While animation has been claimed by studios as a medium for children, Pixar has refused to be limited by that once again in Inside Out, now in theaters.
Movie Review: Furious 7 earned my respect with its focus on the relationships of the characters. Plus, with the amazing explosions, fight scenes and car stunts, James Wan has cooked up one of the most hyperkinetic action films of the year...
It’s been nearly a full year since Death Grips, the most exhilarating band of this era, released the first part of a planned double album, then unceremoniously “broke up.” In the span of the last ten or so months, its crazed, devout followers combed the Internet incessantly for some, any clue as to when the second disc would appear, and in what form.
"Birdman" is a case study in vapidity with an inane script and poached cinematography. Alejandro González Iñarritu's film about a washed up actor struggling to find relevance is unoriginal and uninspired.
Spinnaker's preview for the Oscars: who will win, who should win and who got snubbed. Read about what movies the Academy recognized as a great and the less visible ones that are still worth your attention.
The Animal Collective member’s latest solo album is all about death – or so it would seem. Noah Lennox's new album is not as straightforward as the title Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper appears.
Despite the controversy surrounding the movie's release, "The Interview" fails to deliver any substantial entertainment. Instead, it delivers low level humor to disappointed audiences. However, Randall Park gives a glowing performance as the Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un.
Scottish producer Rustie’s new album, Green Language is EDM for people who hate EDM. Unlike the popular electronic music produced by Zedd, Avicii and their peers that sounds similar, Rustie's album offers a distinctive sound that stands apart from the rest.
Judging from the band's third LP Never Hungover Again, Joyce Manor's refreshing, off-the-wall band expresses its punk rock roots with a power pop and Midwestern emo spin, while still managing to focus on having a good time.
Jacksonville’s local music scene doesn’t exactly have a shining reputation. The most successful artist to come out of the city in the last 20 years is Limp Bizkit, and today we play host to a school...
This new collaborative project uniting three seemingly disparate indie voices holds many surprises.
Sufjan Stevens became an immensely important artist in the early 00s with a lilting voice...
Texas native Annie Clark, better known by her stage name, St. Vincent, has garnered a reputation as one of the most interesting indie pop artists of the last decade.
Four years after their first album, Danger Mouse and James Mercer reunited to produce After the Disco, an LP that combines several eras of music to create a unique but bland sound.
Dum Dum Girls’ excellent 2012 EP End of Daze hit all the right notes thanks to its atmospheric blend of indie-pop and garage-rock. Their newest album, Too True, delves heavily into goth-rock. This territory is familiar to the band, yet never exploited by them this much.
UNF Spinnaker selects the choicest cuts from Flying Lotus' recently released compilation of unreleased songs, Ideas+drafts+loops, and Four Tet's "Sendspace."
The end of the year marks the beginning of the annual music journalism tradition: “best of…” lists. Bands with zero resemblance whatsoever are pitted against each other in a musical battle royale....
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