Reviews & Criticism

7+ min ago   (231+ words) Baltimore-based flutist and composer Rachel Beetz returns to San Diego with selections from her recent solo album Tone Keepers, an intimate program for flute and electronics exploring the relationship between acoustic gesture and electronic process. Each movement pairs a single…...

14+ hour, 28+ min ago   (227+ words) Not quite everything is awesome within the four LEGO Movie entries, but ranking these titles from worst to best still displays the greatest moments in this franchise. At their best, these productions stand tall as shining examples of what movie…...

19+ min ago   (262+ words) The opening track of MALAURIU's The Third Nail sounds like a field recording of a Cthuluian horror crawling out of the grave... if someone happened to be standing there with some synths and church bell. But you get the idea....

7+ hour, 6+ min ago   (344+ words) Denis Boulze and the Sweet Life of Clichés Blind Magazine Denis Boulze and the Sweet Life of Clichés What you find inside: 16 faces striped with shadow, 16 hands raised as if to stop traffic, a white dove above a red and…...

2+ hour, 26+ min ago   (60+ words) Merrill marks the 25th anniversary of 9/11 with prayer, silence, and bells From blooms to squeaky curds — Kindhearted Floral has expanded 16th annual Christmas Card Art Contest accepting entries Christmas of the Past Program launched to replace aging holiday lights Bluejays fall to…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (755+ words) Some of her earlier work like ‘Chelsea Morning’, ‘Ladies Of The Canyon’, didn’t hit the same for me. It was more folk music, which is what was around me via my dad – who was also a morris dancer – and I…...

31+ min ago   (439+ words) Pianist Daniel Schreiner’s concept for this portrait album began during the pandemic, with a pair of works by Sato Matsui, the new “Oiseau Solaire” and the pre-existing “Oiseau Lunaire.” Schreiner envisioned the two contrasting pieces bookending his album. They do…...

3+ hour ago   (171+ words) The Best Value Rye Whiskeys To Buy In 2026 The Best Rye From The American Whiskey Masters 2026 One Scotch Whisky Per Region Challenge: My Definitive Picks The Best Bourbon From The American Whiskey Masters 2026 Scotch vs. Indian Whisky: The Bottles That…...

40+ min ago   (302+ words) “When I say I don’t like my children, don’t take it the wrong way,” Izzy says directly to the audience as part of an extended monologue that breaks the fourth wall and at times becomes clever banter with the audience....

45+ min ago   (202+ words) Gaia Squarci is a photographer, videographer and writer who divides her time between Milan and New York, where she teaches Digital Storytelling at ICP. Gaia is a contributor of Prospekt, an IWMF fellow and National Geographic grantee. Her photography has…...