Reviews of Music, Movies, Anime & More

Kissing Cousins’ music contains just the right amounts of coyness, sensuality, innocence, and bad-ass swagger.

Haunt the Upper Hallways might sound awfully familiar if you’ve been a longtime Hood fan, but that doesn’t mean it’s stale or that there aren’t plenty of lovely moments throughout the album.

The filmmakers figured out exactly where they had to be reverent of Star Trek canon, and where they could be fast and loose with it.

Where Mono does triumph, and what prevents them from sounding stale and repetitive, is the emotional heft that their music brings to bear.

Ronald of Orange reminds me of just why I enjoy Ronnie Martin’s music so much.

In an attempt to make the film entertaining, Snyder jacks up the “kick-ass” quotient whenever he can, effectively undercutting the story’s inherent deconstruction.

St. Kilda’s music is the perfect soundtrack for strange, somnambulistic moments.

The shortness of these pieces only enhances the beauty contained therein.

Danny Boyle’s film has some brilliant moments but ultimately stumbles before the end credits roll.

An evocative recording for doomed voyages through uncharted, treacherous — and heartbreakingly beautiful — waters.

Three all-too-short tracks that show off Lansing-Dreiden’s music in all of its glorious and maddening facets.

Dial M is yet another fine offering from one of the most reliable and dependable names in music today.

The cover art promises more than the music, as good as it may get at times, can ultimately deliver.

Au Revoir Borealis returns after a long hiatus with a lush, darkly beautiful album perfectly suited for these trying times of ours.

Disappear continues Ceremony’s ear-shredding track record with a collection of short-but-sweet tracks guaranteed to rend your speakers in two.

It should come as no shock that A Wingless King, the group’s newest full-length, sounds somewhat like a musical artifact unstuck in time.

The Manchester-based six-piece have a decided fixation on the sounds associated with the glory days of 4AD Records.

Perfect soundtrack material for late night excursions.

There were many brilliant ideas and scenes throughout the film, but in the end, they just didn’t gel for me.

The perfect soundtrack for a nice cup of tea and your favorite Murakami novel.