Score: 4/5
A year after The Civil War’s breakup, 32-year-old Joy Williams produces a chilling, contemporary masterpiece in her fourth solo album, “VENUS.”
Stepping away from the Americana,...
Score: 3.5/5
Chicago-based novelist and short story writer Rebecca Makkai, through Viking, published a collection of 17 works titled “Music For Wartime.”
Its stories contain the obvious themes...
**SPOILER ALERT**
There’s really no way to discuss “Night Finds You,” the second episode of “True Detective’s” second season, without spoiling the season’s first...
Score: 4.5/5
Kacey Musgraves brings country back to its roots with a combination of meaningful lyrics and throwback country twang in her stellar sophomore album “Pageant Material.”
Unlike today’s...
Let’s have a conversation about having conversations.
With the state of America being as tense as it, especially in the wake of the Charleston shootings, many people have decided to stay quiet about...
Score: 4/5
“Inside Out” tells the previously untold story of all of the emotions in your head. According to Pixar, they have a control center surrounded by memory banks, long term memory, and...
Score: 4/5
James Taylor’s long-awaited “Before This World,” released June 6, is reminiscent of his past albums.
Taylor is known for slow, emotional tracks like “Fire & Rain,”...
Score: 5/5
“Manglehorn” meandered through a long, international trail of film festival screenings starting in August 2014, picking up a couple nominations along the way, but was finally released...
I could go on and on about my love affair with nearly everything Nebraska-born Conor Oberst has ever created, but I don’t want to waste your time with a cryfest.
Created over the past few years with...
Alternative R&B artist Miguel lays out soulful vocals over a combination of melodic guitar riffs and tasteful synth sounds in his atmospheric third LP, “Wildheart.” The album, which is...
True Detective’s season two premiere might have introduced us to a show full of broken characters, but the American crime drama is as strong as it ever has been.
“The Western Book of the Dead”...
Score: 5/5
In a love letter to fans of the series, “Jurassic World” hits all the high points of the series with none of the low points of the second and third movies.
This movie should have...
