M. Ward
A Wasteland Companion (Merge Records). Review by Will Bernstein.
A Wasteland Companion (Merge Records). Review by Will Bernstein.
Jenny Lewis drenches Orlando with her sweet and soulful country tinged folk music. Jen Cray is amongst the adoring, sold-out crowd.
Don’t panic. The end of the world as we know it is just the beginning of a long-anticipated film version of the legendary Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Does this film do justice to Douglas Adams’ novels, or is it destined for the scrap heap of literary-adaptation failures? Treasured towel in hand, Hitchhiker novice Steve Stav surfs the cosmos and provides the answer in his enlightening review.
In Elf, SNL expatriate Will Ferrell plays a Peter Pan-in-reverse, complete with yellow tights. Does this cinematic dose of holiday cheer stand up to the Rankin-Bass classics? Our resident Bumble, Steve Stav, offers his opinion.
Bring your loupe and spend some time poring over the maps that open Navola with Ian Koss.
On the Intricate Inner Workings of the System (Sub Pop). Review by Julius C. Lacking.
Lily and Generoso review director Gürcan Keltek’s mesmerizing supernatural drama, New Dawn Fades, winner of the Best Feature Boccalino D’Oro Award of the 24th Independent Film Critics Awards of the 2024 Locarno International Film Festival.
Channing Wilson opens for Steve Earle as Steve tours on his Alone Again Live album.
“Lonely Striped Sock,” a tiny fraction of Montreal band PYPY’s upcoming fireball album, Sacred Times, won’t get lost in your dryer, I promise.