by Will Hare | Jan 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
#20. Snail Mail, Lush Who better to write about teen angst than… well, a teenager? Lindsey Jordan’s debut album shares similar themes to Khalid’s American Teen from last year, in that it is someone experiencing the growing pains of this...
by Will Hare | Dec 31, 2017 | Music
#20. Manchester Orchestra, A Black Mile to the Surface Andy Hull’s band has gone through some crazy musical swings. When Manchester Orechestra got rolling in the early-00’s, they were darlings, selling out dimly lit concert halls with Conor Oberst-levels...
by Will Hare | Jul 9, 2017 | Film
I wanted it to be more. I wanted Spiderman: Homecoming to represent a shift in the way we viewed superhero movies. It did a lot of things right, but then the long arm of studio approval cast its shadow, and suddenly it did everything wrong. I’m still sitting...
by Will Hare | Feb 22, 2017 | Gaming
Early on in Final Fantasy XV, Prince Noctis and his three best friends are stranded on the side of the road pushing a broken down car to the nearest garage as Florence + The Machine’s cover of “Stand By Me” plays over the background. It’s an extended sequence,...
by Will Hare | Dec 16, 2016 | Film
As a huge Star Wars fan and someone who rushed out of my office on an early lunch break to buy the new Rogue One toys, last night was a painful experience for me. I was an ardent defender of The Force Awakens and will even go to bat that there’s something good...
