Articles by Jordan Currie

Hana Vu Unpacks Uncertainty on 'Public Storage'

PUBLISHED Nov 4, 2021

Hana Vu has had a brimming career, and she's still only at the beginning of it. The 21-year-old Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter has tou...

Lil Nas X Is No One-Trick Pony on 'MONTERO'

PUBLISHED Sep 17, 2021

When Montero Lamar Hill burst onto the music scene as Lil Nas X in 2018 with "Old Town Road," his country-rap song about cowboys and horses...

'Demonic' Doesn't Possess Much Creativity

Directed by Neill Blomkamp

PUBLISHED Aug 24, 2021

What do you get when you combine a virtual reality world in the vein of Black Mirror's "Playtest," a Stranger Things-esque monster and an e...

Willow Smith Makes Pop-Punk Her Own on 'lately i feel EVERYTHING'

PUBLISHED Jul 15, 2021

Willow Smith didn't think she was capable of singing rock music. Her pivot from dreamy pop and R&B to angsty punk rock was a surprise to he...

Emanuel's 'ALT THERAPY' Is an R&B Journey Through Healing

PUBLISHED Jun 17, 2021

Soothing, euphoric and completely therapeutic, Emanuel's debut album ALT THERAPY is appropriately titled and even more true in sound. The L...

'Desperate Times' Call for Mighloe's Dreamlike R&B

PUBLISHED Jun 2, 2021

Desperate Times, the newest project by Toronto-based singer-songwriter Mighloe, drifts into spring like a chilly breeze on a warm day, equa...

CUFF Review: 'Itchy Fingers' Is Horror for Theatre Kids

Directed by Anna Nilles & Marco Jake

PUBLISHED Apr 22, 2021

A socially awkward aspiring comedian living with a single parent, the uncovering of a dark plot that causes a descent into madness, and a w...

'Sugar Daddy' Reshapes Conversations About Sex Work

Directed by Wendy Morgan

PUBLISHED Mar 30, 2021

On a black screen in pristine cursive lettering, there are three title cards that appear at random throughout Sugar Daddy: "Timid," "Joyous...