Going off the stage right now in Derry, New Hampshire it’s The Haxans! I don’t know who they are or where they’re from but I’m inspired. They’re a brother/sister group with talent and a pretty hot sound. They kept me entertained from start to finish. I want to check them out on Apple streaming toContinue reading “The Haxans”
Author Archives: Judson Gilbert
Tones and I: Welcome to the Madhouse (Deluxe)
iTunes $12.99 | Streaming LIVE X LIVE (Album of the Week 7/23/21) | 20 Tracks [73:17] We often see that fresh and unique creates a formula for success. It happened with Sam Smith, Megan Thee Stallion, and Billie Eilish. They hit the scene and people went nuts. Grammy awards piled up. And they exploded allContinue reading “Tones and I: Welcome to the Madhouse (Deluxe)”
J. Cole: The Off-Season
iTunes $9.99 | Streaming LIVE X LIVE (Album of the Week 5/14/21) | 12 Tracks [39:08] As I continue to broaden my musical horizons, J. Cole is another new artist for me. There is great joy to be had by finding new music, even if it’s not 100% what a person would listen to mostContinue reading “J. Cole: The Off-Season”
Weezer: Van Weezer
iTunes $7.99 | Streaming LIVE X LIVE (Album of the Week 5/7/21) | 10 Tracks [30:53] I’m feeling a little Weezer whiplash at the moment. We just got OK Human 2 months ago and now we will do it again for the long-awaited Van Weezer. Hold on a second while I adjust my neck, andContinue reading “Weezer: Van Weezer”
Rob Zombie: The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy
iTunes $10.99 | 17 tracks [41:50] I don’t know if Rob Zombie’s goal was to make an album we could sit around and ‘chill’ to, but ‘Lunar Injection…’ is good for exactly that. That’s not necessarily a bad thing but the early teaser release of ‘The Triumph of King Freak’ had me believing we’d haveContinue reading “Rob Zombie: The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy”
AJR: OK Orchestra, 2021
Streaming Live X Live (AOTW)| 13 Tracks [45:42] AJR released their new album today, March 26, 2021 and Live X Live chose it for the Album of the Week. I’m grateful for that because AJR is a group of brothers who make a great sound together and have potential to be a reasonably great touring bandContinue reading “AJR: OK Orchestra, 2021”
Taylor Swift: folklore, 2020
Streaming Live X Live (AOW) | Deluxe Edition | 17 Tracks [67:01] Released in July of 2020, folklore is Taylor Swift’s 8th album. Although it is 8 months after release, folklore is Live X Live’s album of the week, which means I can listen to it unlimited times and discover if the music and lyricsContinue reading “Taylor Swift: folklore, 2020”
Weezer: OK Human, 2021
Streaming LIVE X LIVE | Explicit (Y) | 12 Tracks [30:32] Before I say more about the new Weezer album ‘OK Human’, let me explain a little about my process. I review the Album of the Week on the LiveXLive App because I can loop the songs literally 20-30 times each. I don’t always likeContinue reading “Weezer: OK Human, 2021”
The White Tiger, 2021
Netflix | Rated R | 128 Minutes | Review The White Tiger, released by Netflix on January 22, 2021 is a graphic story of a lower caste (lower class) young man in India struggling to break free from the station he was born into. The Iranian director, Ramin Bahrani, a professor at Columbia University, alsoContinue reading “The White Tiger, 2021”
Memories of the Ellen Theater (and any theater lately)
By JUDSON GILBERT 03/08/2021 This is a first for me. First website, first blog, first real attempt at Twitter, etc. (@poorcritic) I’ve always been a creative person (If I do say so…). And I’ve always been the kind of person who, thanks to my mother, enjoyed going out to a show! Movie theaters were theContinue reading “Memories of the Ellen Theater (and any theater lately)”
The Poor Critic 