Lizzo

Lizzo’s Pitchfork Clapback Isn’t A Good Look

Rapper, singer, and flautist Lizzo released her third LP last week, though its singles have been shaking speakers for months. Cuz I Love You, her first record on Atlantic, doubles down on her brand of body-positive bops and unapologetic self-love. In an anxiety-ridden, hate-filled world, Lizzo just might be the elixir that society needs right…

AHS: 1984

Ryan Murphy Reveals ‘American Horror Story: 1984’

This morning, TV mastermind Ryan Murphy (Feud, American Crime Story, Nip/Tuck) revealed the title of the upcoming ninth season of American Horror Story on Instagram. It’s called: American Horror Story: 1984. The short teaser clip shows a young woman running through the woods while being chased by a masked killer with a large knife. It appears to…

Beetlejuice

‘Beetlejuice 2’ Is Dead

When last reported, Warner Bros. was actively developing a Beetlejuice sequel that would finally reunite director Tim Burton with the film’s star, Michael Keaton. Co-star Winona Ryder even confirmed the sequel to Seth Myers years ago. It’s been a while since the latest update, though, with the project seemingly rotting away in the afterlife waiting…

Pet Sematary

[Review]: ‘Pet Sematary’ Isn’t Bleak or Brutal Enough

If we haven’t OD’d on superhero movies by now, it’s unlikely that we’ll run out of patience for the nostalgia fuel that is the Stephen King adaptation. The latest comes from Starry Eyes directors Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer and it’s a tale we’ve seen before: King’s 1983 novel Pet Sematary. Mary Lambert’s 1989 film…

Radkey

Radkey: The Best Band You Aren’t Listening To

At Brooklyn’s Market Hotel this past weekend, three brothers unleashed enough carnal rock fury to fill up the grandstands of multiple arenas. They even drowned out the clattering noise of the speeding J train as it whizzed by behind them mere yards away from the stage. Hell, if you were ever to catch Radkey at…

Emmett Otter

The Riverbottom Nightmare Band Was Punk AF

When you think of punk in its earliest, purest form, what bands come to mind? The Stooges, The Sex Pistols, The Ramones? How about The Dead Kennedy’s or The Clash? Forget all that nonsense. The Riverbottom Nightmare Band was punk af and would destroy all those bands in a knife fight. They wouldn’t think twice…

Mitski

TLW’s Top 18 Albums of 2018

Don’t you hate when you’re reading a food blog and you’re all hangry and feeling some kinda way, and you have to scroll down like 80 times in order to get to the goddamn recipe? Yeah, me too. Here’s a list of albums I liked this year. I deem them “the best,” but really they’re…

Papa Legby

American Horror Story: Apocalypse — A Deal With the Devil (S8, E7)

*This post contains spoilers for this week’s American Horror Story: Apocalypse episode “Traitor”* After last week’s thrilling return to the Murder House, Episode 7 was bound to sag, but “Traitor” had enough surprising returns and gross-out moments to hold us over. We opened with Dinah, the new Voodoo Queen and successor to Coven‘s Marie Laveau, ripping…