The Submarines
Sometimes a breakup doesn't necessarily mean the end of a relationship. That was definitely the case between the members of The Submarines, Blake Hazard and John Dragonetti, who discovered how much they missed each other through their post-breakup songs. read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesBand Romance: Musical Couples Through the Years
One of the strange things about popular music is that most songs are monologues. We get one person’s side of a relationship but not the other’s. The obvious exceptions are lovers who are both singer/songwriters. read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesDerek Webb & Sandra McCracken
Derek Webb now has more than a dozen albums under his belt—quietly selling nearly a million albums since 1994. But it’s his two EPs with his wife, Sandra McCracken, a gifted singer/songwriter in her own right, that we’re focused on today. read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesBowerbirds: Beth and Philip
We have a dumpster behind a Whole Foods in Raleigh, N.C. to thank for the sweet pop melodies that Bowerbirds creates. Two-thirds of the band happens to be dating and have been together for a very long time. While Philip Moore and Beth Powers are able to work together non-stop on music that they absolutely love, the couple knows that sometimes it can be strenuous to be in such close quarters as often as they are. read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesOver the Rhine: Karin and Linford
It’s safe to say that music brought Linford Detweiler and Karin Bergquist together. They were in a band before they were friends and friends before they became husband-and-wife. But from that first moment they performed together, there was a connection, one that’s grown stronger after two decades of touring and releasing albums through their band, Over the Rhine. read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesRosie Thomas: With Love
"Somewhere over the rainbow, skies will be blue," sings Rosie Thomas on her sixth full-length, surrounded by canned strings and modest fingerpicking. "Somewhere over the rainbow, dreams will come true." Yikes. Unless you're onstage with Toto (the dog, not the band) or unless you've spun the sentiment into some sort of ironic truth, you should never sing those lyrics, especially if you wrote the song in the 21st century. read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsIslands: A Sleep & A Forgetting
It’s said that Phil Collins would never have left Genesis and ventured out on his own if his relationship with his first wife hadn’t crumbled. If Adele’s boyfriend hadn’t smashed her heart, her hit 21 may have never have made its way to the top of the charts. And Beck’s tear-jerking and game-changing Sea Change was recorded after he split with his girlfriend of nine years. read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsWashed Out: Blair and Ernest
Washed Out began a few months before Ernest and Blair Greene tied the knot in 2009. While Ernest primarily writes songs of the Georgia-based electronic act, his wife is every bit a part of the group. read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesSafe House
Depending on your cinema modus operandi, Safe House is either an intriguing chemistry experiment between one of Hollywood’s best actors and a still up-and-coming one. Or it serves as a re-hashed, well-worn story of a government operative that may or may not be a villain. A complete combo package is not a choice.... read more
Found in: Movies, ReviewsChronicle
Chronicle is a sometimes fun, slightly dark film about a boy and his camera. Directed by Josh Trank (his first feature film, although he’s worked on the TV series The Kill Point, Dante’s World and Big Fan), this “found-footage” drama opens with a shot of a menacing white door. The view of the lens is necessarily shaky and the cameraman (or boy) invisible. The impermanence of the lens is compounded by the violent, vibration of the door. As another invisible being pounds against it and furiously shouts for it to be opened, we finally see the reflection of the boy... read more
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