Some debut albums introduce an artist. Others arrive already in motion, fully combusted. Land of the Midnight Sun does the latter. It doesn’t ease in, doesn’t posture, doesn’t bother with polite handshakes. It rips open ...

Sometimes heartbreak is just the first chapter of a better story. That sentiment fuels Solo Mio, a warm, unexpectedly tender romantic comedy directed by filmmaking brothers Charles Kinnane and Daniel Kinnane. Written by Kevin James alongside John Kinnane and  ...

Enslavement feels even stronger when you place it in the context of Leprous Divinity themselves—a short-lived but striking San Francisco brutal death metal unit formed out of members with ties to projects  ...

Some records arrive polished. Some arrive dangerous. Head Hunters slithers in. Released in 1973, this still feels illicit, less like an album than contraband passed between dimensions. There is funk here, certainly, but funk under ...

The animated GOAT arrives with the swagger of a movie that desperately wants to be the next big sports‑animation classic, but mostly settles for being the enthusiastic kid on the bench waving a towel. Directed by Tyree Dillihay and voiced by a stacked cast—Caleb McLaughlin, Gabrielle   ...

There’s a very specific kind of movie magic happening in The Sheep Detectives. The kind where you walk in expecting a quirky talking-animal comedy and walk out pondering mortality, grief, and whether clouds really   ...

There are records that evoke landscapes, and there are records that feel like ruins remembering themselves. Forlorn Citadel’s An Oath Undone belongs to the latter. It plays like a crumbling chronicle   ...

Growing up is already complicated enough. Now add cookie quotas, fierce competition, lifelong friendships, and enough Thin Mints to fuel an emotional breakdown   ...