Diandra Interviews Calixto Chinchilla: Founding The New York Latino Film Festival

The New York Latino Film Festival Hits New York On August 12, and it is WORTH IT! The films this year are phenomenally emotional, raw,…

Concert Review: Molly Burch Is My Judy At Rough Trade

  If Judy Garland had decided to become a “Sunflower Child” and join the beat generation in making Woodstock, you would have Molly Burch. The…

Artist Close-Up: Chloe MK Is A Pop Rebel At Soho- House

 I can honestly say that I have not seen too many artists have as much fun as Chloe MK on the stage. At Soho-House she…

Album Review: Half * Alive Are Fully Alive In Now, Not Yet

Powered by slick beats, handclaps, warbling bass, wild horns, shimmering keys, and an ecstatic falsetto-inflected chants, Half*Alive’s debut, Now, Not Yet, makes you fully alive.…

Film Review: Dora The Explorer Is Gleefully Optimistic

Dora The Explorer is one of the most positive, childhood characters every created. For this reason, some, have found her annoying and “open season” for…

Film Review: After The Wedding Redefines Family

Written and directed by Bart Freundlich,  After The Wedding plays like a quiet melodrama. It is seemingly noiseless in its building tension as each of…

Film Review: Peanut Butter Falcon Makes You Believe In Yourself

Peanut Butter Falcon is the most optimistic film I have seen in a long time. Happy endings feel rare, nowadays, in film. Moreover, when they…

Film Review: Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark Makes Rage A Dark Magic

Rage is a dark magic. I never thought of that. Yet, as you see Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark, and watch its villain…

Album Review: The Regrettes Ask How Do You Love?

How do you love? Are you a brute with a penchant for mean against your lover? Are you a sweetheart with a tendency for naivety…

Album Review: Ra Ra Riot Go “Superbloom” Into Adulthood

You never stop being vulnerable, and, because of that, you never stop having something to say. In perspective, the only way you can become bland…

Product AD: Chrissy’s Knee High Socks Are A Fashion Statement

When it comes to knee high socks, it is 100% a fashion statement. Yet, they are not the easiest thing to find, at least, in…

Diandra Interviews Nnena: Bringing Visuals To Verses

I am so excited and hopeful for Nnena’s future because her rap style is poetic. Her ability to make a verse sound like a painting…

Diandra Interviews Your Smith: Speaking Up For Your Music

I LOOOOOOOOVE YOUR SMITH! After our interview, I loved her more. At times, people presume strength is not having weakness. Yet, it is acknowledging that…

Diandra Interviews Final Child- Facing Life And Death Through Love

Final Child’s upcoming debut, Til Death Do Us Part, feels like a befitting title for, again, an artist called Final Child. Moreover, she writes her…

Album Review: Marika Hackman Wants Any Human Friend

Listening to Marika Hackman’s Any Human Friend, I kept on thinking of my friend who, laughingly, yelped, “You’ve Changed!” when I came back from a…