ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON APRIL 25, 2016 By Steve Newton I love Green Room's plot about a destitute punk band trapped in a grungy backwoods bar by murderous neo-Nazi skinheads as much as the next guy. Writer-director Jeremy Saulnier--who proved his suspense mettle with 2013's Blue Ruin--does a bang-up job with the hair-raising aspects of that premise. If only his … Continue reading Green Room takes skinhead horror to grisly new heights
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Marshall Crenshaw shows Vancouver that life’s too short–and pretty precious too
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON JULY 25, 1991 By Steve Newton Balding and bespectacled, Marshall Crenshaw looks more like a mild-mannered librarian (and a couple of rock critics I know) than the type to rip up a nightclub with tune after tune of jarring, picture-perfect pop. But, as the Detroit-bred, New York-based rocker proved at his first … Continue reading Marshall Crenshaw shows Vancouver that life’s too short–and pretty precious too
Matthew Good talks social injustice, emotional pain, and Hospital Music on the eve of a nationwide solo tour
Rockers aren't known for giving away their last beer, so it comes as a bit of a shock when Matthew Good offers up his lone Pilsner Urquell.