To be at the front of the line. All I wanted. That was all I wanted. And by leaving at 4:30 for a 7:30 concert, I got that wish. Tonight, I would be seeing noted Indie darlings The XX at the illustrious Cain’s Ballroom. I was to be accompanied by my friends Nick and Taylor. (Editor who is also the [...]

Well, ladies and ladies and gentlemen. It’s that time o’ the year again. It’s time to discuss my favorite things of the year. Movies, music, music, music. So, I might be a little narrow minded when it comes to discussion topics. Oh well. I’ll try to branch out more next year, so we can discuss more things in a years [...]

So, you know when you see a piece of media and it completely breaks all pre-conceived notions you had about what that media could be? House did that to me with Cinema. Now, I watch a lot of movies. Especially horror movies. And House has taken a time-tested horror-movie formula (teenage girls go to a haunted house), given it acid, spun it around a [...]

Broken Social Scene were a Canadian collective of musicians that formed around the early 2000s. The band could have up-winds of 45 musicians at any given times. It really was a scene in itself.  This album is their true debut as a band. It is commonly referred to as one of the most influential records of the decade, effortlessly melding indie rock, [...]

Metal is a tricky genre to tackle. It has so many different styles, genres, sub-genres, scenes, back-stories, and figures that it can be very difficult to know where to start. I mean, what is the difference between Brutal Death Metal, Doom Metal, Sludge Metal, Funeral Black Metal, Thrash Metal, etc? If you were just starting in the genre, you’d be completely lost.  I myself [...]

Way back in October, I reviewed the film Suspiria. Since that review, the film has done nothing but grow in my favor. It currently resides in my Top 5 Favorite Films and is my favorite horror movie. But that film is not the only Argento film worth a watch. Not in the slightest. And what a lot of people don’t know [...]

Pitchfork.com has asked for it’s readers to make a list of their favorite albums in the time span of 1996 (the year Pitchfork was founded) to 2011. After hours of slaving away, revising and removing and adding albums, my list ended up looking like this. This is pretty definitive of what my favorite albums in that time frame look like. [...]

Seeing as how I am utterly and madly in love with Annie Clark, I figured it was about time for me to review one of her St. Vincent albums. This is a tough task for me to partake in. Not reviewing the album, that shouldn’t prove too hard. No,  the challenge comes from picking which of her albums to review! I [...]

This is the third of my requested reviews. The first was Knife Man by Andrew Jackson Jihad, followed by Glistening Pleasures by Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head. Welcome back to Vinyl Insert a.k.a. “Holy Crap! That guy STILL hasn’t written a new review?!?”. In my review-crosshairs today is the album Treasure by Cocteau Twins. I’m struck by the atmosphere of this [...]

The second of the recommended albums that I will be reviewing. The first was that Andrew Jackson Jihad record. Up next is Treasure by Cocteau Twins. Oh My God. I’ve found it. The pure distilled essence of Hipsterdom. It’s this album. Ironic lyrics, overwhelming 80s fetish, song title with your spelled as Yr., colorful sunglasses, chick backup singer, lead singer with less than traditional [...]