Marisa (she/her) has covered all things parenting, from the postpartum period through the empty nest, forGood Housekeepingsince 2018; she previously wrote about parents and families atParentsandWorking Mother. She lives with her husband and daughter in Brooklyn, where she can be found dominating...
Seasons one through four include one of the best TV romances ever between the immortal Doctor (a Byronic alien Time Lord) and Rose, a young human who brings out the best in him – a bit Jane Eyre/Beauty and the Beast-like if you ask me. Together they travel through time (including to...
‘You run my mind boy,’ Frank Ocean sings on this whistle-kissed, impossibly sweet R&B throwback from his ‘ChannelOrange’, the landmark album that served as Ocean's introduction to the mainstream pop/R&B/hip-hop world. Taken on its own, ‘Forrest Gump’ is simply lovely, but it's...
s zen-koan lyrics ("Try to get through it/ Try to bounce to it") and the song’s labyrinthine structure—when the track locks into a looped synth-stutter near the halfway point, it serves as both a nostalgic throwback to the sound of skipping vinyl and a battering ram into a new ...
Behold, the perfect R&B proposal song: "Let's Get Married" by Jagged Edge (talk about a throwback!). The chorus is just as catchy as it is affectionate, with the protagonist crooning about his love for his partner and how much he wants to marry her—how apropos. ...
Peezy straddles two eras of Michigan rap on “2 Million Up.” The funky flip of Dennis Edwards’ “Don’t Look Any Further” is a throwback to the R&B hooks and rugged intensity of early 2010s Detroit, where Peezy cut his teeth as Team Eastside’s most commanding presence. But the ve...
There’s plenty of classic Exodus sounds present, but some modern metal grooves and a throwback to some NWOBHM-styled bits all help make this hour runtime a total thrillride — the kind that leaves you spitting up shards of pelvis once you’ve exited. —JD Rivers of Nihil, 'The Work' ...
and his influence helps India to raise her game. Throwback soul and midtempo grooves make for some of the best R&B songs this calendar year, with the previous tracks just being icing on an already delicious cake. India’s stunning vocals, D’Mile’s strong production and the duo’s solid...
It’s a catchy and cheerful tune and one of the songs that Empire Of The Sun is best known for. The song was released in 2018, but it still sounds fresh. It’s a really nice throwback, and it’s definitely a type of music that can make you feel like you’re going to have an ...
The brilliance of pitting John Goodman and Billy Crystal against each other makes Monsters, Inc an ingenious throwback to all of the most classic of double acts. But the film isn’t just silliness for silliness’ sake, and, in true Pixar tradition, it’s got a heart of gold at its centr...