Japanese quintet For Tracy Hyde is an ambitious group. Made up of eureka (vocalist, guitarist), Natsubot (guitarist, backing vocals), U-1 (guitarist), Mav (bass), and soukou (drummer), For Tracy Hyde always seem to be finding new ways to push their sounds to the limit. Since the release of their Shibuya-kei influenced debut album Film Bleu, the […]
By now, Rina Sawayama should be recognized as one of the most exciting musicians to watch in the pop scene thanks to the sheer power of 2017’s RINA EP (and a slew of successful 2018 hit singles). Though her musical persona readily tapped into the intricacies of 90s pop princess production, the London-based musician could […]
The irony that I was about to talk to Bong Joon-Ho about his award-winning film, Parasite, in one of the fanciest neighborhoods in Los Angeles (Beverly Hills, to be exact) was not lost on me. I was surrounded by giant, bodacious houses and lounging around in a green-room filled with delicate artisan pastries, an exquisite […]
Staycation opens on a handjob. Or was it a blowjob? Rest assured that it probably doesn’t matter which it was, since by the end of the film millenial couple Luke (Anthony Ma) and Peggy (Grace Su) do so many lewd acts with one another that it’s hard to keep track (the best of which is […]
When you get down to it, Mike Gan’s “School Spirit” is a story that we’ve all heard before. A combination of the we’re-not-so-different-after-all cloyingness of The Breakfast Club, and the teenage debauchary of many a teenage horror movie (Friday the 13th, etc), it’s a film that won’t turn too many heads from the premise alone. […]