Red Hot Chili Peppers – Return of the Dream Canteen, Album Review

It’s always quite a shock when a band announces they are going to drop two full-length album in the same year. I felt not less shocked when the Red Hot Chili Peppers announced Return of the Dream Canteen was going to drop just a couple of days before I was due to see them live at Austin City Limits.

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Fan Art Friday: Death from Above 1979

I’ve been listening to two-piece, Death from Above 1979, for quite some time. I even endured those confusing names changes! Anyways, I was finally going to get the chance to see them live tonight, but pesky life got in the way. In honor of getting the chance to see them and then not, I present to you a fun drawing instead. Enjoy!

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Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire – Season 1 Review

Now, for those that do not have AMC+, there will be SPOILERS ahead for the first season of the televised adaptation of Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire.

There, now that you’ve been sufficiently warned, let’s get into it. Of course, I will be making comparisons to the 1994 film of the same name I only recently watched, but you’ll have to wait for me to actually read the book before I can compare the show to its source material. Regardless, it does seem that both critics and fans of the novels were also big fans of this series. I, myself, was also quite intrigued with this series and frankly I’m bummed that I now have to wait god knows how long for the second season (already renewed, by the way). Oh well, let’s talk about what went down.

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Djo – Decide, Album Review

I can’t help but think back to an interview I read a few months ago where Joe Keery scoffed at the thought of his debut full-length album, Twenty-Twenty. he evidently thought it was a bit juvenile both in sound and from a lyrical perspective. Really, his new album, Decide, seems like a natural continuation from that first record, but I’ll have to listen to it a few more times to see if it’s evolved that much lyrically.

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