reviews

'Seagrass' Embraces the Chaos of Family Dynamics

Directed by Meredith Hama-Brown

PUBLISHED Feb 21, 2024

Canadian director Meredith Hama-Brown contends with a lot in her feature film debut. The breakdown of a marriage, mixed-race relationship...

Erika de Casier Is Soft and Steely-Eyed on 'Still'

PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2024

'Still' brims with just as much character as Erika de Casier's last two projects, its very title plotting it alongside them in a continuum...

Chromeo Ease Into Midlife on 'Adult Contemporary'

PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2024

Chromeo are facing midlife head on with 'Adult Contemporary,' the funk duo’s sixth full-length and the follow-up to 2018’s 'Head Over Heels'...

IDLES Coalesce on the Fiery 'TANGK'

PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2024

There are two wolves inside of UK punks IDLES on their fifth album, 'TANGK'...

'Lovely, Dark, and Deep' Is Worth Getting Lost In

Directed by Teresa Sutherland

PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2024

In cinema, forests are often used as a metaphor for the mind — a labyrinth of traps impossible to understand, orient ourselves in or escape...

Squid Were in Transition in Toronto

Phoenix Concert Theatre, February 16

PUBLISHED Feb 17, 2024

Moreso in performance than on record, Squid have a firm idea of what they want to leave behind...

Vampire Weekend Capture the Pains of Aging on "Capricorn" and "Gen-X Cops"

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PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2024

A colleague and I have an ongoing discussion about "homework bands" — that is, artists who competently make music that objectively ticks al...

Maya Hawke Keeps a Tally of Regrets on "Missing Out"

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PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2024

Realizing that you’re on a different path than your peers is a difficult feeling — Maya Hawke pins that feeling down on “Missing Out”...