Medium Rotation — Blue Raspberry; Prelude to Ecstasy
Reviews of Katy Kirby’s sophomore album and the Last Dinner Party’s debut. Continue reading Medium Rotation — Blue Raspberry; Prelude to Ecstasy
Then Playing — Saltburn; A New Leaf; Kaleidoscope
Reviews of films directed by Emerald Fennell, Elaine May, and Jack Smight. Continue reading Then Playing — Saltburn; A New Leaf; Kaleidoscope
Medium Rotation — Plastic Death; Melt the Honey; The Joy of Sects
Reviews of new albums by glass beach, PACKS, and Chemtrails. Continue reading Medium Rotation — Plastic Death; Melt the Honey; The Joy of Sects
Outside Reading — Universal Truths edition
Featuring: Brooke Barnes on a modern movie mogul and Frankie de la Cretaz on rise of women’s sports bars. Continue reading Outside Reading — Universal Truths edition
This Week’s Model — Hana Vu, “Hammer”
Hana Vu’s latest is a deep dazzler. Continue reading This Week’s Model — Hana Vu, “Hammer”
Medium Rotation — Letter to Self; Big Sigh
A fabulously loud debut from an Irish band and a spare but still powerful album from a seasoned singer-songwriter. Continue reading Medium Rotation — Letter to Self; Big Sigh
Book Report — A Life of Barbara Stanwyck: Steel-True 1907-1940; The Phoenix and the Mirror
A Life of Barbara Stanwyck: Steel-True 1907-1940 by Victoria Wilson Nonfiction, 2013 She had so many dogs that she had to take up carpets and get rid of various chairs. A visitor walked into her house, looked around at the … Continue reading Book Report — A Life of Barbara Stanwyck: Steel-True 1907-1940; The Phoenix and the Mirror
Oscarheimer
Whatever quibbles I might have, last night brought the best Oscars ceremony in years. Continue reading Oscarheimer
Outside Reading — The Collection edition
This week featuring: Joshua Hunt on Criterion, Lulu Garcia-Navarro interviewing Isabella Rossellini, and Ethan Shanfeld on a middle-of-the-night showing of “Dune: Part Two.” Continue reading Outside Reading — The Collection edition
This Week’s Model — Iron & Wine, “All in Good Time”
It’s not like Sam Beam needs outside assistance to make an Iron & Wire song sound quietly intense and understatedly majestic. Beam’s been releasing music under that name for more than twenty years, and he has never wavered in his … Continue reading This Week’s Model — Iron & Wine, “All in Good Time”
Coffee for Two 