Album Review: TWIABP&IANLATD - Harmlessness
By Megan Fair, Features Editor [Epitaph; 2015] Rating: 4.5/5 Key Tracks: “January 10th, 2014,” “Rage Against the Dying of the Light,” “Ra...
Album Review: Kurt Vile - b'lieve i'm goin down...
By Daniel Marco, Contributor [Matador; 2015] Rating: 3.5/5 Key Tracks: “Pretty Pimpin,” “All in a Daze Work,” “Lost my Head there”...
Album Review: U.S. Girls - Half Free
By Eli Shively, Contributor [4AD; 2015] Rating: 3.5/5 Key Tracks: “Damn That Valley,” “Woman’s Work” Upon signing to a bigger label for...
Preview: Good Personalities, Salvage the Tongue, Normal State, rubythroat / October 1 / The Smiling
By Jennifer Castaneda, Contributor The Smiling Skull / Thursday, October 1, 2015 Having a rough day, week, month or year? Are you asking...
Movie Review: The Hunting Ground
By Kim Reynolds, Contributor [Cinedigm; 2015] Rating: 5/5 “One in five women in college is sexually assaulted.” This daunting statistic...
Feature: Bowlin' with Diet Cig
Text and photos by Julia Leiby, Music Director Alex Luciano is an Energizer Bunny. She hops around onstage, a wide grin across her face,...
Album Review: The Dead Weather - Dodge and Burn
By Diana Buchert, Contributor [Third Man; 2015] Rating: 3.5/5 Key Tracks: “Be Still,” “Mile Markers,” “Buzzkill(er).” Though former White...
Album Review: The Kickback - Sorry All Over the Place
By Kim Reynolds, Contributor [Julian; 2015] Rating: 3.5/5 Key Tracks: “Sting’s Teacher Years,” “Nately,” “White Lodge” The Kickback is an...
Album Review: Chris Cornell - Higher Truth
By Daniel Marco, Contributor [Universal; 2015] Rating: 2.5/5 Key Tracks: “Dead Wishes,” “Higher Truth” Higher Truth, singer/songwriter...
Live Review: Father John Misty at LC Pavilion, Sept 23
By Devon Hannan, Contributor “Reading journalist intellectual types try to make rational sense of what the fuck I’m doing on stage is...
