Jake Rich

Let’s start off with this: I never thought Weezer got as gut-wrenchingly terrible as many critics and fans did. Extremely inconsistent? Yes. Most of...

Oh, good old BitTorrent. How many things have you downloaded from there? No judging here. But a good deal of us have done it....

Late Saturday night, downtown Riverside. It’s the usual feel I’ve come to expect from the city — even on a weekend night, there’s not...

Owen Pallett is known as somewhat of a musical academic, penning numerous essays deconstructing elements of different popular songs to explain why they work...

  “All the very best of us / String ourselves up for love.”   — The National, "Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks" It was some day in mid-March of...

Before listening to “Nikki Nack,” Merrill Garbus’ third full-length album under tUnE-yArDs, I had listened very little to the music project before. I had...

“Difficulty: Intermediate. Build time: 10-15 minutes.” Oh boy, this could be a problem. I’m notoriously bad with my hands and making crafts, and even...

When attempting to review a filmmaker such as Wes Anderson, it is difficult to know where to begin. Anderson’s unique directorial touch is recognizable...

“Come see this Jif!” my friend yelled from the other room. Confused as to why exactly I would be interested in seeing a jar of...

As I walked around Far Far Away Record Store, wallowing in the thought of never seeing our beloved Green One again, I suddenly heard...