I was in the minority who believed that Leonard Cohen’s You Want it Darker was a stronger end-of-life album than David Bowie’s Blackstar in 2016, and I stand by that opinion now. Deep, dark,…
Marianne & Leonard Words of Love Movie Review: A complex portrait of a troubled romance
In the early 60s, a young struggling fiction writer named Leonard Cohen became struck by the lavish beauty of the Greek isle of Hydra, a welcome respite from the chilling winds of Quebec. There, he be…
This is Pop? Podcast Episode 13: 2018 Grammy Predictions
The nominees for the 60th annual Grammy Awards were announced on Nov. 28 and included nods for several of the biggest acts of 2017, from Kendrick Lamar and Bruno Mars to Kesha and The National.…
Matt on Music: Five Stages of Grief
Editor’s note: From 2012 to 2014, Matt Rice wrote the music column Matt on Music for The Eastern Echo, the student newspaper for Eastern Michigan University. Beginning earlier this month, Matt r…