The precise genre categorization of Sebastián Silva’s Tyrel is difficult to pin down in concrete terms, namely because it is based entirely on the specific cultural baggage each individual viewer brings to the film. For many, it’s a horror movie;…
Album Review: Jeff Tweedy – Warm
On last year’s Together at Last, Jeff Tweedy stripped down some of his lengthy career’s most beloved tunes, presenting them as intimate, acoustic confessions. And it seems as though he remained in that muted, barebones headspace when charting out the songs…
Album Review: Sleep – “The Sciences”
Although their career is far from prolific, each of Sleep’s towering releases makes a new crop of metalheads stop and take notice. Even without any new studio material in the last fifteen years, their legendary catalog has maintained their status…
Album Review: Dilly Dally – Heaven
For Dilly Dally, Heaven is a much-needed rebirth. The Toronto-based four-piece had no way of anticipating the success that would follow their 2015 debut, and the newfound wave of attention nearly tore the band apart. You can hear the strain…
Movie Review: Nobody’s Fool
If ever there were a movie that fully encapsulated the internal conflict audiences feel every time there’s a new Tyler Perry production, it’s Nobody’s Fool. Because on one hand, it’s reassuring to see a major studio release that’s such a…
What They Had Movie Review: An all star cast paints a humanist portrait of grief
Generally speaking, terminal illness is a pretty safe bet if you’re looking to craft a tear-jerking indie drama. It’s appropriately tragic, reaching its tendrils into nearly every aspect of loved ones’ lives, and, most importantly, it’s all too relatable for…
Album Review: High On Fire – “Electric Messiah”
When does Matt Pike sleep? When the influential metal frontman isn’t promoting his project Sleep’s acclaimed comeback record, he’s serving double duty as both the chief vocalist and lead guitarist for High On Fire, one of metal’s most reliably hard-hitting…
