another round, to which we raise our glass.
22 Oct 2020
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