By: Cody Englander [Netflix, 2023] Rating: 1/10 Your Place or Mine is a movie that not only appeals to masochists in the most boring way possible, but ruins the day of anyone else who dares watch the thing. Read more: Movie Review: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish The movie stars Ashton Kutcher (playing a…
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Album Review: Mac DeMarco – Five Easy Hot Dogs
By Devon Risner, Contributor [Mac’s Record Label, 2023] Rating 6/10 Key Tracks: “Victoria”, “Crescent City” Whether DeMarco is retiring is still up for debate. Entering 2023 with a new record, Five Easy Hot Dogs, it leaves to question if he will quit at his peak. Moving away from his younger sound of “the laid-back prince…
Album Review: This Stupid World – Yo La Tengo
By Venus Rittenberg, Editorial Director [Matador; 2023] Rating: 8/10 Key Tracks: “Fallout”, “Aselestine”, “Until it Happens” Yo La Tengo is back with another fantastic record. For a band who appeared to be past their prime (and has appeared that way for a while), this is phenomenal. This Stupid World is the best the band has…
Album Review: Pierce The Veil – The Jaws of Life
By Nicholas Kobe, Contributor [Fearless Records; 2023] Rating 5/10 Key Tracks: “Death of an Executioner“, “The Jaws of Life”, “So Far So Fake“ San Diego rock band Pierce The Veil are a group that feels both surprisingly old and young at the exact same time. Formed in 2006, the band has been kicking for almost…
Album Review: The C.I.A – Surgery Channel
By Roman Salomone, Contributor [In The Red Records; 2023] Rating: 6/10 Key Tracks: “Impersonator”, “Over”, “Bubble” With enough albums under his belt to break Wikipedia, Ty Segall has taken full advantage of his 14+ year career releasing as many albums, singles, splits, comps, and collaborations as humanly possible. More often than not, he sticks to…
Single Review: PinkPantheress – Boy’s a liar Pt. 2
By Cody Englander, Contributor
[Warner Music UK; 2023]
Rating: 8/10
In a surprising turn of events, one of the top songs of the month is a sequel to a PinkPantheress track, this time featuring Bronx rapper Ice Spice. “Boy’s a liar Pt. 2” is a fun single that has more replay value than the original, even if the only major change is the inclusion of Ice Spice as a feature.
Album Review: Parannoul – After the Magic
By Ethan Hofer, Staff Writer
[POCLANOS; 2023]
Rating: 8/10
Key tracks: “Polaris”, Parade”, “After the Magic”
Shoegaze, known for its popularity mostly in the European scene, has truly shown how artists and bands internationally interpret the genre. Anonymous South Korean musician Parannoul has set the standard for modern-day shoegaze, especially on their debut record To See the Next Part of the Dream, known for its noisy, maximalist instrumentals. After the Magic follows a similar pattern to great effect.
Album Review: Ice Spice – Like..?
By: Cody Englander, Contributor [10K Projects] Rating: 6/10 Key Tracks: “Princess Diana”, “Bikini Bottom” Ice Spice has emerged as one of the most beloved new celebrities of 2022. Her unproblematic and charming personality attracted many new fans over the last year. Read more: Album Review: Samia – Honey She has curated a brand of self…
Movie Review: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
By: Cody Englander [Universal Pictures] Rating: 9/10 Puss in Boots: The Last Wish is a sequel to the overlooked Puss In Boots standalone movie from 2011. The sequel follows Puss (Antonio Banderas) on his ninth and final life, desperate to find the titular Last Wish and regain his lives. What’s stopping him? Goldilocks and three…
Movie Review: Avatar: The Way of Water
By Nicholas Kobe, Contributor [20th Century Fox; 2022] Rating: 6/10 The sequel to the most financially successful movie of all time is no easy hurdle to clear, but that was the challenge staring down director ,James Cameron, as he began work on Avatar: The Way of Water, the sequel to Avatar, released in 2009. Heralded…
Album Review: Samia – Honey
By: Grace Koennecke, Columns Editor Grand Jury Music; 2023 Rating: 6/10 Key tracks: “Kill Her Freak Out,” “Charm You,” “Mad At Me,” “Breathing Song” In 2020, Samia was just getting her start, a budding pop star following the same blueprint as the other young female singers around her. Her debut album The Baby saw her…
Album Review: Kaiba – Three Tyrsts
By Roman Salomone, Contributor [Self-Released; 2022] Rating: 8/10 Key Tracks: “Blue Mirror Window”, “Wake”, “Broken” Kaiba is a four-piece skramz outfit from Athens, Ohio that formed in the summer of 2019. The band consists of vocalist/guitarist Lane Moore, drummer Jack Hampton, vocalist/guitarist Emma Campbell, and bassist/sound engineer Jeff Podolski. The quartet recently embarked on a…
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