After a four-year break dominated by heavy touring, alternative rock band Queens of the Stone Age have returned with their sixth studio album, “Villains.” It’s pretty mediocre. Queens of the Stone Age has never been a...
Read MoreAfter 25 years of international fame and touring, one might expect Radiohead to look tired, even resentful, on stage. This is a band that’s dealt with the weight of expectations, of fans and of critics, for decades now. But when...
Read MoreSinger-songwriter Mark Kozelek could be described in a lot of very different ways: sober, maudlin, wise, rambling, talented, asshole, out-of-touch, sexist. He’s been deeply involved in his craft for the past 20 years, directly...
Read MoreWhat is there to say about Kidz Bop Kids that hasn’t already been said? You’ve known the series forever: memories of your favorite childhood television shows are littered with those flashy, eye-grabbing commercials. Perhaps you...
Read MoreReality has a way of subverting your expectations at the strangest moments, while at other times your intuition is so dead-on it’s laughable. Fifty Shades Darker is such an occasion. Unlike the way the movie treats the sexual...
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