EVERGREEN by PVRIS It’s hard to determine which PVRIS single is the best forerunner to their new album EVERGREEN. Was it “Monster,” which uses similar distorted guitars and vocals? Was it “My Way,” the lyrics and title of which make clear the manner frontwoman Lynn Gunn has chosen for her sound: “My my my way […]
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Game Changer via Dropout The comfort of the game show is that you have the same set-up every time. Perhaps, like your classic game shows, you keep spinning the wheel and asking for vowels. Or perhaps the challenge changes every episode, but they’re all still based in physicality or strategy, all working within the same […]
The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner My April recommendation is the continuation of last month’s. I read the second book in the Queen’s Thief series, The Queen of Attolia. This book, just like the first, had me enthralled by storytelling, specifically the way that the author masterfully conceals information from the reader. I […]
Did we watch the 2018 South Korean film Little Forest because it’s Taurus season, which includes two of our writers and legend Kim Tae-ri? Possibly! The following is a transcript of our post-watch discussion, and it has been edited for length and clarity. EU: Eugene EL: Elise P: Peyton P: This is a Eugene movie […]
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte No matter how well-established and iconic a piece of literature is, nothing compares to reading it for yourself. In the case of Wuthering Heights—yes, the classic by Emily Bronte—all I knew were a few of the romantic lines, which deeply unprepared me to the utter insanity of this novel. Don’t […]
For our monthly recommendation for February, we decided to do a holiday special: we present you some of our favorite rom-coms in the spirit of Valentine’s Day. Let’s feel the love! While You Were Sleeping (1995) directed by Jon Turteltaub As a self-proclaimed rom-com connoisseur, for February I decided to highlight one of my favorites. […]
The Banshees of Inisherin, written and directed by Martin McDonagh Movies are created about the everyday and the universal but rarely the banal, simply because movies need to be entertaining. The Banshees of Inisherin accomplishes both: it manages to be entertaining by way of tackling the banality of our lives and showing us the heartbreak […]
Collection of singles by RAYE There’s only one thing I’ve obsessed over this month: four songs by the UK artist Raye, singles from her upcoming debut album My 21st Century Blues. The story behind the artist is that she’d been signed under music label Polydor for seven years, but they refused to debut an album […]
“Don’t Make It Harder On Me” Live on the Honda Stage by Chloe x Halle One of my favorite music videos of all time is a Chloe x Halle live performance of their song, “Don’t Make It Harder On Me,” on the Billboard YouTube channel. I’m a big fan of Chloe x Halle, and nowadays […]
For the fall/spooky season, our writers watched the 2014 horror movie It Follows, written and directed by David Robert Mitchell. The following is a transcript of our post-watch conversation. It has been edited for length and clarity. We hope you enjoy! Eu: Eugene El: Elise P: Peyton Eu: My first thought watching the movie was […]
