reviews
'The Blackening' Flips Horror Clichés on Their Head
Directed by Tim Story
PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2023
More than most genres, horror can find itself weighed down by tropes — chief among them being cars not starting, inexplicably running up th...
John Early Skewers Millennials — and Himself — on 'Now More Than Ever'
Directed by Emily Allan and Leah Hennessey
PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2023
"We have to get serious, you guys!" John Early warns towards the end of his debut HBO comedy special, Now More Than Ever, which was taped i...
Hand Habits Lets the Light in on 'Sugar the Bruise'
PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2023
As Hand Habits, Meg Duffy has released three striking albums — 2017's Wildly Idle (Humble Before the Void), 2019's Placeholder and 2021's F...
Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: Kari Faux Goes Back Home on 'REAL B*TCHES DON'T DIE!'
PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2023
"Home is where the heart is," the adage goes, and it couldn't be clearer to Kari Faux. Upon leaving the "plastic life" of Los Angeles behin...
Boris & Uniform Compartmentalize the Catharsis on 'Bright New Disease'
PUBLISHED Jun 13, 2023
In March 2020, I was preparing to go see Uniform play with the Body; due to the onset of the pandemic, that concert never came to fruition....
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Deal in Black Magic and Black Comedy on 'PetroDragonic Apocalypse'
PUBLISHED Jun 13, 2023
Finally — King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard have made an album about lizards and wizards. With a title impossibly more tongue-twisting than...
Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: Avalon Emerson's '& the Charm' Is Clear-Eyed Reflection from a Consummate Party-Starter
PUBLISHED Jun 13, 2023
American-born, Berlin-based dance DJ Avalon Emerson evidently absorbed a lot of influences during her time behind the decks, as her debut a...
Lawnya Vawnya 2023 Was a Lucky Number 13
PUBLISHED Jun 12, 2023
Quaint, steeped in history and welcoming as much for its salt-soaked aura as the good-natured hospitality of its people, St. John's require...