Ryan PangilinanOn The Bandar-Log’s press release, it boldly states: “For fans of The Strokes, Beck, The White Stripes, and Red Hot Chili Peppers.” I’ve stated this before, but I really hate the concept of “RIYL” stickers, only...
For as much flack as people gave Fall Out Boy during their run, there are a few facts that one cannot ignore. For one thing, they were able to reshape pop-punk in their own image, taking a dying genre and redefining it for middle America. In short...
Vee Hua 華婷婷This is our first Blog Alert, but you can bet we’re starting it off with a good one. The Brazilian blog, From Brazil, With Love, features collages by all types of artists. The idea: artists collage fashion advertisements to create newly...
This is a really quick second post, in honor of Earth Day! Mark Langan shows that some recycled art can actually be pretty darn neat. His personal statement, a testament to texture, sums it all up: “My personal interpretation to the...
What happens when you mix two familiar faces together? The result can be scary, we’ve learned, from those image-generating programs that mash two adults together to create warped, inbred-looking potential children. But somehow illustrator...
Shannon WiedeyAmber Rubarth’s Good Mystery unfolds steadily and rather predictably — less like a mystery and more like a breezy romantic comedy that you can’t help but enjoy. This is the Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter’s third LP, which...