Aug 11, 2011 Music Web Exclusive

Come Back to Us, the debut full-length from Zach Rogue's (Rogue Wave) new project, Release the Sunbird, is a warm album of gentle, deceptively simple tracks that subtly recall the best of the '90s acoustic rock revolution. More

Aug 10, 2011 Music #37 – St. Vincent

With his previous project, The Dutchess & the Duke, Jesse Lortz cultivated a distinct indie version of Between the Buttons-era Rolling Stones. More

Aug 09, 2011 Music #37 – St. Vincent

The Rip Tide may finally answer the question, "Will the real Beirut please stand up?" Since 2006's Gulag Orkestar, each Beirut release has been somewhat culturally immersive, playing like an aural snapshot or period soundtrack for bandleader Zach Condon's current focus of interest. More

Aug 08, 2011 DVDs Web Exclusive

The seventh season of Entourage is frankly only enjoyable if you’re already invested in the characters—and even then, it’s not so sparkly. More

Aug 08, 2011 Music #37 – St. Vincent

It’s dangerous to name your sophomore album after a dessert. On the one hand, it’s a sugar-laced treat favored by many. On the other hand, is there anything more precious than what essentially sounds like the world’s biggest cupcake?  More

Aug 06, 2011 Cinema #37 – St. Vincent

The Future, director Miranda July’s second film, begins not unlike her first, Me and You and Everyone We Know. It features July starring as the quirky, emotionally stunted Sophie, who works as a dance instructor for kids, and her boyfriend Jason, who also is seemingly caught in a developmental moratorium, played by Hamish Linklater.  More

Aug 05, 2011 TV Web Exclusive

Throughout its three seasons, Torchwood has always been the most engaging when dealing with humans. Sure supernatural events and aliens happen—but at the end of the day, it’s the best—and worst—of humanity that drives the show to its greatest heights. This week, in The Categories of Life, episode five of Torchwood: Miracle Day, people are acting very badly indeed. More

Aug 05, 2011 Books Web Exclusive

Singer/songwriter-thespian-playwright Tom Waits is the definition of idiosyncratic. Over the course of his 40-years career his personal life remained largely hidden from the press and his loyal fans. This book—haphazardly edited by Paul Maher (Jack Kerouac's American Journey)—compiles about 50 interviews with the experimental artist.  More

Aug 05, 2011 DVDs Web Exclusive

This knockoff, straight-to-DVD style documentary is very low-rent, but has some merits by tracing Neil Young's many influences. The Godfather of Grunge once likened himself to a sponge and Here We Are In the Years: Neil Young's Music Box bears that statement out again and again...and again. More