It's been seven years since Phantom Planet played a “proper show” in Los Angeles. But at the Lodge Room on Friday, May 10 (after a last-minute shift from Downtown's Resident), it seemed like the band and Angelenos hadn't missed a beat. The show, the second of a trio of Southern California reunion shows, drew a packed house that got to a see a band firing on all … [READ]
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Like so many comics lovers, we are a bunch of horny fucks here at Loser City, so we decided to count down the top 11 CBR-exclusive stories we'd bone if they were … [BUY]
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Learning to Appreciate Life in Jim Jarmusch’s The Dead Don’t Die
The Dead Don't Die is certainly a Jim Jarmusch film. In his career, he's brought his own idiosyncratic approach to quiet dramas, mafia films and Westerns. It never quite approaches parody or deconstruction; Jarmusch is interested in and a fan of the tropes of … [READ]
10 Underrated Albums from 2018
2018 was stuffed with phenomenal work and now Chris Jones is here to add even more to your plate with a rundown of 10 overlooked gems from the year. Big Ups Two Parts Together Like far too many other bands, Big Ups split apart right as they seemed to … [READ]
A Million and One Places to Go: Revisiting the Art of the Hustle in Susan Siedelman’s Smithereens
Do you have a picture in your head of New York? Does it come from real life? Or the memory of art? I know the New York I see when I close my eyes. It is rooted in history but still basically myth, culled from photographic histories of the births of punk and … [READ]
Happy Rhodes’ Ectotrophia is a Gumbo of Moody 80s Musical Staples
Numero Group’s press release for Ectotrophia, a compilation of long-out-of-print tracks by dream pop solo act Happy Rhodes, mentions that the artist’s vocals and neoclassical stylistic flairs “are [often] favorably compared to heralded English chanteuse Kate … [READ]
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