Label Spotlight: Drums & Wires Recordings
In today’s landscape, we are inundated with media. Long gone are the days when one had to go to record stores or rely on recommendations…
SIFF 2019: week three highlights
A luscious collection of Pacific Island stories, profound documentaries about forces of nature, and one of honoree Regina Hall’s breakthrough films are among my picks…
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Legendary's MonsterVerse continues with Godzilla: King of the Monsters, a sequel to Gareth Edward’s 2014 Godzilla. Thus far, this ‘verse hasn’t thrilled me: I remember…
SIFF Take: A Dog Called Money
PJ Harvey’s album The Hope Six Demolition Project is a mashup of a poetry, travel diary, collaborative composition, and art installation. Harvey traveled with photojournalist…
SIFF Take: Roll Red Roll
In 2012, I remember hearing about the Steubenville rape case via Twitter, and as I started following Alexandria Goddard’s tweets and blogs about, I became…
SIFF Take: What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
I didn’t know about Pauline Kael until the early 2000s. Growing up, the only film critics I knew were Siskel & Ebert; I never even…
The new Rat Fancy Album is going to make our summer C86-errific!
Remember a couple years ago when Rat Fancy gave us “possibly the sweetest collection of ‘fuck you’s’ ever committed to vinyl” with the summer time…
SIFF 2019: week two highlights
An experimental documentary about two Hollywood legends, a new take on an animated masterpiece, and a sporty Iranian melodrama are among the must-see offerings in…
Blue Glass: Pale Mirror
Blue Glass is performing live at Slim’s Last Chance Saloon on Friday, 24th May. Concert details here. Seattle’s music scene has been sorely lacking for darkwave…
SIFF Take: Brittany Runs a Marathon
I was admittedly nervous about seeing Brittany Runs a Marathon, because I worried that this would be a “woman loses weight and is instantly happy”…