Reviews of Music, Movies, Anime & More

Knife in the Water’s rare gift for blending the grotesque and the lovely makes their music worth tracking down.

An excuse for the filmmakers to whip around some esoteric math concepts with little regard for plot, continuity, or logic.

Of the series’ strengths, the one I love the most is how well it’s able to juggle humor and drama.

I was fully unprepared for just how powerful and moving this DVD would be.

I have no idea how this movie got made, and there’s a good chance that it’s very existence might negate one or two fundamental laws of nature.

At its best, the album offers seductive, enticing glimpses into another world of sound.

The Forms new full-length/half-length/EP or whatever the stink it is, is not for you to spend your cash on.

There’s some considerable promise contained within these five songs.

This is a band that simply does not write bad songs. Ever.

This new album contains all of the same elements that made the debut so great, but that palpable energy seems lacking.

From the start, John Orth’s songwriting is notable for its strangely cryptic and elliptical verse.

If there was ever an example of “too much of a good thing,” it would This Sad Movie.

Calla transcend their obvious sources while still giving them a nod.

Book of Canada is a fine album and it shows Fonograph at their best.

The title track blends acoustic guitars, turntables, Middle Eastern flutes, and fragile female vocals in a dark, hypnotic manner.

So completely over the top that it’s nearly an assault, one that makes this nearly 3 hour long movie speed along at a breakneck pace.

Josh Ritter reminds me of that shard of a real person I might have been when I wasn’t trying to be cool.

I’ve listened to this CD many times, hoping to discover something that would make it all click, but to no avail.

This is country-folk music fresh from the fields, still crusted in dirt and sweat from a day’s hard work.