Reviews of Music, Movies, Anime & More

Lush’s first release in two decades contains nothing all that groundbreaking— but why would it need to?

Another solid, engaging release by one of the best musicians working in electronic music today.

You get the sense that Deafcult’s members love making this music, and they love making it as loud and raucous as possible.

A chilled, challenging psychedelic album that will reward the patient listener.

“Drift Music” is lovely but “Translucence” is required listening material for fans of elegant, serene ambient music.

The ultra-gory post-apocalyptic BMX action film with a heart of a gold that you’ve been waiting for.

A fantastic point of entry into the career of one of ambient music’s most distinctive and prolific voices.

Irezumi crafts ambient soundscapes with such elegance that they never feel insufferable or too consumed by their own gloom.

Though definitely flawed, The Force Awakens left me with a sense of wonder that lasted long after I left the theatre.

Arguably my favorite worship album of all time.

Snow Leopard Messiah reveals that Cashmore’s greatest contribution to neofolk is how supremely listenable and pleasant he makes it.

It’s not often that an album comes from out of nowhere and immediately charms and enchants you. This is one of those albums.

Easily one of the best and most sublime releases I’ve ever heard from the Hearts of Space label.

Nearly beatless ambient dub that drift around the listener with nary any resistance.

These dozen songs possess an emotional heft that one doesn’t always associate with the synth-pop genre.

Haunting, dark, epic, and danceable. Recommended for fans of Makeup & Vanity Set and Daft Punk.

Cinematic electronic music, Quaker-influenced synthpop, spacious ambient dub, atmospheric chamber music, and exotic instrumentals.

Knights of Sidonia’s second season sacrifices nearly everything that made its first season so interesting and refreshing.

Without a doubt, the most ambitious mewithoutYou album to date, by any standard, but also the most troubling.

For those times when you just want to lose yourself in some sad, nostalgic, starry-eyed ambience for an hour or so.