3.13.2012

Call it serendipity, coincidence or a fate, but one of our nation’s most fascinating and inspiring political families happened to produce a gifted filmmaker in Rory Kennedy; her collection of awards...

Tell Me Something About Yourself Chris Robertson fell for the woman on stage because of some very compelling visual aides. As designer Pamela Steiner told her story, he became more and more compelled,...

Videogames have always told stories. Pac-Man is a Serling-esque grotesquerie about an insatiable glutton whose hunger directly imperils his life but also acts as his salvation. Missile Command and...

When you ask Rob Sacher, former co-owner of New York City indie bar Luna Lounge about his past, he mentions names like Joey Ramone, Elliott Smith, Jim Reid and Jody Porter as if they weren’t attached...

We all have our favorite stories to tell. One of my favorites revolves around an attempted mugging in Nairobi. I was walking with a friend in a sketchier part of the city after buying some bottled...

The assassination of a president seems like an unlikely source of comedy, but two recent events reminded me that there is always an exception to prove every rule. The first of these circumstances was...

Laura Marling demands your full attention. She stands at the microphone with her skinny gray jeans, legs crossed down near the ankle and Toms shoes. She looks to be as casual and at ease as a person...

Delta Spirit first caught attention with the folk-tinged rock on their debut record Ode to Sunshine, an album characterized with an abundance of energy and soul. They’ve since found brethren in bands...

There is one perfect, frozen moment on Big K.R.I.T.’s new mixtape that will make your heart sing. The Mississippi MC, so crestfallen for most of 4Eva N a Day, finds renewed purpose in a phone...

Things have changed for Bowerbirds. They’ve released two stunning albums, toured the world and built an eco-friendly cabin in the woods of North Carolina. They adopted a dog. Bandmates and lovers...

When Kaiser Chiefs, then one of several arriving-in-bulk buzzy British rock bands (despite existing for nearly a decade prior), performed at Lollapalooza in 2005, frontman Ricky Wilson wasn’t feeling...

Miniature Tigers are no strangers to kitsch; in fact, they’re the kind of band that writes songs about vikings and vampires and films music videos in the mansion from Ghostbusters. Still, there was a...

The Decemberists have always been a hard band to pigeonhole. Their earlier albums celebrated and recalled the great prog-rock bands of the ’70s, but in the last few years they’ve been clearly...

Jason (Adam Scott) and Julie (writer-director Jennifer Westfeldt) are friends. Best friends. But just friends. And definitely not friends with benefits, as they repeatedly emphasize how not attracted...

On the heels of Dogtooth, Yorgos Lanthimos’ surreal Oscar-nominated family drama about teenagers sealed off from the outside world, comes Athina Rachel Tsangari’s contribution to the new, some say...

“You have no idea how hard it is to live out the greatest romance of the 20th Century.” Last year’s thrilling drama A Dangerous Method (directed by David Cronenberg), sought to insert Sabina Spielrein...

Last week’s phenomenal pilot for Awake set up the premise of the show: a man balancing between two different lives and struggling to connect the two. This week’s episode, “The Little Guy,” shows us...

I’m with Chris. Gay cache (if it even is a real thing) is so cool. In this week’s episode of Up All Night Chris and Reagan meet Lawrence (Nat Faxon) and Justin (Ben Falcone): a gay version of...

Most modern sitcoms have an episode where everything sort of clicks, leaving the audience to go, “THAT’S why I watch this show.” It’s usually an episode that gets to the heart of what a show is about....

First the good news: everything is going according to plan. The bad news is that the plan belongs to the bad guys. This was not a good week for our hero, Raylan. Not that things were good before, what...

The worst episode of An Idiot Abroad‘s first season was its finale, and I wish that I could say that wasn’t the case here. But since the show’s creators decided to use the same format for season two’s...

I was prepared for—nay, expecting—this week’s episode of Luck to crawl toward its conclusion. It was going to be a photo finish shot with one of those Civil War-era cameras that required you (not you,...

A number of excellent iOS games have come out recently that can be summarized by the following: “Here is a thing that is fun to do. Do it while we try to kill you. Your performance will be judged on...

Zombies, Run!Platform: iOS (Android coming soon)Developer: Six to StartRelease Date: 02/27/2012Price: $7.99 Some games inspire my imagination more than they satisfy me with any particular gaming...

The first sound you hear on City of Refuge is not Abigail Washburn’s delicate clawhammer banjo or her tender, aching voice. Instead, her second solo album begins with the sound of laughing and...

Army Navy has been riding the wave of their debut album and now the band is preparing to release their second album. The indie rock group from Los Angeles was born after vocalist and guitarist Justin...

It’s clear that Buxton co-founders Sergio Trevino and fellow co-founder Chris Wise have become comfortable just rolling with life’s punches, particularly when it comes to the band’s trajectory. It’s...

The Barr Brothers’ breathtaking new video showcases the quartet performing amidst the backdrop of the Grand Canyon. The stark natural park provides a gorgeous setting for the band’s heartfelt...

Frontier Ruckus, one of our 12 Michigan Bands You Should Listen to Now, just released a video for “Mona and Emmy,” a cut from their most recent EP, Way Upstate & the Crippled Summer, pt. 2. The clip...

He may not be one of the highest-selling artists of his time, but Lou Reed is without a doubt one of the most influential, important artists of the 20th century. Born on March 2, 1942, Lewis Allan...