Album Review: Shawn Seguin “Saving Christmas”
One of the greatest gifts Sufjan Stevens gave the music world was permission to hold the sacredness and the silliness of Christmas…
At SXSW24: Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird
Let’s get this out of the way first: At the Drive-In were one of the most important bands in my life. They altered…
SXSW Review: Really Good Rejects
Really Good Rejects is a film ostensibly about Reuben Cox, a luthier who pioneered a special type of pick up found on numerous…
You’re Gone, You’re Everywhere: Cassandra Jenkins “An Overview on Phenomenal Nature”
When Cassandra Jenkin’s released An Overview on Phenomenal Nature this time last year, I had spent nearly a year of my life contemplating…
Lil Nas X Starts a Satanic Panic
Last week was one of the biggest pop culture comebacks for Satan since the ‘Satanic Panic’ of the 1980s. Lil Nas X raised…
SXSW21: Without Getting Killed or Caught
Without Getting Killed or Caught tells the story of Guy Clark, the great Americana songwriter. Like many retrospective documentaries, it explores the highs…
SXSW21: The Sparks Brothers
Edgar Wright’s love of music should come as no surprise. From the classic musical cues in Shaun of the Dead to the choregraphed…
SXSW21: We Are the Thousand
The soulful Pop Theology duo of Ryan Parker and Benjamin PowerGriffin break down the new documentary, We Are the Thousand, which has its…
It hurts me that I have to look away: Drive-By Truckers “The Unraveling”
When Drive-By Truckers opted to have a Wes Freed-less album cover on their previous record American Band, I was taken aback. Now that…