Music festival season is just on the horizon and, while we wait for the gloomy weather to pass, we can revel in the flood of music news typical of this time of year. A majority of the music festival lineups are announced in January and the festival posters set the landscape for the year in live music, foreshadowing larger tours from bands, new album cycles, and even resurgences of genres and legacy bands that might be past their peak of popularity. Pop-punk is fresh off a massive re-emergence, showcased by the success of the When We Were Young Festival in… Read more »
A teenage girl who has a rocky relationship with her mom has to search for her when she doesn’t return from a trip.
Geek Girl Riot has a lot to celebrate this week: We raise a solo cup to House Party, before getting into Awards Season. We also chat with Tracy Heather Strain all about her film Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space. House Party The legendary House Party franchise has a fresh reboot with some familiar faces in 2023—and Sherin and Julian are here to get you hyped for it. Sherin says, “House Party is the movie you watch at a kickback. Gather a big group of friends, get your snacks ready, and prepare to talk back to the movie, but not… Read more »
Basslines and Protest Signs is Brett Callwood’s column looking at the intersection of music and politics. This week
Featured properties: Night Court, That ’90s Show, Bling Empire: New York, Bake Squad, The Legend of Vox Machina
What better way to kick off a weekend than with new music? Featuring new tracks from All Time Low, Paramore, Green Day, and more.
Basically: A reboot (of sorts) of the hip-hop movie classic; two young guys throw a house party and all types of craziness happen. Well, will you look at how hip-hop has gotten old enough to have a real nostalgia for something other than the music? Now, with me being one of the washed many (old head, old, etc.), when I first heard they were doing a new version of House Party (1990), I was like: “HOW DARE YOU!” But see, unlike others, I wasn’t so caught up on the purity. I’ve seen all the House Party movies. See, most just… Read more »
— Today we talk about new music from Andrew McMahon, Fall Out Boy giving us a release date, and big moments at the Golden Globes. — News From Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness has dropped a brand new single that we are crazy about. “Lying On The Hood Of Your Car” has officially been on repeat all day and we’re lucky enough to have the music video to accompany it. McMahon talked about the song saying, “For me, this song is pure nostalgia. I made a conscious decision when I was writing it to imagine… Read more »
Geek Girl Riot is back! We chat with Malcolm D. Lee all about The Best Man: The Final Chapters, as well as diving into Joy Revolution and some entertainment news.
