Reviews of Music, Movies, Anime & More

Autumn Is the End sounds like the penultimate spaghetti western soundtrack.

Two decades after its original release, Havalina’s third album remains as much an unsung masterpiece as ever.

The Romanian trio will beat you down one massive riff at a time, but they’ll also build you back up, stronger than before.

Post-rock, electronic music, film scores, modern classical, and jazz figure into Grails’ graceful, sublime music.

Game of Thrones’ Maisie Williams stars in this superhero origin story for the social media era.

This gorgeous space-themed EP blends metal and shoegaze to stunning effect.

It’s easy to let yourself get swallowed up by the trio’s dark, chilly music.

Jagged industrial and EMB with a punk-like attitude and posture.

Minimalist industrial punk; the return of a shoegaze legend; dreamy inter-dimensional post-punk; and darkly lush pop from Germany.

Vertical Comics’ excellent reprint captures all of the engrossing and unsettling detail in Nihei’s intricate artwork.

It’s passable late night entertainment but with a script that made better use of its ideas, it could’ve been a lot more.

Patient listeners will find much to appreciate in the post-rock outfit’s latest album.

The Portland group conjure up a heady blend of goth, shoegaze, and psychedelia.

Atmospheric, intricately detailed techno that’s perfect for late-night blogging or coding sessions.

For all of their heaviness, White’s songs never plod but rather, float and drift effortlessly.

Dark-tinged folk balladry, spacey techno from Iceland, goth-y psychedelia, and stripped down post-rock.

The latest from Wit Studio and Tetsurō Araki is a gruesome, action-packed series featuring human-devouring monsters and steampunk samurai.

Circle of Dust’s famous “lost” album from 1998 gets reissued with three discs’ worth of bonus tracks, alternate versions, outtakes, and remixes.

Kosmische-inspired ambient music that evokes the most distant and forsaken reaches of space.

The Pennsylvania trio create lush, evocative dream pop that might fly under the radar of most.