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…
SXSW 2019 – Andrew Bird Live From the Great Room Featuring T-Bone Burnett and Yola
Andrew Bird brought his interview and performance series “Live From the Great Room” to SXSW this year for a riveting edition featuring American…
SXSW2019 Mixtape
SX 2019 was as glorious and ridiculous as ever – an absolute smorgasbord of incredible musicians and a borderline shit-show of logistics. Running…
Lose Your Fear, Superstition – The Low Anthem’s “The Salt Doll Went to Measure the Depth of the Sea”
We are always on the cusp of death. At every moment, a thin veil rests between us and an infinite abyss. If we…
A Gay White Teenager’s Obsession with Aretha Franklin
Of course I’d heard the song before. How could anyone with the least awareness of popular culture not know “R-E-S-P-E-C-T”? But it was…