At last month’s Berlinale I managed to sit down with a pair of compelling filmmakers for a bit of conersation: Lav Diaz and James Benning. Though the Benning […]
5 Noteworthy Rock Albums of 2017
This year was a wild one for music, with plenty of unexpected comebacks and continuations. This post began as a list of some 20+ odd albums highlighted and […]
An Interview with Todd Rittmann (Dead Rider)
Dead Rider is back with their first album since 2014’s excellent Chills on Glass, the atmospheric hard-rocking Crew Licks. The band is fronted by Todd Rittmann, from whom their name […]
October Music Updates: ‘Fuzz’ and ‘Slym’
In a new video edited together by yours truly, you can watch Costello rip through their hard rocking psychedelic “Fuzz.” Check it out: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhFjxxCNynE&w=560&h=315] Costello has a […]
Festival Coverage: +MLP+ @ Pop-Kultur
This year marked the third edition of the ‘Pop-Kultur’ arts festival in the Prenzlauer Berg district of Berlin, bringing with it a host of local and touring musical […]
Music: ‘Spider’
I recently re-recorded a song from April and expanded on what was originally only a guitar-and-voice track. You can hear the result right here: [bandcamp width=350 height=442 track=1762499524 […]
TROUT FUN #3: Tobias Burms on ‘HOME’ (2016, dir. Fien Troch)
In the third installment of TROUT FUN, an ongoing series of articles by guest writers and fellow critics, Tobias Burms joins us again for his take on last […]
Music: 2 tunes
I’ve got two new tunes. The first is a mostly laid-back country-esque rock number. The second is a noisy electro ambient track. Here’s to hoping you like both. […]
(Reminiscences of a) Journey to Lithuania: Vilnius Film Festival 2017
Though it’s now been three months since I visited, the Vilnius Film Festival left a greater impression on me as an experience than most of the actual films. […]
Announcement: MLP at Pop-Kultur Fest
Pop-Kultur fest is coming to Berlin, and I’ll be there! The festival features a host of events; from live music and DJ sets to commissioned works, talks, and […]