Aug 06, 2021
By Laura Studarus
Newport Folk Festival isn’t just a music festival—back after last year’s non-edition (cheekily titled “Folk Off”) it was more akin to a much-needed return to summer camp. Artists joined like-minded musicians and pals on stage, nearly every act dropped a notable cover, and with only two stages (including one near the water where boats would regularly dock to enjoy the festivities), there was plenty of opportunity to catch almost every act, and still have time to grab a lobster roll. Given the unique opportunity for memorable moments, here’s a few of our favorites.
Jul 30, 2021
By Austin Saalman
Web Exclusive
Once in a blue moon, there arrives a debut album so charismatic, so controversial, so funny, and so alarmingly human that its harbingers are immediately set apart from their peers, ascending to a higher echelon reserved only for those few who manage to knock the ball straight out of the park on their first swing.
Jun 25, 2021
By Austin Saalman
After setting the standard for millennial music in October 2000 with the release of their seminal fourth album
Kid A, critical and commercial expectations for
Radiohead were high.
Jun 11, 2021
By Matthew Berlyant
Twenty years ago,
Radiohead released
Amnesiac, their fifth studio album overall and their second full-length album release in less than a year at that point.
May 31, 2021
By Matthew Berlyant
It’s hard to believe that
X’s second album
Wild Gift is 40 this year. It jumps out of the speakers, immediately grabbing the listener’s attention, and still sounds like it was recorded just the other day.
May 14, 2021
By Matthew Berlyant
Thirty years ago today,
Elvis Costello released
Mighty Like a Rose, his 13th studio album overall and his second for Warner Bros. following the successful 1989 album
Spike, which produced “Veronica,” to date his only U.S. Top 20 hit.
May 14, 2021
By Matthew Berlyant
On the 25th anniversary of the last album that
Elvis Costello has recorded to date with his legendary backing group The Attractions, it’s worth going back to look at how it’s aged. The answer, as is the case with most of his records, is very good and perhaps better than expected.
Apr 25, 2021
By Austin Trunick
This year's live action Oscar-nominated short films, ranked.
Apr 25, 2021
By Austin Trunick
The 93rd Annual Academy Awards ceremony happen tonight, April 25th. As in years past, we’ve taken a look at this year’s short film competitions. The Academy defines a short film as an original motion picture running 40 minutes or less, and excludes all advertisements, unaired or unsold television episodes, or credit sequences from feature-length films. Our critic,
Shawn Hazelett, watched and ranked all of this year’s Oscar-nominated shorts. Here are his picks for this year’s animated category.
Apr 25, 2021
By Austin Trunick
The Oscar-nominated Documentary Shorts of 2021: Ranked.
