Home movies have long been the stuff of baby’s first steps, the kid’s piano recital, and trips to Disneyland. But for academics, all the other stuff captured by amateur filmmakers—where the baby’s walking, who’s sitting where at the recital, and who’s in costume at Disneyland—is emerging as a valuable part of the historical record. And […]

On Push, the once-local songwriter Mariana Bell gives vocal pop a shot of adrenaline, upping the ante on a radio-ready formula with refreshing formal complexity and intense execution. On the title track—perfect single fodder, by the way—drums that rush the song through its first chorus lurch to half-time on the second. The arrangement gives the […]