Tag: music
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Happy Fortieth Birthday, Re-Animator!
Stuart Gordon’s horror cult-classic Re-Animator (1986), an adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s titular novelette, turns forty this year, cueing a moment for reflection and retrospection. The movie tells the story of Herbert West (Jeffrey Combs), a new student at Miskatonic University enamored with reanimating dead tissue. He meets Dan Cain (Bruce Abbott), a promising fellow student…
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Review: Royel Otis – Hickey
Just as summer was coming to an end, Australian indie-pop duo Royel Otis decided to bless our ears with their widely anticipated sophomore album, hickey, which gave us a new insight into where they are creatively heading. Royel Maddell and Otis Pavlovic (Royal Otis) jumped right into the indie scene in 2021. With their previous…
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Colin’s Column: Is Vampire Weekend’s Self-titled the Most “College” Album Ever?
For some reason or another, I have fallen into a Vampire Weekend rabbit hole recently. I know I might be getting a little old for that, but hey, I can’t help it. Even if I don’t cuff my pants anymore, there’s no escaping the indie kid within me. At first, I was not sure exactly…