Future Islands Continues the Sweet Synths and Emotional Vocals on New Album
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by DSquared
1w ago
Future Islands have graced these pages a couple of times since I first heard them in 2020 thanks to Sirius XMU radio. I was a fan the minute I heard “For Sure” and quickly bought the album, As Long as You Are (see my album review Future Islands: As Long as You Are Review). After ..read more
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Bob Marley: One Love – His Reggae Music Still Rules
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by DSquared
1w ago
Does “Is This Love” get your body bouncing? Does “Redemption Song” get your emotions stirring? If so, hopefully you enjoyed the new Bob Marley movie in the surround sound of the theaters. If not, you still may have time before One Love ends its theater run. And don’t let the lukewarm critical reviews sway you ..read more
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The 96th Academy Awards: No Surprise, Oppenheimer Was the Big Winner
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by DSquared
2w ago
After sweeping the Directors, Producers, and Screen Actors Guild Awards, as well as the Golden Globes, Oppenheimer was a shoo-in for Best Picture. Nominated in 13 (!) categories, it won seven – Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Supporting Actor, Cinemaphotography, Editing, and Score. Poor Things took home the Oscar for Best Actress, Production Design ..read more
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Oscars Predictions 2024: Looks Like Oppenheimer for the Big Wins
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by DSquared
3w ago
The Best Picture nominations for the year 2023 run from blockbusters (Barbie and Oppenheimer) to critical favorites that few people saw (Past Lives and Anatomy of a Fall). Often by now many of the categories are sure things by building an unstoppable momentum during the Awards season. That’s still the case, but there are some ..read more
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Netflix’s A Nearly Normal Family: A Murder in the Swedish Suburbs
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by DSquared
3w ago
Netflix continues to provide an array of compelling international programming. I love hearing the different languages (I would never dream of watching a foreign film dubbed in English) and exotic locales. Sweden is the setting for Netflix’s new limited series, A Nearly Normal Family. The Sandells – Adam, a local priest, Ulrika, a local attorney ..read more
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Deep Tracks: 13 Songs That Rival the Big Hits
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by DSquared
1M ago
Deep Tracks. The lesser-known songs from our favorite established artists can be even more enjoyable than their big hits. It’s the true fans that know a band’s deeper album tracks instead of just the singles on the radio. We can only hear “Stairway to Heaven” or “Blue Monday” so many times. That’s why the classic ..read more
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True Detective: Night Country – A Spooky Chill in Dark Alaska
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by DSquared
1M ago
In 2014, True Detective offered a fresh take on crime dramas. It was a swampy thriller, set in voodoo-land Louisiana, starring mismatched detectives played by Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson. It was HBO’s highest-rated debut since Six Feet Under, 13 years earlier. The second season in 2015, starring Colin Farrell and Rachel McAdams, moved to ..read more
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Leave the World Behind: A Slow Burn Apocalyptic Movie
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by DSquared
2M ago
I try not to look at other reviews too much before I write my own. But in my world, they’re hard to avoid entirely. Leave the World Behind seems to have a large share of detractors with the usual comments along the lines of “I want my two hours back” and an audience review of ..read more
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2023 Induction Ceremony
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by DSquared
2M ago
The Rock Hall continued moving on from old white guys to a more diverse group of artists and musical styles, exemplified no better than this year’s headline inductee, Missy Elliott (on the heels of last year’s Dolly Parton). Here’s a complete list of the 2023 inductees: For the first time, the Induction Ceremony was livestreamed ..read more
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I/O, Peter Gabriel’s New Album Will Grow on You
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by DSquared
2M ago
I/O, the new album from Peter Gabriel was 20 years in the making. Since 2002’s Up, Gabriel has been experimenting with a variety of musical outlets – a covers album, an orchestral arrangement of his earlier songs, soundtracks, and world music – but no album of new material. He teased us throughout 2023 by releasing ..read more
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