Contributions from Sydney Urbanek | Little White Lies

Contributor Sydney Urbanek

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Festivals

Jagged – first-look review

by Sydney Urbanek

Ali­son Klay­man delves into the ori­gins and lega­cy of Ala­nis Morissette’s ground­break­ing album ​‘Jagged Lit­tle Pill’.
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Review

Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry

by Sydney Urbanek

Bil­lie Eil­ish and her tight-knit fam­i­ly nav­i­gate her first half a decade of star­dom in this inti­mate documentary.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Film Music

How Never Say Never revolutionised (and ruined) the pop star doc

by Sydney Urbanek

The Justin Bieber con­cert film cre­at­ed a for­mu­la that stream­ing giants are now run­ning into the ground.
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Review

Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions

by Sydney Urbanek

Tay­lor Swift and her folk­lore col­lab­o­ra­tors per­form and dis­sect the pan­dem­ic album at New York’s Long Pond Studios.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect