Film Review: Late Night Is Comedic Gold For Amazon Studios

Coming out in theaters on June 7, I cannot contain how much I want you to see Late Night. Directed by Nisha Ganatra and written…

TV Review: Animal Kingdom Season 4 Has The Codys More Divided

Season 3 rocked Animal Kingdom fans because it saw the death of Baz Cody. For all that the Codys lived life on the edge, the…

Diandra Interviews Sage Charmaine: The Harley Quinn of Music

So many artists are, actually, shy; using music to build the inner worlds they carry. For Sage Charmaine, her persona/ artistic alter ego is a…

Diandra Interviews Rebecca Haviland: Capturing An Americana Spirit

Playing Berlin on June 4, Rebecca Haviland’s music combines a country roots sound with a heart-stringed sentimentality. Similar to Brandi Carlile or Kacey Musgraves, she…

Diandra Interviews Elle Winter: The Random Connections of Music

There are many things that are discussed about the music industry, but its “randomness” is often overlooked. For all your hard work and vision, being…

Concert Review: Fantastic Negrito Is Genuinely Fantastic

In Spanish, it is common to take an attribute of either a persons’ looks or personality and add an “ita” or “ito” to both elaborate…

Concert Review: Lady Lamb Goes Patti Smith At Elsewhere

  I was, simultaneously, surprised and unsurprised by how cool Lady Lamb is as a performer/ person. From the minute she began, I thought of…

Concert Review: Calpurnia Give Me An Existential Crisis At Irving Plaza

I did it again. I went to another show where someone in their teens was outliving me in my twenties. Sadism might be my actual…

Concert Review: Weyes Blood Makes Me Happy For Her At MHOW

  Watching Weyes Blood, I had a sentimental moment. A few years back, I saw her: unsigned and opening for the opener at MHOW. The…

Concert Review: : Dennis Lloyd Is An International Star At Irving Plaza

It’s always weird, for me, seeing international stars because I am reminded that there is a world beyond America. Although I have travelled the world…

Concert Review: Morgan Saint Transforms At Irving Plaza

Seeing Morgan Saint, after interviewing her, brought her music and style full circle to me. For Morgan, music is reflective and thus transformative. She needs…

Film Review: Always Be My Maybe Is The RomCom of The Year

I have to say Netflix is outdoing itself with its releases, which explains why it has decided to show Always Be My Maybe (ABMM) in…

Theatre Review: Mac Beth Reveals The Power of “Power”

One thing that I always loved about Shakespeare is that he questioned the morality of power or rather its holder. For him, if you cannot…

Diandra Interviews Black Pistol Fire: Staying Competitive And Clear

Black Pistol Fire’s performance style and music can ignite an organized chaos; pushing people to dance and mosh as if life was a barrel of…

Theater Review: Octet Is The Gospel According To Black Mirror

If Black Mirror ever decided to do a gospel choir, it would be Octet. Playing Signature Theater until June 8, Dave Malloy’s new musical goes…