Nationwide skeptics might already have this investigative comic book project on their respective radars, but even if you just like purty pitchers, Steal Back Your Vote is a creative take on the many voter fraud scams, hangups and overall anti-Democratic horseshit currently billowing very near the surface of this year’s elections. You can’t go wrong […]
Ryan J. Prado
Posted inFood and Drink
Music To My Mouth
[I have decided to eschew most media dinner requests that come my way. They are just too ethically troubling for a food editor and regular columnist. So what to do? The answer: Send an intern! This is Ryan’s loquacious take on the new menu at Yakuza. Enjoy!- PAC] “socked by the dimly lit dining area” […]
Posted inMusic
Whatever it Is You Think You Are
Owen Demos New Tunes, Avoids Floors
Owen sings, tours, records—but would rather not sleep on your floor.
Posted inMusic
Granting Wishes
Dosh’s Avant-Jazz Oeuvre Is the New Noise
There’s a requisite impossibility of effectively relating what it is about instrumental music that is so inspiring. It’s an inability that is made all the more frustrating by the simple fact that to demand its definition is to negate its organic allure. A prime purveyor (read: instigator) of this arresting potion would be Martin Dosh, […]
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Shapeshifters
Joan of Arc Shed Their Skin
Trying to dissect the innards of a band like Joan of Arc (and specifically of chief songwriter and only consistent member Tim Kinsella—a man who once infamously altered his last name to “Kinsellas” because he was feeling plural) is like trying to forge a fire without flint. And with a brand-new collaborative album, Boo! Human, […]
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Don’t Call it a Movement
Minus the Bear Has Been Here for Years
If there are more sonically astute bands bubbling in the murky realm of the indie underground, Minus the Bear probably isn’t aware of them. The band’s last two releases have garnered the kind of notoriety that only comes with being seemingly oblivious to trendy ebbs and flows; both Menos el Oso and Planet of Ice […]