Lip Critic began as a joke. When Bret Kaser and Connor Kleitz first approached Danny Eberle about starting a band, it was to ...

Lip Critic have finished a third album, titled Theft World. The hardcore band will release the project via Partisan on May 1.

I first saw Lip Critic at Hotel Vegas in Austin. Off the bat, it gave me anxiety. And I was instantly, strangely enamored by it. The small room was packed out, the air hot, dense, salty — the ...

John Powers celebrates the books, shows and performances that stayed with him, including Miranda July's novel All Fours, Interior Chinatown on Netflix and an iconic Olympic moment with Simone Biles.

The Deep Focus Review movie buff offers his takes on "Tokyo Olympiad," "Chariots of Fire," and "Downhill Racer." ...

Lip Critic are about to drop Hex Dealer, one of the freakiest, crunchiest, grossest albums of 2024. The New York-based band, who have been kicking up a fuss since dropping their first EP, Kill Lip ...

In a time of algorithm-driven recommendations, AI hallucinations and influencer hype cycles, rigorous, ethical restaurant criticism is more important than ever. Restaurants are theater. They’re ...

The great film critic Michael Phillips joins John Williams to talk about leaving the Chicago Tribune after 24 years. Michael tells John about what his plans are for the future, why it’s a precarious ...