Apr 11, 2007 Music Drums and Guns by Low (Review) One of the best albums of 2007 so far, as well as one of the best albums of Low’s career.
Apr 4, 2007 Music The Otherly Opus by Joy Electric (Review) Ronnie Martin’s antediluvian history concept record takes even the most familiar of Biblical tales and puts a newly poignant spin on them.
Mar 26, 2007 Music Out of the Woods by Tracey Thorn (Review) What’s most gratifying about Out of the Woods is the appreciation it exudes for the simple graces of life.
Mar 24, 2007 Best of Opus Music Neon Bible by Arcade Fire (Review) Though less bombastic and fiery than Funeral, Arcade Fire’s sophomore album is no less powerful.
Mar 22, 2007 Movies Danielson: A Family Movie by J.l. Aronson (Review) It’s an inspiring vision of the way music could be, of the way music perhaps should be — especially in Christian circles.
Mar 17, 2007 Music Painted Sky by Yellow6 (Review) I don’t have any problem calling this some of the best music I’ve heard from Yellow6 to date.
Mar 13, 2007 Movies 300 by Zack Snyder (Review) The film’s look is so hyper-realistic, so stylized, that it ends up feeling sterile and artificial.
Mar 4, 2007 Music The Brothers Martin by The Brothers Martin (Review) The Brothers Martin is equal parts Starflyer 59 and equal parts Joy Electric, not just a trip down nostalgia lane.
Feb 10, 2007 Music Holding On by Peter James (Review) Melancholic dark ambience that is as good as anything I’ve purchased from the likes of Projekt, Cold Meat Industries, Manifold, Soleilmoon, etc.
Feb 8, 2007 Movies The Amazing Screw-On Head by Chris Prynoski (Review) The world could always use some more goofily charming, historically irreverent sci-fi.
Feb 6, 2007 Movies Tom Yum Goong by Prachya Pinkaew (Review) Despite some really fun action scenes, Tom Yum Goong is a decidedly inferior film to its predecessor, Ong-Bak.
Jan 31, 2007 Music La Stanza Di Swedenborg by Vanessa Van Basten (Review) A welcome shot in the arm for the world of intelligent metal.
Jan 28, 2007 Music Friend Opportunity by Deerhoof (Review) Deerhoof’s experimentation often seems to serve no other purpose than to show off that the band can, indeed, experiment.
Jan 27, 2007 Music We Know About The Need by Bracken (Review) Those expecting to hear the pastoral soundscapes that Hood meanders through on their albums might be a bit surprised.
Jan 23, 2007 Music Caught and Lost by Loss Of A Child (Review) Loss of a Child have yet to arrive at a sound that conveys the power they’re straining so hard to communicate.
Jan 17, 2007 Music City Island by The Artificial Sea (Review) A solid debut whose restraint leaves the listener wanting more — in a very good way.
Jan 14, 2007 Music Shades of a Vast Moment by Void’s Anatomy (Review) Jorge’s songs pirouette on the edge of an abyss, her delicate voice seemingly quite outmatched by the long, dark night of the soul that she faces.
Jan 14, 2007 Movies Curse of the Golden Flower by Zhang Yimou (Review) I need to stop the review lest it just become a checklist of everything I dislike about the movie.
Jan 13, 2007 Music Best of Bootie 2006 by Various Artists (Review) You’re struck by the thought that perhaps some higher power had always intended for the components to be mashed together.