May 27, 2018 Music 10 Defining Albums, #1: Wish by The Cure (Review) Put simply, no album feels more like high school to me, for better or worse, than Wish.
May 12, 2018 Music In Rotation: Gang Gang Dance, Dirk Serries, Aseul, Damien Jurado (Review) Sleek ethereal pop, serene drones, South Korean dreampop, and lush indie-folk.
May 1, 2018 Best of Opus Movies Random Thoughts About Avengers: Infinity War and the Future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (Review) The Marvel Cinematic Universe reaches an apocalyptic milestone ten years in the making.
Apr 13, 2018 Music A Dark Place by Tor Lundvall (Review) Tor Lundvall’s first vocal album in nearly ten years blends hushed ambient music with themes of sorrow and longing.
Apr 9, 2018 Music globalWAVEsystem’s Life Equals Death Took Christian Industrial Music to Dark, Distorted Extremes (Review) When I was in high school, I once used this album to scare the little kids in my church.
Mar 24, 2018 Music In Rotation: Natalie Evans, The Nightcrawlers, Slow Meadow, Chad Valley (Review) Delicate acoustic folk, spaced out synth jams, contemplative ambience, and soulful electronic pop.
Mar 16, 2018 Music Miracle’s The Strife of Love in a Dream Revels in Esoteric, Elegant Synth-Pop (Review) Miracle’s darkly elegant music takes the sounds of the ’80s and reshapes them into strange and thrillingnew forms.
Mar 9, 2018 Music Not Thrilled by Fine China (Review) Fine China return after thirteen years with some of their best songs to date. Elegant, wistful pop of the finest sort.
Mar 3, 2018 Music DigHayZoose’s Ambitious MagentaMantaLoveTree Combined Funk, Metal & Psychedelia With Strange Results (Review) MagentaMantaLoveTree is a sprawling, uneven album that’s by turns fascinating and frustrating, impassioned and inconsistent.
Feb 24, 2018 Movies Duncan Jones’ Mute Is an Interesting Film, It’s Just Not a Good One (Review) Though it features some interesting visuals, Mute is a significant misstep for the talented director.
Feb 16, 2018 Music Raison d’être’s Alchymeia Is a Jung-Inspired Soundtrack Through the Shadows (Review) Raison d’être’s dark ambience may begin in the shadows, but it’s never content to stay there.
Feb 8, 2018 Best of Opus Comics Soaring Through the Spaceways With the Silver Surfer (Review) Dan Slott and Mike Allred’s take on the Silver Surfer is a far cry from the comics of my youth — for better and worse.
Feb 7, 2018 Music The Honeybear by Hampshire & Foat (Review) This “children fairytale book concept album” is full of enchanting, beguiling music.
Jan 20, 2018 Music In Rotation: Mount Eerie, Ride, Fine China, Amy Annelle, Josh T. Pearson (Review) Heart-breaking music about death; dreamy electronica from shoegaze giants; inspired ’80s pop; plaintive, old-timey folk/country; and goofy country-punk.
Jan 16, 2018 Literature The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell (Review) A brilliant modern fantasy that weaves in various genre tropes without ever feeling like a mere fantasy novel.
Jan 16, 2018 Comics Black Science, Volume 1 by Rick Remender, Matteo Scalera (Review) On its surface, Black Science feels like an homage to classic and pulp sci-fi.
Jan 12, 2018 Music In Rotation: Nabihah Iqbal, Heligoland, Opus Science Collective (Review) An impressive debut that feels both nostalgic and original; exquisitely composed dreampop; and super funky future funk.
Jan 9, 2018 Movies The Villainess by Jung Byung-Gil (Review) The film’s mind-blowing action sequences are ultimately undermined by a convoluted plot and characters you don’t care about.
Dec 30, 2017 Best of Opus Movies The Last Jedi Challenges the Star Wars Status Quo to Go Beyond Mere Nostalgia (Review) By striking it down, Rian Johnson helped ensure that Star Wars could become more powerful than we can possibly imagine.
Dec 29, 2017 Music 12 Decembers’ Lush, Heartfelt Pop Wears Its Heart on Its Sleeve (Review) This remarkably strong debut is filled with simple-yet-affecting tales of love at its best and worst, all wrapped in gorgeous pop arrangements.