Feb 22, 2021 Music Web Exclusive

Australian singer/songwriter Harmony Byrne, like many other artists, found herself at her most open in deep isolation. The seclusion of the past year offered the chance for Byrne to release her innermost fears and pains long kept buried. More

Feb 22, 2021 TV Web Exclusive

A five-part Swedish series adapted from Fredrik Backman’s hit novel of the same name, Beartown is an engaging sports and family drama from HBO Europe.  More

Feb 22, 2021 DVDs Web Exclusive

Jazz on a Summer's Day, Bert Stern's eternal document of the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, captures a moment of thrilling uncertainty. More

Feb 19, 2021 Music Web Exclusive

Quietly but not so quietly, Mogwai have evolved into one of the most consistent bands of the past quarter century. More

Feb 19, 2021 DVDs Web Exclusive

That Nationtime, William Greaves' document of the 1972 National Black Political Convention in Gary, Indiana, seems far more visceral and poignant than it does arcane is unsurprising, but still unsettling.  More

Feb 19, 2021 Music Web Exclusive

At the risk of turning the pandemic into a competition, it would appear that Hand Habits’ Meg Duffy has been living out their best quarantine life. More

Feb 18, 2021 Music Web Exclusive

With his iconic debut album Welcome 2 Detroit, J Dilla gave listeners a full-on sonic experience of the titular city.  More

Feb 18, 2021 TV Web Exclusive

The latest limited series from HBO Max, the British drama It’s A Sin explores friendship, queer identity, and the pain and destruction caused by the AIDS epidemic. Set in London in the early 1980s to the early 1990s, the series focuses on five friends in their post-high school years.  More

Feb 17, 2021 Music Web Exclusive

Two years on from his scene-stealing debut album Nothing Great About Britain, the Northampton, England native has returned with a project of surprising depth but also a frustrating lack of focus. More