Dearest listeners, ’tis the season for Geek Girl Riot to throw a lavish and rather scandalous ball in order to discuss the highs & lows of Bridgerton season 2.
A Hollywood buddy cop movie with the power of The Disney Afternoon of the 1990s.
Today we talk about President Biden’s speech on the Buffalo shooting, Josh Gilbert leaving As I Lay Dying, and the possibility of Johnny Depp rejoining Pirates of the Caribbean. President Biden Speaks on the Buffalo Shooting On Saturday, in an act of terrorism, an 18-year-old white man shot and killed 10 Black people and injured 1 in Buffalo, New York, with two others having been injured. President and First Lady Biden visited Buffalo and this morning they addressed the country. The shooter released 180 pages on social media that outlined his motives and that he had been planning the attack… Read more »
Properties featured: Love on the Spectrum U.S., Angelyne, The G Word with Adam Conover, Young Justice: Phantoms, The Valet, Night Sky, Love, Death + Robots, Now and Then
Belarusian post-punks Molchat Doma (translated ‘Silent Houses’) made their way to Brooklyn’s Music Hall of Williamsburg this week for two sold out shows on their New Wave Sadness tour. The band features a classic 1980’s new wave sound filled in with elements of post-punk, psychedelic rock, and dark wave. Egor Shkutko’s deep and meditative vocal style rumbles over hard-hitting electronic drums and groovy guitar passages. A packed MHoW sang along in Russian to every song and were sporting ‘I <3 Molchat Doma’ sign. Idobi photographer Joseph Buscarello was there on night one of two on 5/12/22. Full photo gallery below.
I think about what influences artists a lot. That might seem like a “well, yeah,” from the guy who does a show dissecting metal and hardcore artists’ musical inspirations, but the reason I do that is because it’s how I think. I often wonder about what inspires the artists as people. Not so much where they get ideas; as Neil Gaiman said, “I make them up, out of my head.” No, it’s a step before that. What gets artists into that space where they can create? “Inside, I was angry as fuck at the world, obviously, so that’s where the… Read more »
What better way to kick off a weekend than with new music? Featuring new tracks from Simple Plan, Silverstein, Stand Atlantic, and more.
Geek Girl Riot is getting strange this week: We talk Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and the new Avatar: The Way of Water trailer, before throwing it back to our chats about Spider-Man: No Way Home and WandaVision (to help you brush up on your MCU knowledge).
idobi sits down for an interview with Gavin Haley on tour before he opens for Tate McRae and Mimi Webb.
Geek Girl Riot is turning up the TV and movie love with the Thor: Love and Thunder trailer, Young Justice: Phantoms, Russian Doll, Heartstopper, and more.
