Despite being reduced to the lesser half of R&B, the blues set the groundwork for much of the music that preceded it. The genre also has a rich history thanks to the cool cats who created it.  Howlin’...

On the first of February, actor Carl Weathers passed away. While he started as a fairly successful athlete, people worldwide likely remember him for his performance on the big screen.  Weathers participated...

Some might be scared away by the abrasive nature of Machine Girl, but the ugly sludge of music genres is what makes their tunes so beautiful. Since the project’s debut in 2012, Matt Stephenson and Sean...

Burn your wicked garden down On Sept. 29, 1992, rock bands Alice In Chains and Stone Temple Pilots blew apart the music scene with their most successful albums. AIC released their second album,...

Latin horror is often underappreciated or unknown by American audiences despite being far superior by my metric. I mainly attribute this to Latin horror’s tendency to focus on tension and artistry...

Looking back through the history of Latin music, it’s hard to find someone more instrumental in the development and progression of mambo than “El Rey,” Tito Puente. Throughout his career, the...

Hispanic Heritage Month is dedicated to the influences and effects that Latin American culture has had upon the growth of American society. It is celebrated from Sept. 17 to Oct. 15, and was originally...

Poliziotteschi, or ‘Eurocrime’, is a forgotten genre of films that was popularized in the 1970s. With their popularity coinciding with a time of great social and political turmoil in Italy, the films...

Deftones’ sixth album “Diamond Eyes” is a perfect example of life’s unexpectedness and the creativity that can come out of its chaos. For a project the band never expected to make, it performed...

Everything is bigger in Texas, including the drives. On days where we’re bouncing between errands, it feels like the trip is longer than the trip itself. It’s worth reflecting on how we could’ve...

“The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom,” the highly anticipated latest installment of the Zelda series, will be released May 12. The Zelda series changed the world of video games with its first...

Zombie fans are eating well right now. Tackling apocalypse fiction requires a perfect alignment of competent writing, compelling characters and chaos. Many have tried but creatively misfired, driving away...