Review: Julia Holter @ Columbia City Theater – 2/3/16 ~Nick Nihil Julia Holter challenges, on the opening track of her first album, to “try to make yourself a work of art,” possibly both to the listener and to herself. She has risen to that challenge. No matter how casually she may stand, she seems brought […]
Tribute: David Bowie (1947-2016) ~ Nick Nihil David Bowie – circa 1975 Back in January 2004 I saw David Bowie in Vancouver BC. I’m surprised it was January because I don’t remember it being that cold or wintery. My then-girlfriend had gotten us third row seats. I was 19 at the time. Macy Gray opened, […]
David Lynch’s Inland Empire Review by Nick Nihil Inland Empire For all of his beloved and culturally influential works such as Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, and Mulholland Dr., Inland Empire is David Lynch’s greatest work. Released in 2006 and not even grossing $1M in the U.S., due in no small part to its 3-hour running […]
Nick Nihil’s Favorite Albums of 2014: Swans: To Be Kind As good as, if not better than, their last record, The Seer, which makes it as good as, if not better than anything else they’ve released across their history. Best band on the planet right now. Swans – To Be Kind ~ Jacob Cooper: Silver […]
My Brightest Diamond & Rabbit Rabbit @ the Crocodile, 12/6/14 Review by Nick Nihil My Brightest Diamond Those familiar with the dominant traits that are my general nihilism and emotionally stultified sense of expression know that I can also become giddy as a white five -year-old princess under the right stimulus. Given to effusive histrionics […]