Six years ago, I reviewed Hades on the site. It was the first video game reviewed on the site and it’s hard not to think about how much gaming trends, the gaming industry, and my gaming habits have and haven’t changed since. Of the things that have grown is the appetite for Supergiant Games’ very […]
Name some dream venues to perform at. There’s no shortage of prestigious stages, large and small in Los Angeles, but maybe none as quirky or one-of-a-kind as the North American Mammal Hall with embalmed buffalo, moose, and sea lions. And very few artists are as appropriately attuned to this environment as Thao Nguyen. On March […]
A little preamble here. Melina Duterte is a lore figure at From the Intercom. We often cite a prophetic 2018 show at The Glass House Pomona featuring Jay Som and headliner Japanese Breakfast pre-Jubilee, pre-NYT Best Selling author as a foundational reason for the FTI’s existence; in no small part to founder Li-Wei Chu living […]
History is rarely clear cut. Even having visual archives to comb through aren’t guaranteed, and for the most marginalized, under-resourced communities, archiving history is all the more essential. Thankfully, Because of You (Dahil Sa ‘Yo): A History of Kilawin Kolektibo anchors the intersectional, radical organization Kilawin Kolektibo against the backdrop of a disparate queer Pinay […]
Star 99 is a band of friends. If there’s anything that’s been clear about their newest album Gaman and watching them perform at Growing Up is Dumb 2025, it’s that their energy comes from their chemistry. In the span of three months, I have had a unique proximity to their work, so much so that […]