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Casper Skulls' "Dying in Eight Verses" Reflects on Generational Cycles of Rock
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PUBLISHED Mar 5, 2025
Casper Skulls have released a few songs from their upcoming album 'Kit-Cat,' and I'm enjoying how completely out of step they sound with...
Marvel Regains Its Superpowers in 'Daredevil: Born Again'
Created by Dario Scardapane, Matt Corman and Chris Ord
PUBLISHED Mar 5, 2025
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has been in its flop era since 2021, having taken a turn around the disappointment of 'Eternals.' That's not a...
'Riff Raff' Is a TIFF Laff
Directed by Dito Montiel
PUBLISHED Mar 4, 2025
'Riff Raff' is a masterwork of typecasting: there's Jennifer Coolidge as a sloppy drunk, Ed Harris as a gruff patriarch who balances caring...
Silly Stu's "McDonald's in the Pentagon" Is a Brainrot Happy Meal
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PUBLISHED Mar 3, 2025
Working hybrid means I naturally spend a lot of afternoons singing whatever song is stuck in my head to my cat, Monty, changing certain...
Jason Isbell's Songwriting Returns Home on 'Foxes in the Snow'
PUBLISHED Mar 3, 2025
It's a tale as old as time: a man and his guitar. To be specific, a mahogany Martin 0-17 acoustic from 1940. This is the chosen instrument...
Panda Bear Wants It Darker on 'Sinister Gift'
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PUBLISHED Mar 3, 2025
Panda Bear's 2007 masterpiece 'Person Pitch' is on my desert island list of all-time favourite albums, and while I doubt 'Sinister Grift'...
Even Mike Myers Couldn't Save 'SNL' from Shane Gillis's Disastrous Monologue
March 1, 2025
PUBLISHED Mar 2, 2025
On by far the weakest 'Saturday Night Live' episode of season 50 (and after more than a month off, so they could prepare for the 50th...
Djo's "Delete Ya" Is a Replay-Button Smash
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PUBLISHED Feb 28, 2025
"Then there's a lyric that, in context, stings," sings Joe Keery — a.k.a. Djo — as he reflects on visiting an old apartment in a city he no...
