Articles by Luke Pearson

cleopatrick Give Drums-and-Guitar Rock a Hip-Hop Twist on 'BUMMER'

PUBLISHED Jun 2, 2021

Hailing from what is described self-deprecatingly as Nowheretown in their press release, we feel it our patriotic duty to inform you that p...

fanclubwallet's Specifics Are Personal but the Vibes Are Relatable on 'Hurt Is Boring' EP

PUBLISHED May 12, 2021

Written during and about the pandemic (with the added stress of a 10-month recovery from an unrelated health flare-up), fanclubwallet's deb...

CFCF Pays Homage to the Heady Years of Y2K on 'memoryland'

PUBLISHED Apr 5, 2021

Here is another quality electronic release setting out to explore a specific musical era. Last month, British producer Danny L. Harle mined...

Danny L Harle Is Here to Save '90s Rave with 'Harlecore'

PUBLISHED Feb 24, 2021

Popular music has been borrowing '80s synth sounds for what seems like a while now, both in the Top 40 and otherwise, with some examples so...

'Anne at 13,000 ft' Is an Enigmatic Portrait of a Quiet Breakdown

Directed by Kazik Radwanski

PUBLISHED Feb 17, 2021

After a string of well-received short films in the mid-2000s, Toronto's Kazik Radwanski returns with his third feature, the final entry in...

John Carpenter Brings Irony-Free Confidence to Loveable Horror Cheese on 'Lost Themes III: Alive After Death'

PUBLISHED Feb 3, 2021

Continuing his late-career resurgence as a creative musical force, famed horror director/composer John Carpenter has released his third alb...

Bicep's Trance Formula Works Most of the Time on 'Isles'

PUBLISHED Jan 19, 2021

Irish duo Bicep debuted strongly in 2017 with their self-titled album — a confident mix of continental trance melodicism and urban grit tha...

'Mank' Is a Beautiful Requiem for Depression-Era Hollywood

Directed by David Fincher

PUBLISHED Dec 3, 2020

With the exceptions of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and possibly The Social Network, David Fincher has spent much of his feature fil...