Last week, Marvel Comics released Young Avengers #15, the concluding issue of Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie’s teen superhero saga. Over the last year, the series built a passionate fanbase for its blend of emotional drama and sweeping action, for…
Christmas Music Guidebook: A Hawaiian Holiday Hullabaloo!
There are few things in popular culture as divisive as Christmas music. The mere mention of the topic tends to create two factions in an otherwise amenable group; one party feels as though they must come up with progressively more…
Christmas Music Guidebook: A Totally Tijuana Christmas!
There are few things in popular culture as divisive as Christmas music. The mere mention of the topic tends to create two factions in an otherwise amenable group; one party feels as though they must come up with progressively more…
Album Reviews: Luscious Jackson, The Shondes, Mike Doughty
Luscious Jackson – Magic Hour (City Song Records, 2013) It’s been fourteen years since the last Luscious Jackson album. In their late-90s heyday, their infectious tunes spanned the divide between the underground and overground, breaking into modern rock radio playlists…
Interview: Creators Vivek J. Tiwary And Andrew Robinson Discuss “The Fifth Beatle”
Vivek Tiwary and Andrew Robinson’s The Fifth Beatle is a new graphic novel that tells the story of Brian Epstein, a man who discovered and managed The Beatles, and built them from a modestly popular local band into the most…
M.I.A. live at Terminal 5, 11/1/2013
On November 1st, M.I.A. played the first of a pair of New York City shows promoting the release of her new album, Matangi. The evening began with a surprise: a brief intro over the house PA, and then a live…