Fall is here- but it’s still warm outside. Here are some easy ways to feel the fall vibes you know & love into your daily life- no matter the weather.
The rabbit hole of songs that YouTube recommends me and the beauty in it. (Photo taken by Alan Levenson.)
A one-on-one interview on the store’s history, current customer base, and more. (Image via Vinyl Me, Please)
KRUI’s Music Staff rounds up the best releases of September
Tropical Fuck Storm – Deep States Aussie noise rock band Tropical Fuck Storm’s third album, Deep States, is as messy and disorienting as the doomed political landscape it was birthed out of. Reflecting mind-poisoning social media discourse twisted through the filter of a distortion pedal, vocalists Gareth Liddiard and Fiona Kitschin deliver some of their most compelling melodies over lacerating guitar and synth lines. The opening track, “The Greatest Story Ever Told”, writes from the perspective of Jesus’ second coming to Earth to proclaim in a grand chorus “There ain’t no end of days.” Even at its loudest, a sense … Continued
Spellling – The Turning Wheel The Turning Wheel, Chrystia Cabral’s third album under the project Spellling, offers bewitchingly captivating progressive folk and neo-soul songs. A shift towards natural instrumentation marks a stark change from 2019’s synth-heavy Mazy Fly, giving these songs a new liveliness, and pushing Cabral’s songwriting towards the theatrical. The sonic palette on its own can be bewildering at first–veering off without warning into performances of soul, hard rock, classical, folk, and of course, synthwave. It’s no surprise that the personnel list reveals more than thirty performers–all of whom sound great. The songs are left with an enchanting … Continued
Frankie Cosmos’s newest record “Next Thing” may be her most popular work yet, but that doesn’t save it from being rather forgettable (Photo via: PitchFork.com).
Robert Eggers’s debut film “The Witch” is both a chilling and refreshing entry into the horror genre (Photo via: HorrorFreakNews.com)
On Friday night, zombies took over Blue Moose for the Flatbush Zombies show, part of the Mission Creek Festival (Photo via: TheOdysseyOnline.com)
FilmScene’s “Late Shift at the Grindhouse” Showed KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park, with special gues Lisa Jane Persky(Photo via: FilmScene.com)
Wednesday featured a night of readings and literary talks at FilmScene for the Mission Creek Festival (Photo via: MissionFreak.com)
The film portion of the Mission Creek Festival kicked off with a celebration of the father of African cinema, Ousmane Sembene (Photo via: FirstCutMedia.com)
Anna Meredith’s explorations into pop hit a peak on her latest record “Varmints”. (Image via: DIYMag.com)
Son of Saul is a powerful debut for director Laszlo Nemes that carefully tells the story of an Auschwitz prisoner. (Image via: WeLoveBudapest.com)
The King of Comedy is one of Martin Scorsese’s most sorely under appreciated films (Image via: TVsFault.wordpress.com)
Double Indemnity is a classic example of film noir, and is a defining piece of American cinema.
Bloc Party embrace their love of dance and electronic music in their latest album Hymns (Photo via: NME.com)
