Nick Hanover: I blame you for my entrance into the world of American Horror Story, Dylan. If it hadn’t been for your review of the first season and that laundry list of absurdities that made up the major plot points of the first season, I never would have wound up going down this rabbit hole […]
Anatomy of a Page: Kamandi #1 Pg. 2
We haven’t done an Anatomy of a Page for a splash yet, so what better time to start than on Jack Kirby’s birthday? And what better Kirby splash than this incredible page that kicks off Kamandi, the Last Boy on Earth #1? Kamandi may not be as well remembered as some of Kirby’s other creations, but it […]
Is This the End? Burning Out with The World’s End
Inspired perhaps by the ending that didn’t come last year despite whatever promise we read into Mayan calendar habits, 2013 has been a year for finality, from the apocalyptic narratives dominating pop culture to the tense, imminent conclusions of series like Breaking Bad. But few works this year merge metaphorical endings with literal ones quite […]
Mad Dukez + Fresh Kils – “Bootleg Bartenders”
Quakers’ self-titled Stones Throw debut was, in my opinion, one of the most slept on releases last year, so it shouldn’t be too surprising that Mad Dukez + Fresh Kils’ latest single “Bootleg Bartenders” has me all worked up. Anchored by a Geoff Barrow-esque beat courtesy of Fresh Kils, “Bootleg Bartenders” is slinky, its spy movie […]
Don’t Talk to the Cops – “Gimme That ’80s Butt”
Dadaism is a thing that gets thrown around a lot these days in the worlds of literature and indie rock, but you don’t hear it applied to hip-hop all that often. That’s too bad, because as Seattle’s Don’t Talk to the Cops prove, hip-hop and Dadaism are two cultural forces that come together pretty damn […]
On Matt Bors and Millennials
Editorial cartooning doesn’t typically get reviewed, and until I was assigned Matt Bors’ “Can We Stop Worrying About the Millennials Yet?” strip for CNN, I admittedly hadn’t thought much about that. On a personal level, I’d say it’s related to why we critics don’t cover a lot of humor strips, which my compatriot Daniel Elkin and I […]
The Courtneys – “Social Anxiety”
That bass starts and I freak out a bit because my brain instantly goes “Mclusky?!” as though that’s a totally normal response to a few guttural, sloppily plucked bass notes. Then every other piece of the band pops in and fuck, “Social Anxiety” no longer requires a reflex inspired by a fucked up Welsh thug […]
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