Athens, Georgia, punk art rockers Five Eight long for some old fashioned lonely aloneness on their latest single, “I’m Alone.”

Tourist. Review by Randy Radic.

Boasting crunchy hooks and punchy melodies, the contagious So-Cal combo, Mewtone, is infecting the current indie rock scene.

SHISH (KNIK). Review by Judy Craddock.

Fantastic Magic Baby, the bizarre film adaptation of a Peking Opera favorite, is a highlight of the ten-film box set, Furious Swords And Fantastic Warriors: The Heroic Cinema of Chang Cheh.

When the Future Arrives Without You (Damaged Disco). Review by Peter Lindblad.

Lily and Generoso review Dracula, director Radu Jude’s second feature of 2025, a delightfully controlled explosion of tales connected to everyone’s favorite parasitic impaler.

The Change. Review by Randy Radic.

For the eleventh straight year, Lily and Generoso absorbed all that is AFI Fest 2025, the American Film Institute’s five-day festival, and they’re back to review their eight favorite features from the large slate of films they viewed this time around!

The Night Has Eyes (Garganta Press). Review by Peter Lindblad.

Phil Bailey reviews another trio of terror tales from Japan, Volume Two of the Daiei Gothic series, in a sweet box set.

A&B Sides Volume 3 (Independent). Review by Randy Radic.

Bleeds (Dead Oceans). Review by Peter Lindblad.

Medicine Show (Fire Records). Review by Peter Lindblad.

With just a few days before his appearance at AFI Fest 2025, Lily and Generoso interview director, editor, and co-founder of the El Pampero Cine collective, Alejo Moguillansky, to discuss his virtuosic new feature, Pin de Fartie, which draws inspiration from Samuel Beckett’s Endgame.

Light, Remembered (Tone Tree Music). Review by **Randy Radic **.

Tear Your Heart Out Deluxe Reissue (Winspear). Review by Peter Lindblad.

Magic Mirror Story Book (Lighthouse Records). Review by Randy Radic.

Wrap Me Up In Colored Feathers (Sugar Shack Music). Review by Christopher Long.

You might think Erin Gallagher’s Hype Women was birthed the moment Michelle Yeoh won the 2023 Golden Globe award for best actress, Jamie Lee Curtis the enraptured midwife, but the movement — and this book — have been gestating for a long, long time.