Microsoft Surface Pro
Are the strange ergonomics of the Surface Pro really the best solution for the tablet-laptop dichotomy? Does the split OS of Windows 8 really bridge the gap in the most efficient way? read more
Found in: Culture, ReviewsEmmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell: Old Yellow Moon
On “Hanging Up My Heart” and Roger Miller’s vintage “Invitation To The Blues,” Old Yellow Moon’s opening tracks, Rodney Crowell and Emmylou Harris seem to embrace a randy hard-country throwdown, tinged with Texas shuffles and twin fiddles. read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsPercival Everett by Virgil Russell by Percival Everett
First, a word on the title: Percival Everett by Virgil Russell is a book by, that’s right, Percival Everett. read more
Found in: Books, ReviewsSamantha Crain: Kid Face
On “Never Going Back,” the opening track from Samantha Crain’s third LP Kid Face, she croons, “I had a deal with man and god, one let me down and one did not, so I made my way back home.” read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsJohnny Marr: The Messenger
After playing the proverbial second fiddle for decades, it's nice to finally hear a complete soundscape nearly 100 percent assembled by Johnny Marr. read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsBilal: A Love Surreal
Released a full nine years after his 2001 debut album 1st Born Second—a trying period defined by a failed battle with his label to release what would have been his second album—Bilal’s 2010 record Airtight’s Revenge captured the neo-soul singer on the edge. read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsThe Lovely Bad Things: The Late Great Whatever
Driven by a manic, chaotic enthusiasm, Orange County’s The Lovely Bad Things play bash-it-out garage rock that doesn’t skimp on hooks or harmony. read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsThe Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss
In Django Unchained, a German dentist/bounty hunter lectures Leonardo DiCaprio—cast as a dentally challenged Mississippi planter—on an irrefutable fact: French novelist Alexandre Dumas was a black man. read more
Found in: Books, ReviewsThe Mavericks: In Time
Nashville had never quite heard the likes of The Mavericks, a Miami four-piece with a retro countrypolitan lean and a Cuban-American lead singer with a voice that was all silk, muscle and smoke. read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsCrysis 3 Review (Multi-Platform)
Crysis 3 never gets away from being a shoot-people-in-the-face game. read more
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