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Album Review: Mourn, ‘Self Worth’

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Mourn don’t mince words. You can tell as much on the Catalonian quartet’s fourth studio album, which opens with the group alternating between two...
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Album Review: Sam Smith, ‘Love Goes’

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Sam Smith’s third studio album begins with a declaration: “I want to be wild and young,” they intone, less a plea than a haunting...
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Album Review: Ariana Grande, ‘Positions’

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thank u, next might have been anchored by big, ubiquitous singles, but part of what made it such an affecting highlight in Ariana Grande’s...
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Album Review: Adrianne Lenker, ‘songs / instrumentals’

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About halfway through ‘music for indigo’, the 21-minute opening track of Adrianne Lenker’s instrumentals, the Big Thief singer clears the air with the sound...
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Album Review: Loma, ‘Don’t Shy Away’

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There’s an elemental beauty to Loma’s sophomore album, Don’t Shy Away, that reveals itself slowly but surely. After all, that’s the way it goes...
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Left behind as The Earth Dies Screaming

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Empty streets, deafening silence, and the feeling that it’s just too late to do anything; these are the pillars on which Terence Fisher constructs...
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The Shape of Revenge: Revenge of the Creature and The Shape of Water

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Since the release of Guillermo Del Toro’s The Shape of Water (2017), much has been said of its threads to Jack Arnold’s Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954). An...
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Conversations with Frances Ha: The Intersection Between Sally Rooney’s Millennial Fiction and Greta Gerwig’s Mumblecore Classic

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It might sound quite frivolous to compare two works of fiction based on the mere fact that their protagonists share the same name, but...
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Back to Sincerity, Hope, and Love: Metamodernism in Sci-Fi

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Science fiction films are often expressions of highly complex philosophical ideas. By utilizing genre tropes such as time travel, artificial intelligence, and space exploration,...
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Inglourious Basterds at 10

Steven Sloss -
Please note: This article from the offset contains spoilers for Inglourious Basterds and other Tarantino movies, including Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood. This month...
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Arab Strap Announce New Album ‘As Days Get Dark’, Release New Song

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Arab Strap have announced their new album: As Days Get Dark is due out March 5 via Rock Action. It marks the first album from Scotland’s...
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The Weeknd Calls Grammys “Corrupt” After Nominations Snub

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The Weeknd was notably absent during yesterday's 2021 Grammy nominations, despite both his smash hit 'Blinding Lights' and his album After Hours being eligible...
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2021 Grammy Nominations: See the Full List of Nominees Here

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The 2021 Grammy nominations have just been announced. The nominations were unveiled during a livestream event earlier today, with past winners including Dua Lipa,...
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Trevor Noah to Host 2021 Grammys Awards

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Trevor Noah is set to host the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, the Recording Academy has announced. The Daily Show host and comedian will be replacing Alicia...
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