Popcorn Zombies

Graham Craycraft Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit have delivered yet another album. The Nashville Sound debuted with four singles starting with Hope the High Road, Cumberland Gap, If We Were Vampires, and then White Man’s World. Starting strong with three gems Isbell seemed to be delivering an album that would far surpass his already two stellar records: Southeastern and Something More than Free. Even if the rest of the album turned out to be mediocre, The Nashville Sound would be another beast. But good news for us, the rest of it turned out to be another piece of art that we’ve all come to expect from Isbell. With other great songs like Tupelo, Anxiety, and Chaos and Clothes. Isbell provides lines and beats that prove again and again why he is one of the most profound writers out there. There were some major successes and a couple misfires on this album. Let’s start with the misses so we can end it on a good note. White Man’s World. Isbell first released a great “political” song ...

By Michael Momper I would love to tell you about an extraordinary thriller that is only 6 years old and extremely overlooked- Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive .  Crafted in an awesome and stylistic way, Drive is upheld just as much by its cast as its fantastic direction- a cast lead by Ryan Gosling and Cary Mulligan, and including Bryan Cranston, Ron Perlman, and a delightfully villainous turn from Albert Brooks.  It is undeniably tense, thrilling, and graphically violent in a way that is even as artful as some of Quentin Tarantino’s best work.  Drive ’s greatest strength is in its unique style; the scenery is beautiful and shrouded in glistening neon coloring, making the movie itself feel as slick and smooth as its fastest Dodge Charger.                 It is such an intriguing movie because it is so difficult to successfully combine arthouse filmmaking sensibilities with thriller and bloody ...