Theatre Review: Broad Comedy Confront Cruelty Veiled As Conservative

The Republican image has been divided between two tarnished looks.The first one of a wealthy, educated “uppity” person that believes in fiscal responsibility if it…

Album Review: Negash Ali Gives Sonic Ascension Against Arrogance

Negash Ali can SPIT A RHYME! His flows feel as instantly legendary as Kanye’s College Dropout, Eminem’s Marshall Mathers LP, or Nas’ Stillmatic. You know…

Album Review: Marlon Williams Makes You Make Way For Love

Marlon Williams is a refreshing, old soul. He sings to modern relationships and their complexities as if he were a 1950’s pop artist. In his…

Album Review: U.S. Girls Turns Life Into A Poem Unlimited

A poem is a metered verse meant to imagine and elaborate the essence of humanity. Its rhythm is actually a bounce-pad for its comments on…

Film Review: The Boy Downstairs Steps Into Relationship Uncertainty

The Boy Downstairs proves that comedy is tragic. Zosia Mamet plays Diana who is incredibly insecure, which puts her in awkward situations. You laugh at…

Artist Close-Up: Loma Create A Lyrical Dance With Darkness

If darkness could have a lyrical dance, it would be to Loma’s self-titled debut. You simply imagine a black orb swindling and swinging throughout every…

Album Review: Fischerspooner Make You Call Your Nightlife “Sir”

Listening to Fischerspooner’s new album, Sir, is like walking into an NYC pop-art gallery. Each track feels like an industrialized painting with a Humans of…

Film Review: Three Reasons Marvel’s Black Panther Is Empowering Cinema

1) Beauty There is not one scene in Black Panther where I am not like, “YAAAASSSS!!! BOOK ME A FLIGHT TO WAKANDA!!!!!!!!!!!”. Even when the…

Theatre Review: The Bench Makes You Acknowledge The Homeless

Synopsis: Based on true stories, The Bench, set in urban decay and rubble, explores the emotional heartbreak of five homeless characters and the catastrophic hysteria surrounding AIDs…

TV Review: Here And Now Makes You Stay And Watch Humanity

Synopsis: On the surface, the Bayer-Boatwrights of Portland, Ore. are the model of a progressive, multiracial family. Greg is a respected philosophy professor and author;…

Album Review: Palm’s Rock Island Sonically Imagines Boredom

Prepare for a VERY STRANGE REVIEW! Why? Because Palm’s Rock Island is an eclectic album, but I like it. It sonically embodies boredom, but turns…

Theatre Review: Porto Looks At How Women Look At Themselves

Porto, written by Kate Benson and magnificently directed by Lee Sunday Evans, is brilliant. The writer has created a 90 minute play that is funny,…

Concert Review: Haunted Summer Animate Knitting Factory

Imagine if Donnie Darko made bedroom pop, and you would get Haunted Summer. Defined as the type of dreamy pop music that feels as texturized…

Concert Review: Cloud Castle Lake Make Life Feel Mythical

Sometimes, the things we think are against us are actually for us. Not every pain stems from our hurt as much as our discomfort at…

Album Review: MGMT Brings Light To Our “Little Dark Age”

“YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”, is what I said as I heard MGMT’s newest album, Little Dark Age. Like most “dark pop” rising from the ashes of a 2016…