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Lola Versusnew

'Lola Versus' wastes Greta Gerwig in flat, New York indie rom-com.

Orlando Weekly | Justin Strout | 06-25-2012 | Reviews

Third Root duo connects mixed race with mixed sounds in new LPnew

Music calling for the unification of minorities is not new, but few projects manage the sublime marriage of scholarly research and...

San Antonio Current | Adam Villela Coronado | 06-25-2012 | Profiles & Interviews

Could Imperial Valley Become Owens Valley?new

Political and drought conditions could turn Southern California's Imperial Valley into another Owens Valley.

San Diego Reader | Don Bauder | 06-25-2012 | Environment

Tripp is a purer brand of pop than the indie realm tends to traverse. Alex Wilkins has no interest in hiding behind sonic overload or trickery, putting the vocals up-front and pointedly singing with clarity. (self-released)

INDY Week | Peter Blackstock | 06-25-2012 | Reviews

Tags: Tripp

Taste-testing vegan ice creamnew

Taste-testing some of the best (and worst) dairy-free (and soy-free and gluten-free) ice cream facsimiles.

INDY Week | Maggie Spini | 06-25-2012 | Food+Drink

Tags: Vegan Ice Creem

Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter is a travestynew

While Bekmambetov isn’t quite the villain that James Wilkes Booth proved to be, the director is responsible for the travesty he has delivered to us, and finds himself with a smoking gun of a terrible film in his hands.

Charleston City Paper | Isaac Weeks | 06-25-2012 | Reviews

Tags: Vampire Hunter

Food stamps glitch strands thousands in N.C.

The Department of Social Services has been scrambling to fix unanticipated problems with implementing a food stamps pilot program that left thousands of Guilford County residents without access to food.

YES! Weekly | Eric Ginsburg | 06-25-2012 | Politics

Tags: food stamps guilford county

'Brave' but Not Boldnew

Pixar's latest film is disappointingly average.

Tucson Weekly | Colin Boyd | 06-25-2012 | Reviews

Tags: Pixar, Brave

Welcome, Wussynew

See the group that Robert Christgau calls the best band in America.

Tucson Weekly | Gene Armstrong | 06-23-2012 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Wussy

Something from Nothing Belongs in Hip Hip Canonnew

This documentary eschews the expected celebrity egomania and gets at the process of how complex wordplay is inspired and constructed to fit the beat. And along the way, the film exposes a central truth often obscured by posturing and media noise. The artists that create rap are the biggest fans of all.

Random Lengths News | Danny Simon | 06-22-2012 | Reviews

Young Lovenew

'Moonrise Kingdom' shows Wes Anderson at his Wes Anderson best.

Tucson Weekly | Bob Grimm | 06-22-2012 | Reviews

Tags: Wes Anderson, Moonrise Kingdom

The Last Hurrah of Foie Grasnew

California's foie gras ban goes into effect on July 1, and as the date draws nearer, foodies, chefs, and animal rights activists mourn, rejoice, and stage their respective last hurrahs of foie gras.

San Luis Obispo New Times | Ryan Miller | 06-22-2012 | Food+Drink