Reviews of Music, Movies, Anime & More

A lovely blend of warm, earthy folk and left-field experimental music.

Pearson’s songs pull no punches as he chronicles all of the ugly, nasty, and shitty things that bring about a relationship’s end.

This is good, honest, soul-stirring music of the finest kind, music that never feels the need to announce itself or overstate its worth.

Proof that quieter and subtler can prove more impactful and haunting than any barrage of monstrous or terrifying sounds.

Cadiz’s self-released debut conjures up June Carter Cash and Patsy Cline as much as Joanna Newsom.

What if Anamanaguchi, Susumu Hirasawa, Ronnie Martin, and Sufjan Stevens got together and made a chiptune gospel album?

A meticulously crafted album that straddles the lines between jazz, folk, and psychedelia.

Convalescing in Braille might be the most unassuming album I’ve listened to in quite some time.

Carss’ compositions are quite evocative and even occasionally intimate.

Dreamy, washed out bliss-pop full of swirling, sighing vocals and ambient guitar textures.

There’s a sense of slow burn here, a sense of movement towards a deeper, darker realm of sound that is only apparent in hindsight.

“All Delighted People” contains some of the most ambitious music Sufjan has recorded to date, but it’s still just as heartfelt and poignant as ever.

The trio perform “instrumental rock” in the truest sense of the word: without vocals and fully intent on melting your face.

When the film worked — which it did, more often than not — it left me positively giddy with a huge smile on my face.

This humble little Flash game’s whimsical-yet-creepy atmosphere and simple gameplay are haunting and engrossing.

Of the many Slowdive/MBV/Cocteau aficionados that have appeared in recent years, Canisius is one to keep an eye on.

In the end, this feels very much like a “transition” record to me.

Much of the album is a muddled, incoherent, and underwhelming mess.

Some thoughts on Before Today by Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti and the “witch house” music of Balam Acab.