Day five of the countdown is upon us and there's still a plethora of memorable concert photos from 2011 to share. The standouts are obvious, but it's getting difficult to sift through and choose only enough for one each day. Today Morgen heads south a bit to Showbox SoDo with Mos Def and Black Star. more ›

Black Star may only consist of two performers and a DJ but they filled the entire warehouse-like room of Showbox Sodo last weekend. It was the best hip hop show we'd seen this year if not beyond that. Check out our gallery from the show and tell us what you thought about their performance. more ›

If you know who Black Star is and have listened to "Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Black Star" countless times over the last 13 years like we have, then you already know why their new single is a big deal and why we're so excited to see them perform at the Showbox SoDo on Saturday. For the uninitiated: read on. more ›

And then there was Downloading Nancy. Whether you loved it or had serious issues with it (we fell into the latter camp), everyone agreed that the film is beyond "difficult" to watch. Deliberately so: loosely based on a true story, the topic is a wretched woman (Maria Bello, fearless as always), full of pain and desperate for a way out of her current situation. The film delves into Nancy's mental illness and the tenuous relationship that comes to exist between her husband (Rufus Sewell) and the new man in her life (Jason Patric). Downloading Nancy is provocative, and the violent images of cutting and other self-inflicted sadism caused quite a few audience members to walk out, some in tears. The entire film is bruised--master cinematographer Christopher Doyle provided sallow tones of yellow and blue. Sure, it's well-made, but with its dark tone and subject matter (and shades of misogyny), how exactly do you market such a downer? more ›