Aug 23, 2007 Music Next Door Conversation by Jerry Johansson (Review) The album’s mix of musical traditions from around the world is both improvisational and intimate.
Aug 12, 2007 Music Altered Realities by Erdem Helvacıoğlu (Review) The disc has a highly improvised feel to it, based entirely around the live electronic manipulation of Helvacıoğlu’s acoustic guitar.
Aug 5, 2007 Movies The Bourne Ultimatum Rules the Box Office, And That’s a Good Thing (Review) You can make money with films that deliver both adrenaline-soaked fights and chases as well as smart, challenging stories.
Aug 5, 2007 Music The Glass Bottom Boat by Carta (Review) There’s a sense of purity and simplicity, and of solid craftsmanship throughout the album.
Jul 29, 2007 Anime Movies Paprika by Satoshi Kon (Review) To attempt to come up with a more detailed plot synopsis is sort of beside the point, and to be honest, I don’t even know if it’s possible.
Jul 14, 2007 Music Tuned to Love by The Loose Salute (Review) A batch of homespun, country-inflected ballads that straddle the line between folk and rock musically.
Jul 8, 2007 Music Cam Butler by Cam Butler (Review) Cam Butler’s self-titled EP shows that folks from “down under” certainly know their way around western film music.
Jul 8, 2007 Music In the Gloaming by Henry Flower (Review) These four songs are inspired by the paintings of Claude Monet, J. M. W. Turner, Ken Bushe, and Mark Rothko.
Jul 8, 2007 Music Non Resurgam by Henry Flower (Review) The EP’s four songs were created by improvising guitar lines through various effects boxes.
Jul 8, 2007 Music You Turn Me by Drone Dimension (Review) Drone Dimension was well on their way to becoming a shining light in the “nu-gaze” movement.
Jun 9, 2007 Music We Walked in Song by The Innocence Mission (Review) The album is dedicated to both of Karen’s parents, and that sense of loss and mourning permeates the album.
May 30, 2007 Music Afraid to Dance by Port-Royal (Review) The skillful blending of electronics also allows for some delightful surprises to crop up here and there.
May 28, 2007 Anime Haibane Renmei by Tomokazu Tokoro (Review) Haibane Renmei absolutely defies all of the anime cliches that Americans continue to perpetuate.
May 27, 2007 Music Echodrone by Echodrone (Review) There’s nothing wrong with diving recklessly headfirst into the sounds you love and pushing them as far as you can.
May 10, 2007 Music God Save the Clientele by The Clientele (Review) As evocative as The Clientele’s lyrics might be, much of their songs’ impact comes from the band’s incredible musicianship.
May 6, 2007 Music Lifeguard EP by Daniel Maze (Review) Four songs of blissed out electronica that recalls Boards of Canada as well as My Bloody Valentine.
May 5, 2007 Movies A State of Mind by Daniel Gordon (Review) A surprisingly candid view of even the most mundane aspects of North Korean culture.
Apr 25, 2007 Music Eleven Continents by Ryan Francesconi, Lili De La Mora (Review) This music is full of embellishment while sounding neither gaudy nor ostentatious.
Apr 22, 2007 Movies Hot Fuzz by Edgar Wright (Review) Consider it the filmic equivalent of a bacon double cheeseburger with a big side of greasy fries.
Apr 20, 2007 Music Rumskib by Rumskib (Review) Shoegazer pop that proves to be far more affecting and infectious than one might initially think.