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Twilight Override by Jeff Tweedy: New Album Review
Record Collector
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September 7, 2025
Back to Issue 575 Five years after Covid-era restorative Love Is The King, Jeff Tweedy ups the ante to face down escalating crises. Expansive and intimate, Twilight Override is a triple-LP set of reflections on time, selfhood and modern anxieties,...
Album Review: Modern Life Is War – Life On The Moon
New Noise Magazine
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Life On The Moon is Modern Life Is War’s first full length record in over a decade. Although the band did release Fever Hunting in 2013, their recent live presence has been sporadic and has largely been to commemorate album anniversaries and...
Music Review: Aaron Helgeson – ‘As I Write This’ – Songs and Solos of Aaron Helgeson
Blogcritics
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September 5, 2025
Listening to contemporary music one must maintain an open mind. To this writer’s mind, As I Write This, a new collection of music by Aaron Helgeson, satisfies on a number of counts. But not all the music carried me away into new creative...
Review Inspector Morse at Birmingham Rep: iconic hero returns for stage debut in 'intricate murder mystery'
BirminghamWorld
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September 5, 2025
Review of Inspector Morse House Of Ghosts play at Birmingham Rep theatre in September 2025 ahead of UK tour as Colin Dexter cop is on stage for the first time in new murder mystery thriller Colin Dexter’s iconic detective has become a beloved...
Classical music festival takes place Sept. 13 at Ashland's Stone Park
Milford Daily News - Massachusetts
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The Stone Park Music Festival is set to return to Ashland at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 13, according to a community announcement. The outdoor classical music event, founded by Grace Soonjoo Moon in 2022, aims to connect people through music,...
‘Lekkala Master’ review: A slow-moving episode that fails to add up
The Hans India
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September 7, 2025
ETV Win’s latest outing, “Lekkala Master”, from the weekly series Katha Sudha, promised a nostalgic yet heartfelt story. Unfortunately, despite a strong setup, the episode doesn’t quite meet expectations. The episode follows SahasraDeverakonda...
‘Baaghi 4’ movie review: Tiger Shroff disappoints in this corny actioner
The Hindu
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September 7, 2025
A still from ‘Baaghi 4’ | Photo Credit: Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment During the pan-Indian wave, one thing that has reached Bollywood shores from the South is the toolkit of the Iron Age. Armed with cleavers, these days our heroes are...
Review: BBC PROMS: ST. VINCENT, Royal Albert Hall
BroadwayWorld
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Entering the Royal Albert Hall for St. Vincent’s performance at the BBC Proms feels like any other classical performance. The orchestra is in their usual place, warming up as audience members take their seats. However, this is anything but a...
MusicRadar deals of the week: With a whopping $600 off a Gibson Les Paul, $500 off a stunning Guild Starfire and $400 off the modern Strandberg Boden Metal NX 6, it's all about guitars this week
MusicRadar
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September 5, 2025
Welcome to MusicRadar's deals of the week! Get ready to dive into a treasure trove of fantastic offers on top-rated musical gear from across the internet. We curate a fresh batch of jaw-dropping discounts every week, so be sure to swing by...
Review: James Barker Band bring the energy on new album ‘One of Us’
Entertainment Focus
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September 5, 2025
Hailing from Ontario, Canada, James Barker Band have carved out a reputation as one of the brightest acts in modern country music, blending high-energy hooks with relatable storytelling. Formed in 2013 by frontman James Barker alongside Taylor...
Review: Kabul, Between Prayers
Cineuropa
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05/09/2025 - VENICE 2025: Aboozar Amini’s sophomore feature-length documentary adopts a gentle approach to exploring the lives of two brothers shaped by Kabul under the Taliban Aboozar Amini sets his newest work, a follow-up to Kabul, City in the...
Reviewing The ARIA Charts: The New Changes Revealed
The Music.com.au
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September 5, 2025
It must have been a nervous week for ARIA, realising that the week they’d chosen a few months ago to debut their new chart rules were going to be obscured by a K-Pop phenomenon AND a Sabrina Carpenter album all in the one week. When ARIA’s...
Review: ‘Catch Me If You Can’ has a real live-wire con man at the Marriott Theatre
Chicago Tribune - Illinois
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September 5, 2025
Marriott Theatre’s revival of “Catch Me If You Can” is fueled by a zippy, eye-catching performance from JJ Niemann, a rising young Broadway star from “Hamilton” who has amassed a massive following on social media, and who apparently has enough...
Review: Laufey’s ‘A Matter of Time’ explores modern problems with classic melodies
Washington Square News - New York
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September 5, 2025
Laufey’s new album marries contemporary problems with iconic jazz tunes from the past, earning its title “A Matter of Time.” Chinese-Icelandic singer-songwriter Laufey brought a modern voice to jazz-pop with the success of her breakthrough album,...
‘EPiC’ Review: Baz Luhrmann Doesn’t Need Austin Butler to Make Another Rockin’ Elvis Movie
The Wrap
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September 7, 2025
Baz Luhrmann came to the Toronto International Film Festival thee years ago with his movie “Elvis,” which survived a lengthy, pandemic-delayed production to land eight Oscar nominations and earn almost $300 million worldwide. You’d think that he’d...
Album reviews: Sabrina Carpenter, Hayley Williams, Mary Halvorson, Javier Perianes
Winnipeg Free Press
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September 5, 2025
POP Sabrina Carpenter Man’s Best Friend (Island) If Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet celebrated the start of a romantic relationship, the pop sensation’s seventh studio album, Man’s Best Friend, is where it all comes undone in messy pieces. The...
Nathan Weinbender reviews "Highest 2 Lowest"
Spokane Public Radio - Washington State
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Spike Lee and Denzel Washington started working together before either of them were cultural institutions, and under Lee’s direction, Washington has played a jazz musician, an imprisoned basketball player, a hostage negotiator and, of course,...
‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’ Review: Rian Johnson’s Third Whodunit With Daniel Craig Is An Intelligent Gothic Delight – Toronto Film Festival
Deadline
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September 7, 2025
After the bright, light, summery holiday special that was Glass Onion, the Knives Out franchise returns to its gothic roots with a wintry whodunit that, for some at least, might endure as the the best one yet. Where the first and second used the...
‘Megadoc’ Review: A Thrilling Portrait of the Making of Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’
Slant Magazine - New York
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September 6, 2025
“Who cares if you die broke if you made something you think is beautiful?” Francis Ford Coppola asks at the start of Megadoc, Mike Figgis’s documentary on the making of Megalopolis. The remark sets the tone for what’s to come: a study of ambition,...
Review: Blood Orange’s ‘Essex Honey’ is a time capsule of love and loss
Washington Square News - New York
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September 5, 2025
Whether you know him as Devonté “Dev” Hynes or by his stage name, Blood Orange, the English singer, songwriter, producer and composer consistently runs ahead of his time. He’s quietly collaborated with everyone from Harry Styles to Britney Spears,...