We’ve gotten through six months of one of the most cursed years in recent memory, and one of the few really good things about this first half of a year has been the music – at least, the stuff that…
Album Review: The 1975 – “Notes on a Conditional Form”
In the music video for “Girls”, one of the most praised tracks on the 1975’s eponymous debut, frontman Matty Healy proclaims that his band isn’t pop. This statement, as potentially self-aggrandizing as it may seem, does raise up some interesting…
YALLWest 2020: 5 Ways to Embrace Sucking at Writing
While quarantine may have us all holed up in our homes, YALLWEST continued to make staying home a little brighter with its panel, “Suckage is a Part of Writing.” As an aspiring author myself, who experiences writing mental breakdowns on…
All the Bright Places Review: Elle Fanning impresses in new Netflix adaptation
After the incredibly bewitching Hearts Beat Loud, Brett Haley returns with a story that is at turns tender, but also very aware of its subject matter. Amidst the pain of our past, we can find solace in things. We imbue…
‘The Gentlemen’ Movie Review: Guy Ritchie’s re-snatch rocks the suits and deserves better rolls
Upon exiting Aladdin, the need to issue an APB for the Hatfield filmmaker, who we used to know, was immediate and intense. No whole new world was seen, and in its stead was a walled dead-end to stop Ritchie’s distinct…
Album Review: Algiers – “There Is No Year”
Atlanta post-punk band Algiers has never been a group for those faint of heart. Their 2017 album, The Underside of Power, was a brutal, unrelenting snapshot of the world’s political climate. Last August, the quartet released “Can The Sub_Bass Speak?”,…