The Classic Saison by Tennessee’s Blackberry Farm Brewery has such a unique blend of flavors placed upon a wonderfully dry backbone that individuals that may not even like the Saison style will find something that they can appreciate. Hints of grains of paradise, pepper and the smallest taste of lemon can be discerned in the early goings of the Classic Saison on while a bready, yeasty body rises and falls…
The Spanakopita sold by Athens Foods is some of the richest and flakiest appetizers that we have ever had. There are a wide variety of Spanakopita available on the market and depending on what company that you purchase them from, the quality can dip considerably. There is a popular offering by Trader Joe’s supermarkets that is tough and mealy instead of lightening a meal; while it is perfectly serviceable when…
The Russian Imperial Stout is a style that has a variety of different twists and turns to it and as a result no two efforts in that style will be absolutely alike. Hopworks Urban Brewery’s Motherland Russia Imperial Stout is thick with a dark brown to black coloration and a fair amount of tannish head that dissipates quickly. The beer hits individuals quickly with a variety of oaky and tobacco…
With their third record in as many years – and third full length since 2012 – Eureka California are proving to be the Willie Nelsons of indie pop; not a year goes by without at least something new.
If you don’t know XTC from NOFX or INXS, this is the wrong book for you. But anyone who has heard the sweet thinking man’s pop music created by Andy Partridge and the boys, knows that there are few contemporaries who were able to turn a phrase as deftly as XTC.
Drôle de dilemma is the first track on Jacques Pellarin’s My French Cinema, and it provides listeners with an entire range of styles and sounds. Primarily beginning in a classical tradition, Pellarin is able to take up many of the early modern approaches and styles in a bouncy, light-hearted affair. The sweeping sounds of Hans Otto Strasse is provided considerable depths through the numbers of twists and turns that Pellarin…
ENTER SHIKARI are announcing a Spring Tour to carry some of their adrenaline-drenched shows to North America. “We’re really looking forward to getting back into more intimate venues and once again meeting the people who’ve given us great support in over in the U.S.,” says vocalist Rou Reynolds of the upcoming 30-date tour in support of their latest album The Mindsweep which was released early 2015 (tour dates below). Hands…
The Duplass Brothers have turned in some of the most impressive dark indie comedies of the past decade (The Skelton Twins, Safety Not Guaranteed), but it wasn’t a given that their thoughtful, subtle humor would translate to TV. Turns out it does. With Togetherness, the writer/director/producer/actor sibling team has turned in a remarkably fresh half-hour comedy for Generation X and beyond.
Robert Rodriguez has made a career out of gory, DIY movie fun, taking B-Grade camera tricks and actors and creating hard-to-look-away stories. He’s managed to do the same thing on TV with the adaption of his From Dusk Till Dawn movie. In the second season, the morally-questionable bank robbing brothers Seth and Richie have split up, but are each still dealing with vampires south of the border.
