reviews
Paramore Make Their Case on the Fantastic 'This Is Why'
PUBLISHED Feb 10, 2023
Paramore's trajectory has been quite incredible to behold. Outlasting most of their peers in the mid-aughts emo/pop-punk bratpack, the band...
'Magic Mike's Last Dance' Is a Limp Final Thrust
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
PUBLISHED Feb 10, 2023
Each Magic Mike movie belongs to a different genre. Steven Soderbergh's 2012 original — despite its infectious gyrating and bevy of well-oi...
'Somebody I Used to Know' Is a Hollow Imitation of a Movie We Used to Know
Directed by Dave Franco
PUBLISHED Feb 10, 2023
Somebody I Used to Know is the very definition of a fine-but-not-good movie. It's amenable, has some good performances and is decently made...
Yo La Tengo Are in It Together on 'This Stupid World'
PUBLISHED Feb 9, 2023
"I want to fall out of time," sings Ira Kaplan in 'Fallout.' "Reach back, unwind." The fight against time will always be a losing one, but...
FONTINE Introduces Herself on the Enchanting 'Yarrow Lover' EP
PUBLISHED Feb 8, 2023
FONTINE has quietly been a key player in the Manitoba folk scene for what feels like ages now. A natural collaborator, she's worked with an...
Tennis Move Forward While Looking Back on the Glitzy 'Pollen'
PUBLISHED Feb 8, 2023
Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley, now in their second decade as Tennis, have built much of their identity around the slow and steady progress...
'Consecration' Commits the Sin of Being a Bit Dull
Directed by Christopher Smith
PUBLISHED Feb 8, 2023
Like Christopher Smith's previous film, The Banishing, Consecration is atmospheric and plays with themes of guilt, faith, trauma and the su...
Black Belt Eagle Scout Traverses Difficult Emotional Terrain on 'The Land, the Water, the Sky'
PUBLISHED Feb 7, 2023
Following her 2019 sophomore album At the Party with My Brown Friends, Katherine Paul's latest missive as Black Belt Eagle Scout — the warm...