Give Up The Roast is a column that collides delicious caffeine with wild thrashing a la a bi-monthly coffee and punk album pairing — the
Reading, right? I know, it takes forever, you can’t cheat your way through it, and you have to read all by yourself. Something we often
If I were to describe Dinosaur Jr.’s album You’re Living All Over Me anecdotally, it would sound like this: Once upon a time, a fair-haired
After two albums that were financial failures, and darkness brewing from long stints of isolation, folk singer Nick Drake returned to the studio to record
It’s been 20 years since one of hip hop’s greatest albums was released. It’s an album a lot of people have never heard and even
I’d first heard of Lynch during my freshman year of college when a friend of mine, who was really big into “cult classics,” mentioned the
2014 has been one hell of a year. For one, we graduated from being only a blog to throwing parties and producing a quarterly print zine. We
Photos by Cheryl Art Basel, an immense, international showcase of modern and contemporary works, is the premiere pilgrimage of the art world. With shows in
Curated by Tim I have watched a lot of movies this year. Probably too many. Especially for someone who is basically broke (my mother would
Deep Purple’s “Highway Star” is the opening track of the band’s sixth studio album Machine Head, and it’s a propulsive precursor to what heavy metal
Curated by Nicole 2014 has been an interesting year for film music. All the usual suspects — Hans Zimmer (Interstellar and The Amazing Spider-Man 2),
Curated by Eva 2014 was an exciting year for film. I’ve recently been brought into a Sunday afternoon tradition of taking a trip to the movies.
The Slits were a gritty, British punk from the ’70s, now recognized as one of the foremother’s of the riot grrl movement. Their combination of
Curated by Nasa, Justin, and Shea. With the new year on the horizon, looking back on the past year is inevitable — everyone gets swept up
In an obvious ode / parody of Beatles mania, Babes in Toyland open their video for their grungy, bottom-heavy single “Sweet ’69” with a gaggle
Here’s a quick dose of ’80s New York City, pst-punk nostalgia. Bush Tetras was an all girl, post-punk/no wave band that was part of the
We’re digging into the past — in search of inspiration and ideas, highlighting both songs that have stood the test of time and those that never
Is there anything creepier than leaving a movie theater or a friend’s apartment after watching a scary movie? The sky always looks extra dark, modes of public
Stevie Nicks is an OG, but little did we know, the Fleetwood Mac singer and all around badass dabbled in taking selfies well before it
What makes a movie a cult classic? Well, first, it needs to be rejected by the mainstream. Then it’s often forgotten, only to be discovered by
Okay, Halloween is approaching and you have no clue what you should be. You don’t really want to be dressed like everyone else, you might
It’s hard to imagine, that just over 20 years ago, hip hop was still a relatively new musical genre just breaking into the mainstream. Today,
I never saw Mork & Mindy, and I wasn’t around to see his drug addled early days, but I did grow up wishing Robin Williams
I have a recurring dream where I am a Rōnin Samurai: traveling through the countryside of ancient Japan, usually drunk, dressed like Tuxedo Mask, and without
Pulp Fiction on Netflix Possibly the strongest tonic for A Case of the Mondays. Watch it here.
I have a confession to make that I’m not particularly proud of. Sometimes I joke about it, but have never fully indulged in what caused
Blank City on Netflix This documentary of New York’s underground film movement features artists, actors, musicians that are now synonymous with New York in the
Hasil Adkins (Pronounced ‘Hassle’ sort of like those dudes who try and sell their hip hop album to you on Broadway) is a now largely
It’s been a decade since the release of Zach Braff’s directorial debut Garden State (2004). By now, Andrew “Large” Largeman would probably be weaned off
Yes, you read the title correctly. 10 years have passed since the hilarious and forever-quotable classic known as Mean Girls first made its rounds in
‘Freaks and Geeks’ on Netflix If you somehow missed watching the spectacular one and only season of Freaks and Geeks when it was actually on
Netflix double feature of Toxic Sludge with Class of Nuke ‘Em High + C.H.U.D. Two cult classics, Class of Nuke ‘Em High and C.H.U.D. are
