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Director Emmett Brennan on the Meditative Urgency in His Environmental Film, ‘Reflection: A Walk with Water’

Director Emmett Brennan on the Meditative Urgency in His Environmental Film, ‘Reflection: A Walk with Water’

Director Emmett Brennan talks with PopMatters about telling an environmental story that can benefit our lives with Reflection: A Walk with Water.

Ronald Brownstein Celebrates and Elegizes LA’s ’70s-Era Cultural Dominance

Ronald Brownstein Celebrates and Elegizes LA’s ’70s-Era Cultural Dominance

Ronald Brownstein’s ode to ’70s Los Angeles is, like so many California stories, less about a sustained moment than a bright and briefly thrilling mirage.

Tom Petty and the Heart Breakers Bio ‘Somewhere You Feel Free’ Feels Constrained

Tom Petty and the Heart Breakers Bio ‘Somewhere You Feel Free’ Feels Constrained

This recent Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers biography sticks to the objective facts so closely, and the telling is so firmly chronological, that the author tends to miss the forest for the trees.

Racism’s Trauma Reverberates Across Generations in ‘Your House Will Pay’

Racism’s Trauma Reverberates Across Generations in ‘Your House Will Pay’

Steph Cha's depiction of systematic racism in Your House Will Pay is compelling, attesting to the complicated social structures at play.

Callback to the Future: Maestro Gamin on the Miracles and Medicines of His Latest EP

Callback to the Future: Maestro Gamin on the Miracles and Medicines of His Latest EP

Maestro Gamin’s latest venture with producer Books One, Miracle Work Medicine, sees a return to Daisy Age hip-hop.
Send Medicine – “Translucent” (video) (premiere)

Send Medicine – “Translucent” (video) (premiere)

Send Medicine releases trippy video showcasing tune's modern slice of '60s psych-folk.
lovelesslust – ‘The Car Crash That Ended Her Life Came As No Surprise’ (album stream) (premiere)

lovelesslust – ‘The Car Crash That Ended Her Life Came As No Surprise’ (album stream) (premiere)

L.A.-based industrial art rock group releases atmospheric debut after eight years of work.
Highland Kites – “This War Inside” (audio) (premiere)

Highland Kites – “This War Inside” (audio) (premiere)

Folk rock duo release dancier, darker number from forthcoming EP.
Various Artists: Punk 45: Chaos in the City of Angels and Devils

Various Artists: Punk 45: Chaos in the City of Angels and Devils

Sixth release in punk compilations series from Soul Jazz Records reveals that which made Los Angeles distinct from its American peers.
Bleached: Welcome the Worms

Bleached: Welcome the Worms

Bleached might have an endearing eccentric nature to them, but a lacking of emotion brings down Welcome the Worms.
La Sera: Music for Listening to Music To

La Sera: Music for Listening to Music To

Music for Listening to Music To is commendable in its display of sadness within a boxed-in life, speeding through the road before hearing its praise.
Darryl Holter: Radio Songs: Woody Guthrie in Los Angeles 1937-1939

Darryl Holter: Radio Songs: Woody Guthrie in Los Angeles 1937-1939

By making a record to remind us about Woody Guthrie's tenure on Los Angeles radio, Holter is also reminding us of California’s unique legacy of promises unfulfilled.