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The Year In Music So Far. (5/7/13)
ATOMS FOR PEACE “AMOK” (9.0) This phenomenal supergroup, which birthed from Thom Yorke’s experiment to see if his electronically-driven solo record could be played live, features RHCP’s Flea and...
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The Year in Music So Far. (5/8/13) Part One.
JAMES BLAKE “Overgrown” (8.0) Slow, soulful and ambient electronic music driven by Blake’s mature and powerful voice. This young talent has a great future ahead of him as one of Britain’s brightest...
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The Year in Music So Far. (5/8/13) Part Two.
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE “The 20/20 Experience” (7.5) Having separated himself well from his boy band past, JT has elevated his talented presence into a great solo career and as an actor in film and a funny...
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The Year In Music So Far. (5/9/13) Part One.
THE THERMALS “Desperate Ground” (7.0) Confident, energetic and anthemic indie punk from Portland that thrives on excellent lyricism and clean, crisp guitar work. It flows well from beginning to end,...
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The Fair Gatsby… a review of Baz Luhrmann’s “THE GREAT GATSBY”
THE GREAT GATSBY Score: 5.5 Baz Luhrmann’s rendition of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s literary classic is quite a flashy show. It looks and sounds great, but is ultimately hollowed by its lack of substance....
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Album Review: DAFT PUNK “Random Access Memories”
Score: 10.0 On their most organic album to date, the acclaimed French duo break away from the usual, looking upon live instruments, human voices and a mellower sound to craft another fantastic record...
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Album Review: VAMPIRE WEEKEND “Modern Vampires Of The City”
Score: 8.5 The giddy and eclectic NYC band have a lot to offer on their third album, driven by a knack for great lyricism and a spirited ability to write catchy pop songs without the cookie cutter...
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“REBELS ON THE BACKLOT”… Recommended reading and the start of a new review...
REBELS ON THE BACKLOT Journalist Sharon Waxman has always been recognized for her cutthroat style, working every angle she can to bring interested readers the most educational and beneficial details...
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The Rebels Revisited: Steven Soderbergh’s “TRAFFIC”
TRAFFIC (2000) Score: 10.0 The first of fifteen films I am reviewing for “The Rebels Revisited” series is interestingly the last film chronologically on the list, Steven Soderbergh’s atmospheric and...
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Badasses in space! STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS reviewed.
STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS Score: 8.5 Its not as well rounded as its predecessor, but Star Trek Into Darkness is nevertheless a visually stunning and gorgeously shot thrill ride with plenty of action and...
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The Year In Music So Far (5/18/13)
THE STROKES “Comedown Machine” (7.0) It struggles in the first have half trying to find an outlet of creativity and it even loses you at times, but once the band learns to let go and experiment a...
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The Rebels Revisited: Quentin Tarantino’s “RESERVOIR DOGS”
RESERVOIR DOGS (1992) With one film down and fourteen to go, we move on to one of the most impacting films of the rebel years. That is Quentin Tarantino’s visceral, unapologetic and groundbreaking...
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The Year In Music So Far. (5/22/13)
KAVINSKY “OutRun” (B+) A nostalgic, cinematic dose of electronic madness that channels the atmosphere and sound of 80s synthesizer-driven film scores. A nice contribution from the ever great French...
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New ideas. More action. Still struggles. “THE HANGOVER PART III” Review.
It introduces a new formula and is a notch better than the second, but this third and final act still struggles to match the glory of the original. I didn’t expect much from this film to be honest. I...
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Noah Baumbach’s love letter to Woody Allen and the French New Wave. “FRANCES...
Taking notes from Woody Allen and the French New Wave, Noah Baumbach scores another enjoyable work led by a charming, sharp performance from his leading lady Greta Gerwig. Since his remarkable 1995...
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The Rebels Revisited: “BEING JOHN MALKOVICH”
BEING JOHN MALKOVICH (1999) The third film being visited in the “rebels” series is perhaps the most bizarre, yet one of the most intriguing in the bunch. 1999′s Being John Malkovich. Its completion...
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The Year In Music So Far. (5/28/13)
THE NATIONAL “Trouble Will Find Me” (A-) The further they have evolved in their career, the more they have been a wonderful example of what modern American rock and roll can offer. Driven by its dark...
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Album Review: QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE “…Like Clockwork”
After a six year absence, QOTSA return with a better record than Era that is on par with Lullabies, yet still stands below their first three efforts. Its been six years since we have heard any new...
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Brand new NINE INCH NAILS. “Came Back Haunted”
The first new material from Trent Reznor’s original brainchild since 2008′s The Slip is here. The track “Came Back Haunted” has a nice beat to it, bearing undertones to the style of industrial Reznor...
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Album Review: DISCLOSURE “Settle”
The UK electronic duo’s full-length debut is a confident, focused endeavor of dance floor anthems that grab you and refuse to let go until the record stops spinning. First off, I have to mention how...
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