We’re living through a bit of an americana renaissance within the alternative music scene. Popular independent artists lean more on traditional structures and country elements every year (think Slow Pulp’s “Yard”, most of Faye Webster’s and Big Thief’s catalogs). While Ryan Beatty is reaching the trend late, he leans much further into americana stylings on […]
“Swiss Army Man” at 10: Legacy Audit
Welcome to Legacy Audit: Movies, a series where I’ll be examining films released ten years ago relatively corresponding to the original week or so of their release date. The plan is to avoid covering just the movies you’d find at the top of best of the year lists, rather to cover a number of those […]
A Comprehensive List of All the Plot-holes in ‘Disclosure Day’
Disclosure Day is a 2026 film about what happens when a cybersecurity expert and a meteorologist obtain proof that alien life does in fact exist. The movie is directed by Steven Spielberg and stars Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth, Colman Domingo and Eve Hewson. Wyatt Russell is also there, I suppose. Now, I want […]
Album Review: SAYA by Saya Gray
The ambition tagged along with a prospective creative project is often short-lived. I, for one, have roughly a half-dozen sketchbooks filled a third of the way full, twenty books on my shelf that I have never read and a hundred songs that have been learned and subsequently forgotten on guitar. Prior to the release of […]
Album Review: I LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR YOU (DIRECTORS CUT) by JPEGMAFIA
Following his latest studio album, JPEGMAFIA’s I LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR YOU (DIRECTORS CUT), released on February 3, 2025, providing a reimagined version of his critically acclaimed album of the same name. Circumventing typical deluxe album protocol, Peggy instead integrates many of the 13 new tracks into the album’s original track list, stating in the […]
