There’s no expiration date on good music, but there is a certain flavor of regret reserved for discovering an awesome band through a midcareer album’s 11th anniversary show. Boris recently played the entirety of Pink at Tavastia, a noisy, smoke-drenched, perfect experience. The band’s particular mix of doom, psychedelic rock, and avant garde noise leaves little space for any sentiment other than pure enjoyment.
All in Review
Based on a True Story...But Who Cares?
The Conjuring films are, first and foremost, horror films. They are not documentaries and are not obliged to cover all of the facts even if they are “based on a true story.” Although these movies are based on supposedly real hauntings, their goal isn’t to give you both sides of the tale. Their goal is to scare the living daylights out of you and they’re really good at doing that.
The Force Awakens... Or Does It??
Nowadays, I find myself awkwardly having to confess to people that “I’m not really a Star Wars fan…” But when a good friend of mine bought 15 tickets for the day of the premiere, I decided to go with him and see whether this new film could rekindle my childhood love for Star Wars.
Animation is a flexible medium that allows creation of dreamscapes and experimentation with images difficult to achieve in live action films, at least without a gigantic budget. Here is a list of five great animated films, each a good place to start if you've previously watched little or no anime.
The Helsinki Distilling Company Takes Finns from Binging to Experiencing
BTSB talked to Séamus Holohan of the Helsinki Distilling Company to get a whiff of what's to come in Alkos near you and how he and two Finns are about to change drinking culture in Finland.
"Don't Touch That Dial Now, We're Just Getting Started..."
In other horror games, a lot of the fear and anxiety comes from the anticipation of a monster suddenly appearing to cut you into pieces... In PT, however, the fear of death isn’t present. Instead, you simply fear what will come next and that is an incredibly powerful sensation because you never know what that could be.
Transgender Euphoria
Transgender Dysphoria Blues, Against Me!’s sixth album, is a concept album about a woman trapped in the body of a man, written very clearly from the perspective of someone who has had to face this situation in real life.
What do you get that distant cousin or childhood friend with whom you have nothing in common except memories? Smelly candles? No. It's coffee, the correct answer to many questions, the best solution to a range of dilemmas.