Years of kindness and calls for unity from a band like Shinedown, whose very name implies radiant light, warrant a thoughtful, rather than reactive, pause.

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Col Gerrard rejuvenates 1990s and early 2000s pop-rock on his debut album, and the London-based musician muses tenderly on the mishaps of a love-filled life.

(ALBUM REVIEW)

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Kula Shaker’s Wormslayer is for the seeker, the adventurer, and the soul who longs for liberty—all while soundtracking their journey to an epic musical mirror.

(ALBUM REVIEW)

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Deadbeat is Tame Impala’s electronic dance and house record, and it wants listeners to consider the multi-talented Grammy winner a loser.

(ALBUM REVIEW)

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Naked Eyes’ 1983 debut, Burning Bridges, is a good album for reflecting on our ironic modern world, as it can’t help but wax nostalgic for the sincerity of the past.

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It was a “gigantic, derelict, empty, silent monolith” that sparked Tame Impala’s imagination while composing one of the most memorable albums of the 2010s.

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With “Killing Fields”, Shinedown burst back onto the emotional battlefield armed with sharpened convictions and a flame-throwing authenticity.

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These ten love songs, marked by devotion, candor, emotional intensity, and touches of pain, invite perceptive listeners to unearth the simmering drama.

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Is a young person’s inability to recognize Queen’s guitarist, Brian May at Coachella, the cardinal music sin many believe it to be?

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Tame Impala’s deeply revealing songs disclose important details about Kevin Parker’s life and outlook and mark the cornerstones of his individuality.

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Hard rock band Shinedown are never quiet about their struggles and never will be as they assure fans that being “slightly awkward, kinda weird” is perfectly normal.

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Despite society’s antagonism toward introverts, Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker steadfastly offers himself as a vulnerable, somewhat blushing symbol of the gifted loner.

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John Carpenter’s 1988 sci-fi satire is more relevant now than it ever was in the 20th century

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Godzilla has always been more than a monster. He even shares traits with God Almighty!

Geeks Under Grace

A deep-dive into one of the Godzilla saga’s greatest heroines.

Asian Movie Pulse

An analysis of one of Christian cinema’s darkest and most daring entries

Film East

A defense-of piece for one of disaster cinema’s most well-known—and well-loathed—films

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Is America’s favorite dysfunctional family too dysfunctional for the pop culture-engaged believer?

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Jeffrey Angles discusses the perils and pleasures of translating Mothra’s tri-authored origin tale, The Luminous Fairies and Mothra, into English.

(INTERVIEW)

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Whether defending her eggs, the Earth, or the people and kaiju she values, Mothra has consistently demonstrated caregiving instincts that finally have a lucid source in her feminine creator, Ajigo.

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​Criticism done well is not antithetical to compassion; the two are closely interlinked as an act of kindness that prevents delusion and leading others astray.

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In our age of endless comparison, curated self-images and performativity, we willingly submit to the branding of our fickle identities.

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Photo essay of the setting of Dante’s Peak (1997), a volcanic disaster movie filmed in Wallace, ID

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A narrative photo essay about a multi-week solo trip across the Gem State—including the good, bad, and decidedly ugly

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