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Album Review | Viagra Boys Are Subversive on Welfare Jazz
What's sure to be one of the strangest records of the year comes from Stockholm as the joyfully subversive Viagra Boys return on Welfare Jazz with a hedonistic hybrid of lo-fi, punk, jazz, country and a whole host of other genres which the…
Kid Cosmic | A Sci-Fi Series for Kids that Adults Can Enjoy Too
Kid Cosmic is a fun, 10 episode-long, animated adventure from the mind of Craig McCracken, creator of The Powerpuff Girls. As an animation lover, I was excited to see the show on the strength of its trailer. The teaser boasted a 2D retro…
Lights, Camera, Action Button! The Spongebob Squarepants Movie
Lights, Camera, Action Button! is a series exploring film-to-game adaptations in regard to their faithfulness, quality and value long after the original film may have passed into nostalgia. In this edition Jack Ford looks at The Spongebob…
The Rotation | Volume 5: Beach Bunny, Kynsy & More
Welcome to The Rotation, a roundup of the week’s key moments in music and why you should listen. Read Volume 5 below, or scroll to the end for playlists on Spotify and Apple Music. Previous instalments available here. Reaching the end of…
Focus Up! Improving Concentration in the Gaming Industry
Video games are a serious business. All over the world, more and more people are playing video games, to the point that some countries are creating their own national teams. There are also countless YouTubers who talk about video games…
Terror and Trauma in the Void | Dead Space 2 at 10
Two words: baby maggots. Maggots are already babies (OK larvae, sue me) so I can only be talking about one thing. A hideous combination of human babies and maggots. That explode. Say what you will about sequel slumps for any other game but…
I Know That Face | Interview with Chiara Viale, writer-director of The New Music
In this special episode of I Know That Face, Stephen Porzio chats with Dublin based Italian writer-director Chiara Viale about her film The New Music. Now available on VOD, the coming-of-age drama centres on a classically trained pianist.…
Monster | The Nature of Humanity
What makes us human? What gives us identity? These are questions that philosophers and psychologists have tried to answer and pinpoint. Despite many debates and theories, what appears to be common consensus is that humanity, who we are, is…
Artist Spotlight | ’80s Group World Goes Round Arrive in 2021
Back in 1989, in Los Angeles, World Goes Round created their sensational debut album, There Is No Planet B—which is only now being released and shared with the world. Being hot songwriters, singers, and musicians, the band members were…
Film Review | Help Is A Tense And Satisfying Thriller
Set in a remote location in the English countryside of Somerset, psychological drama Help feels appropriately claustrophobic and isolated. It’s no surprise that the production further adds to this sense of isolation, shot as it was under…