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MIKE WATT: ON AND OFF BASS by Mike Watt
reviewed by Matt Edmund

MIKE WATT: ON AND OFF BASS by Mike Watt

Three Rooms Press, 100 pages, hardcover, $25.00 Looking west from the shores of Long Beach, California stands the tall cranes of the Port of Los [...]

YES YES – Dogstar! Heal Your Weightlessness!
reviewed by Chris Martin

YES YES – Dogstar! Heal Your Weightlessness!

When I first listened to the latest output by Yes Yes, the product of musician Michael Ersing, I thought to myself, What the hell was [...]

TAKE THIS WALTZ
reviewed by Matthew Schuchman

TAKE THIS WALTZ

116 min., dir. by Sarah Polley, with Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, and Sarah Silverman Delivering her second feature as a director, Sarah Polley decided to [...]

WAVUMBA
reviewed by Matthew Schuchman

WAVUMBA

80 min., dir. by Jeroen Van Velzen, with Mohammed Masoud Muyongo and Juma Lonya Mwapitu Every piece of folklore I’m familiar with is older than [...]

JOYCE MANOR – Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired
reviewed by Josh Diamond

JOYCE MANOR – Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired

Joyce Manor released their self-titled debut album in 2011 to positive reviews from punk websites, including the distinction of “Album of the Year” from Punknews.org.  [...]

FRANCOPHRENIA
reviewed by Matthew Schuchman

FRANCOPHRENIA

69 min., dir. by Ian Olds and James Franco Twenty years ago, my father made a video for my mother’s 40th birthday that he unveiled [...]

EDDIE: THE SLEEPWALKING CANNIBAL
reviewed by Matthew Schuchman

EDDIE: THE SLEEPWALKING CANNIBAL

90 min., dir. by Boris Rodriguez, with Thure Lindhardt, Dylan Smith, and Georgina Reilly For me, a good movie is one that gets its point [...]

NAKED GODS – No Jams
reviewed by Peter Cauvel

NAKED GODS – No Jams

You probably haven’t yet heard of Naked Gods, but that may soon change. The Boone, North Carolina band’s sophomore effort, No Jams, is a rare [...]

THE DOOZER – Keep It Together
reviewed by Garrett Lyons

THE DOOZER – Keep It Together

Cambridge, England-based folk-pop act The Doozer is just about everything you’d expect from a British singer-songwriter act. The melodies are baroque in nature with cues [...]

CRUSHED STARS – In the Bright Rain
reviewed by Peter Cauvel

CRUSHED STARS – In the Bright Rain

I’ll admit I was a bit intimidated by Crushed Stars at first. This is going to take a serious attention span, I thought to myself [...]

JAD FAIR – Bird House
reviewed by Garrett Lyons

JAD FAIR – Bird House

Half Japanese founder Jad Fair teamed up with French artist Hifiklub and German artist kptmichigan to produce an EP that is far, far, far from [...]

THE CABIN IN THE WOODS
reviewed by Matthew Schuchman

THE CABIN IN THE WOODS

Lions Gate 105 min., dir. by Drew Goddard, with Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, and Richard Jenkins Stop me when you’ve heard this one before: a group [...]

JAMES VINCENT MCMORROW – We Don’t Eat
reviewed by Chris Martin

JAMES VINCENT MCMORROW – We Don’t Eat

Only five songs in length, James Vincent McMorrow’s newest digital EP highlights the singer-songwriter’s melodic voice and lyrical abilities. We Don’t Eat is a mixture [...]

SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS – Ghostory
reviewed by Chris Martin

SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS – Ghostory

School Of Seven Bells‘ new album Ghostory has all the elements needed for a killer record. Alejandra Deheza’s voice is simultaneously beautiful and haunting, the [...]

AMERICAN REUNION
reviewed by Matthew Schuchman

AMERICAN REUNION

Universal Pictures 113 min., dir. by Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, with Jason Biggs, Alyson Hannigan, and Seann William Scott The original American Pie came [...]