It's our Bandcamp Picks of the Week, featuring the blistering metal of Melpomene's A BODY IS A SUGGESTION and the house'y electronica of Debbie Sings' OH MY! Read about both and then check them out over on @bandcamp.com!
There is more to THE MOUNTAIN to think about or talk about than any Gorillaz album in the last 15 years, but it still never reaches the highs of their previous work. It's a messy exploration of grief riddled with tonal contradictions and strange instincts.
Next Sunday, the 98th Academy Awards will air, but they'll have a notable exclusion: Daniel Lopatin’s beautiful MARTY SUPREME score. One of the best of '25, the textured synth work becomes a dazzling and complex reflection of the emotional journey of Marty Mauser.
It's our Bandcamp Picks of the Week, featuring @fanclubwallet.bsky.social's colorful pop album LIVING WHILE DYING, out now via Lauren Records, and a great stand-alone single from Telemarket entitled “Didn’t ask what’s on my mind,” with proceeds going to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund!
Despite a Change.org petition and protesters at the New Beverly, Quentin Tarantino's famed rep theater went ahead with a controversial double bill this weekend of DEEP THROAT & HOT SUMMER IN THE CITY, part of their throwback Eros programming in February and March.
It was a deeply evil evening.
I gave some love to that totes great Big Bill record. Go America*! (* = Not the actual America; the one that now lives in the haze of conditionality and faded human decency.)
It’s our Bandcamp Picks of the Week, featuring the zany punk rock of Big Bill’s SICK MYTH, out now via TODO Records, and the quirky indie pop of cootie catcher’s SOMETHING WE ALL GOT, out today via @carparkrecords.bsky.social! Read about both and then listen today over on @bandcamp.com!
On ECHO IN THE DUST, you can sense Julianna Riolino's confidence growing. Both as a songwriter and especially as a performer, the varied and dazzling alt-country songs on her sophomore album exude a playful boldness. Check out our premiere of the deluxe version of the album today!
It's our Bandcamp Picks of the Week, featuring the brilliant slow motion ambient country of Barry Walker Jr.'s PALEO SOL, out now via @thrilljockey.bsky.social, and the cool-as-fuck art punk of Sunday Mourners' A-RHYTHM ABSOLUTE! Read about both today and then check them out on @bandcamp.com!
Mary Lattimore and Julianna Barwick's collaborative record TRAGIC MAGIC is a conversation: At times delicate and sweet, occasionally restless, but always a constant, vibrant interchange of the ideas, both musically and philosophically.
After far too long away, I recently returned to @mgrmagazine.bsky.social for a couple reviews. Def. some good stuff here, and Velveteers especially is so great. Enjoy!
You could easily chalk it up to poor chemistry and strange miscasting, but for better or worse whatever Emerald Fennell traditionally brings to the table with regards to shock and awe pop filmmaking is lost in her drab version of WUTHERING HEIGHTS.
It's our Bandcamp Picks of the Week, looking back on two excellent 2025 alt rock records in Die Spitz's SOMETHING TO CONSUME, out now via @thirdmanrecords.bsky.social, and @thevelveteersband.bsky.social's A MILLION KNIVES, out now via Easy Eye Sound! Read about both and grab copies on @bandcamp.com!
Did you miss our roundup of the best shorts from this years Sundance? It includes shorts like Kate Renshaw-Lewis's BUSY BODIES, a looping meditation on our current mass industrialization in the Amazon age, and Leah Vlemmiks' AGNES, an exploration on aging!
I wrote about a few of my favorite films of 2025 over at @mgrmagazine.bsky.social!
From Steven Soderbergh's slick and snappy spy thriller BLACK BAG to Jafar Panahi's miracle of filmmaking and distribution IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT, we humbly present to you the 25 best films of 2025!
"Why is this Irishman suddenly a specter of all-consuming death? Same reason a lot of SoCal Mexican-Americans naively voted Trump—those who believe they’ll be the next to be ingratiated into whiteness are destined to be swallowed whole by that beast."
Happy Bandcamp Friday! Check out our Bandcamp Picks of the Week, featuring the classic power pop trimmings of Beauty's I'D DO ALMOST ANYTHING FOR YOU, out now via Strange View, and the thundering slowcore of Trembler's TOTAL SORRY, out now via Rite Field! merrygoroundmagazine.com/bandcamp-pic...
From Carter Amelia Davis's quirkily modern and unsettlingly HOMEMADE GATORADE to Jamie Kiernan O’Brien's impeccably acted and deeply felt GENDER STUDIES, here are the best shorts from Sundance 2026!
DON'T BE DUMB isn't A$AP Rocky's most essential music, but there is a keen sense of playfulness and exploration meant to pay dividends towards his future. A bridge between his art pop and indie rock interests and his hip-hop bonafides, it's a fun time.
Working at a record store taught me a tragic truth: no matter how much you love your favorite albums, they’ll never be as popular as they deserve to be. In the first Bargain Bin of 2026, I revisit an odd shift at The Pageant concert venue, a fear of mascots, Joe Buck, and seeing red.
@jackprobst.com is dusting off some LPs and exploring how music becomes etched into our stories. Eventually, all of our memories get marked down and tossed in The Bargain Bin. This month: Masklophobia, Joe Buck, venue gigs, and Split Enz's HISTORY NEVER REPEATS.
It's our Bandcamp Picks of the Week, featuring the proggy rock 'n roll of Alan Morse's loose studio exploration SO MANY WORDS and the depressive pop punk musings of Local Weatherman's RIGHT ONE. Read about both and then grab a copy tomorrow on @bandcamp.com!
"Come on in," Grace yells in SINNERS.
It's an emotional response that has angered audiences since the film was released. But as our current political moment is revealing, the vampires were always here, and they don't plan on leaving.
On I.C.E., Minneapolis, and Ryan Coogler's Best Picture nominee.
It’s our first Bandcamp Picks of the Week for 2026, featuring a staff favorite that missed our Best Albums of 2025 list in Hotline TNT’s RASPBERRY MOON, out now via @thirdmanrecords.bsky.social, and an early frontrunner for best post-hardcore album of the year in Feels Like Heaven’s WITHIN DREAMS!
In addition to announcing our upcoming showcase on 2/13, we're also premiering a new single from Mac Luster today! "Waiting Game" is early '80s The Replacements with some gauzy new wave'y influence (think The Cult or Killing Joke). Hear it early today!
Tickets on sale now, only 10 bucks! It's an early show with doors at 6, show at 6:30, so plan accordingly! See y’all there!
We’re back for our first showcase of 2026! Join us for a little bit of pre-V-Day fun on February 13th with @mattstagraham.bsky.social, Mac Luster, and Alberta at Permanent Records Roadhouse!
