MZ Wallace Metro Tote Review With Photos
Unlike summers past, this year is shaping up to be a pretty busy one for me on the travel front. Between multiple work trips, a girls’ weekend for my birthday, and a few family vacations, […]
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The Flash review: a eulogy for DC’s Snyderverse, and beyond
For a movie about a guy who can move incomprehensibly fast, The Flash sure did arrive late. Originally planned for a 2016 release, according to a 2013 DC movie plan that ultimately proved too ambitious, […]
‘Montréal Girls’ review: The passionate pull of the underground
The French Canadian city’s vibrant cultural mosaic is energetically captured in Patricia Chica’s “Montréal Girls,” a fittingly lyrical portrait of an aspiring poet who learns to find his own voice amidst the murmur of familial […]
McKinley Dixon: Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!? review – literary, urgent rap | Rap
Richmond, Virginia rapper McKinley Dixon broke out in 2021 with For My Mama and Anyone Who Look Like Her, a lush collection of expansive jazz-rap tracks that made great use of his elastic flow. From […]
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds: Council Skies review – not enough irresistible everyman anthems | Noel Gallagher
With Blur about to release a new album and Pulp’s return taking the form of a bustling summer gig schedule, all we need to make 2023 the return of the Britpop Big Three is an […]
Review: ‘The Jane Mysteries: Inheritance Lost,’ is a new mystery on Hallmark
Stephen Huszar in ‘The Jane Mysteries: Inheritance Lost.’ Courtesy of Brain Power Studio “The Jane Mysteries: Inheritance Lost,” starring Jodie Sweetin (“Full House”) and Stephen Huszar, is an engaging new mystery on Hallmark. It premiered […]
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band review – there’s still magic in the night | Bruce Springsteen
“As you get older,” notes Bruce Springsteen wryly, “death gives you pause to think.” The singer and his 17-strong band are being held briefly at the halfway mark of a nearly three-hour set that segues […]
Diablo 4 review – a hell of a good time? | Games
Diablo 4 wants you to know that it’s very serious indeed. From its gripping introduction, evoking Blizzard’s Warcraft 3-era heyday of best-in-class cinematics, to the richly macabre backdrops that host its continuous loop of demon-slaying […]
Bruce Springsteen review – after half a century, still having the time of his life | Bruce Springsteen
Early on in a show that tops out close to three hours, Bruce Springsteen does a guitar solo. He is joined at the front of the stage by saxophonist Jake Clemons, the nephew of Springsteen’s […]
Ted Lasso finale review: The Richmond Way couldn’t save the show
Ted Lasso has ended, and everyone is handling it great. We don’t see the moment when Ted (Jason Sudeikis) announces he’s leaving AFC Richmond and England to head home to Kansas City; that happened between […]
Review: Afrojack throws a lengthy electronic music party at New York’s Brooklyn Mirage
Afrojack performing live at Brooklyn Mirage. Photo Credit: Chris Lavado On Sunday, May 28, world-renowned electronic dance music superstar Afrojack performed a six-hour set at the Brooklyn Mirage in New York, for a great fan […]
Boston Calling 2023 Review + Photos: Paramore, QOSTA & More
Last year was a rough one for festival season. It’s understandable, considering how out of practice everyone was, the unfortunate wave of bad weather, and the spate of band cancellations. Things seem to be going […]
Arctic Monkeys review – a mirrorball vision of what rock music can be | Arctic Monkeys
‘Very good,” Alex Turner exhales after delivering the final crunching note of Teddy Picker, hitting the nail on the head. The Arctic Monkeys frontman, dressed like a Laurel Canyon troubadour in a wide-collared denim shirt […]
Succession finale review – a perfect, terrible goodbye | Succession
Spoiler alert: don’t read on unless you’ve watched the finale of Succession season four. When the hurly burly’s done, a battle can, it turns out, be lost and won. After four coruscating seasons, the end […]
Water From Your Eyes: Everyone’s Crushed review – style-hopping indie duo find focus in chaos | Music
We live in an environment that encourages rock and pop artists to make an immediate splash, to cut through the digital noise and the plethora of musicians jostling for attention on streaming services by appearing […]
Dudu Tassa & Jonny Greenwood: Jarak Qaribak review – engaging reworkings of love songs from across the Middle East | Music
Jarak Qaribak album artwork. On their debut album, Israeli bandleader Dudu Tassa and Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood fashion their own imagining of a modern Middle Eastern songbook, enlisting guest vocalists to produce new arrangements of […]
Review: David Guetta and Morten immerse fans in their Future Rave musical world at Brooklyn Mirage
David Guetta and Morten perform Future Rave show at Brooklyn Mirage. Photo Credit: Alive Coverage for The Brooklyn Mirage On May 24, global electronic music superstars David Guetta and Morten were able to immerse their […]
Monaleo: Where the Flowers Don’t Die review – whiplash-inducing rapper thrives on sheer force of personality | Music
Monaleo broke out in 2021 with Beating Down Yo Block, a bratty, booming track that turned an abusive relationship into an exhilarating kiss-off. A year later, the 21-year-old Texas rapper went TikTok-viral with We Not […]
‘About My Father’ review: Sebastian Maniscalco misfires
The family comedy “About My Father,” co-written and starring popular stand-up comedian Sebastian Maniscalco, offers a few random chuckles and an earnest, if strained message about appreciating one’s well-meaning parents, warts and all. But between […]
The Cure shine at the Hollywood Bowl: Review
Robert Smith stood onstage Tuesday evening and let the final notes of the Cure’s “A Night Like This” — in which the 64-year-old goth-rock icon promises, “I want to change” — ring out over the […]