reviews

‘The Strangers: Chapter 1' Is Frighteningly Out of Touch

Directed by Renny Harlin

PUBLISHED May 16, 2024

It's been a while since I've seen the cabin-in-the-woods subgenre presented without layers of meta self-reflection. That was until I...

John Mulaney's 'Everybody's in L.A.' Is as Chaotic and Confusing as the City Itself

Hosted by John Mulaney

PUBLISHED May 16, 2024

Hosting a talk show famously takes a little while to get right. Comedians like Seth Meyers and Conan O'Brien took months or even years to...

Nap Eyes' "Feline Wave Race" Is a Patient Reintroduction to Halifax's Slacker Rock Philosophers

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PUBLISHED May 16, 2024

Nap Eyes' most recent album, 2020's 'Snapshot of a Beginner,' featured an absolutely gorgeous ballad about evolution...

Kaia Kater's 'Strange Medicine' Is a Healing Epic

PUBLISHED May 15, 2024

Back in 2018, Kaia Kater's third album 'Grenades' sent a ripple through the folk and roots music world, earning her Polaris and Juno ...

Kelly McMichael's "Bomb" Is a Blast

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PUBLISHED May 15, 2024

St. John's songwriter Kelly McMichael continues to drop explosive tunes in advance of her new album. "Bomb" is a blast of '90s pop rock ene...

'Back to Black' Honours Amy Winehouse's Persona but Not Her Artistry

Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson

PUBLISHED May 14, 2024

The surge of biopics in the past two decades has allowed audiences to pull down the curtain between themselves and an artist that they're p...

Ghostly Kisses Do the Same, but Better on 'Darkroom'

PUBLISHED May 14, 2024

Heaven, Wait, Margaux Sauvé's ethereal 2022 debut as Ghostly Kisses, was a precocious if spotty album built from sparse electronic producti...

Ouri’s "Baby Has a Frown" Is an Artful Grin

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PUBLISHED May 14, 2024

When I first heard the term "intelligent dance music" (IDM), I laughed. As anyone should! The idea of one form of music somehow being more...