Mac DeMarco’s Typically Charming Third Album Plays It Cool, Sneaking Up On You When You Least Expect It Most of Mac DeMarco’s music falls under the same banner: a heavy sigh, followed by a gap-toothed, winking grin transposed into song. He’s both eminently unperturbed and yet often plumbs the depths of melancholy in his albums – …
Two of America’s Lingering Pop Stars Have Adjusted to the Times With Approaches Befitting Their Current Personas Two weeks ago, DJ Khaled released the single “I’m the One“, a swirly and skeletal track featuring Quavo, Chance the Rapper, Lil Wayne and an anthemic hook by Justin Bieber. Then, sometime earlier today Miley Cyrus dropped …
Tiny Furniture in Huge Houses Before there was Girls, there was Tiny Furniture, the micro-budget feature film that launched Lena Dunham’s career. Think Hannah, think Jessa, and think extreme relevance in the form of ‘what-the-hell-am-I-doing-with-my-life’ themes.
One of the Most Talked About New Shows of the Year Benefits Greatly From the Streaming Service Behind It I’m not even gonna deny it: I haven’t watched this show. I’ve caught a few stray episodes – or, more accurately, a cluster of scenes from a few episodes – here and there, but I …
A Sophomore British Post-Punk LP, Lesser But Still Incredible Kanye Record and Jubilant Psych-Pop Release
Planting a Family Is Easy, Growing One Is Hard, But The Kids Are All Right “Why’d you donate sperm?” “Well, it’s a lot more fun than donating blood.” True indeed, but far messier…
We Ran a Few Questions by David Liebe Hart, Puppeteer and Musician of Tim & Eric Fame David Liebe Hart is a name that would be long familiar to alternative comedy cultists and those with a particular set of interests. With a career spanning forty years, Liebe Hart is renowned for his many talents and idiosyncratic displays …
In a World Where You Don’t Own the Story of Your Life, Love is the Only Tale Worth Telling “To me, what everybody gets wrong about ghosts is the notion that they’re dead.” So says Pak Jun Do, the protagonist of The Orphan Master’s Son, a man who has spent his entire life being haunted, …