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WE ARE YOUR FRIENDS Movie Review – EDM DJs Will Save Us All
WE ARE YOUR FRIENDS: A joyless, derivative drama structured around the music biopic formula.

STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON Movie Review – Hip-Hop History Comes Alive
STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON: Simultaneously de-mythologizes and re-mythologizes N.W.A.’s contributions to rap music and hip-hop culture.

Adele’s New Album Due Later This Year
Multi-platinum singer Adele fired up the rumor mill last year with an enigmatic Tweet that hinted at a new album in the second half of 2014, but true to her label’s word, it did not materialize and appears to be set for a release later this year. The rumors began

Gobbledygeek: Episode 192 – G-O-B-B-L-E Power
Wise man say: forgiveness is divine, but only listening to Paul, AJ, and Nowheresville director/Smoke Gets in Your Ears co-host Joseph Lewis discuss the original 1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film will get you past those pearly gates. Or something, a little birdie told us. But not, like, a mutant bird. Anyway. The

Gobbledygeek: Episode 186 – Godzilla vs. Ray Pier
Godzilla, that green, rubbery, nuclear-breathing master of destruction–he’s basically like if Gumby kicked ass, right? His origins were a little different. Close to a decade after America dropped the atom bomb, Japanese filmmaker Ishirô Honda sought to show us, in stark black-and-white, what the bomb may have wrought: a physical

The Popcast – Episode 113: Back on Track
In the latest instalment of The Popcast we instigate a mini post mortem of a rather predictable awards show.

The Popcast: Episode 112 – Click It! Look At It! Like It! Do It!
This week The Popcast team reassemble itself like a broken lego structure to talk about the few things we’ve seen, Shia’s paper bag, curling our favourite PSH performances, and more.

The Popcast – Episode 111: Giddy Hiddlegifs!
As awards season gets into full swing the Popcast family reassemble to discuss whats good, bad and missing from the nominations list.

Thanks for the Memories, 2013: The Top 20 Album Releases of the Year!
Happy 2014, everyone! Now that 2013 has OFFICIALLY bitten the dust (and c’est la vie -seriously), I will reminisce and bask in its highlights with the top 20 album releases of 2013 that I COULD NOT STOP LISTENING TO.. I’d like to say “order-shmorder” to be fair, but the Top 10

Gobbledygeek: Episode 167 – 2013 in Review: SpaghettiOs, Batfleck, and Book-Readers
It’s all come down to this. A year of rambling, raging, and running off at the mouth has led to this one final episode of 2013. And, you know, finales are difficult things. How do you encapsulate the year that come’s before, to pay homage and tribute to everyone and

Gobbledygeek: Episode 161 – Big Häagen and the Stuff Dumpsters
THE END IS NIGH! Of Gobbledyween 2013, that is. And possibly of the world, if Big Haagen has its way in The Stuff. That’s right, the final film of this year’s horror movie marathon is none other than 1985’s The Stuff, about a sentient yogurt-like substance that wants to turn you into

Fantastic Fest 2013: My Playlist
Jacob shares the ten albums that are going to be scoring his booze soaked sojourn to the Alamo Drafthouse and Fantastic Fest 2013.

An Essay on Sonic Reminders: Lovely/Painful/Invaluable
Music draws us back to certain a memories. An essay on the majesty of that, the soundtrack of the mid 90s, love’s and all the things that are like it, and a weird adolescence.

Yuck Shares New Single “Middle Sea”
Yuck has a new album coming out titled Glow & Behold, and we’ve got your chance to listen to the first single, “Middle Seas”. The song features Max Bloom’s beautifully evocative vocals to the fore for a galvanizing alt-rock anthem like only Yuck know how to do. Keep reading to give

THE SPECTACULAR NOW Original Soundtrack Review
I had the chance to review the score for The Spectacular Now which was brilliantly orchestrated by Rob Simonsen. Simonsen perfectly captures the story of high-school romance with his score.

Mondo Joins Forces With Studio Ghibli For Latest Vinyl Release, Kokyo Kyokushu
Though already a heralded name within the print/art collector community, Mondo has quickly become one of the most prolific names in the limited edition vinyl soundtrack game.