It’s that time of year again! The holidays are almost upon us and it’s time to start seriously thinking about what presents to get everyone on our list. I know, it’s never easy. How do you find the right gift for someone? Don’t worry. We’re here to help! If you’ve got […]
Holiday Gift Guide 2016: These Are the Video Games We’d Like to Get This Holiday Season!
According to the ESA, about 155 million Americans play video games. That’s basically 42% of the population. Whether or not you’re a gamer yourself or looking for some gift ideas for the gamers in your life, we’ve got some ideas for you here.We’ve included some of the year’s biggest games […]
Holiday Gift Guide 2016: DIY Gift Ideas For Craft Nerds
I have a rule for myself: I don’t buy things I can make. My mother started me crafting when I was a Daisy in Girl Scouts. I make my own jam for crying out loud. That song from Portlandia, “She’s Making Jewelry Now,” that’s about me. So I’ve got a […]
SDCC 2016: Saturday Highlights
We’ve scoured the SDCC schedule for Saturday so you don’t have to and we’ve found the biggest, baddest panels around. (And we threw in some fun, smaller panels, too.) Saturday is a jam-packed day full of all kinds of great events in addition to the regular schedule of panels. Take […]
I Am a DJ: 8 Amazing Bowie Tracks You Probably Haven’t Heard Of
So you’ve heard “Heroes,” watched Labyrinth, and maybe you even know that the Nirvana song “The Man Who Sold the World” is actually a cover of the title track of Bowie’s second studio album. But if you’re still mourning this month’s passing of the Thin White Duke (and let’s be […]
Episode 10: The Top 10 Pop & Folk Albums of 2015
We’ve finally arrived at the end of our 2015 retrospective on Hear and Now, having already covered the best hip hop, rock, and electronic albums of the year. But we’re closing out with perhaps the most diverse and interesting lists of the bunch: “pop & folk” a.k.a., “everything that didn’t […]
Episode 9: The Top 10 Electronic Albums of 2015
As we continue to crank through our best-of-2015 episodes on our Hear and Now with Steve Jozef podcast, having already discussed hip hop and rock, we’ve arrived at the home of some of the strangest and most fascinating music in the modern scene: electronic. Join us as we discuss the […]
Nerdophiles’ Most Anticipated Movies of 2016
It’s a brand new year and I bet you know what that means: we’re getting closer and closer to all the new movie releases of 2016. Last year was a pretty great year as far as movies were concerned though, admittedly, The Force Awakens – which is still breaking records even […]
Nerdophiles’ Most Anticipated Albums of 2016
2015 was a blockbuster year for music, with fantastic new releases across all genres. Just about every single one of the year’s most hotly anticipated albums delivered on its hype, from Kendrick Lamar’s instant classic To Pimp A Butterfly to Sufjan Stevens’ deeply moving Carrie & Lowell to Adele’s long-awaited comeback 25. So if that pattern […]
Episode 8: The Top 10 Rock Albums of 2015
For four weeks straight, we at the music criticism podcast Hear and Now with Steve Jozef are talking up the very best albums of the year, genre by genre. Last week we counted down our top 10 hip hop albums, and now we’re doing the same for rock and roll. Join […]