May 18, 2002 Anime Neon Genesis Evangelion: Perfect Collection by Hideaki Anno (Review) Neon Genesis Evangelion is controversial, action-packed, muddled, exciting, confusing, and maybe even profound in a way that most anime you see isn’t.
May 18, 2002 Movies Avalon by Mamoru Oshii (Review) Its depth and visual style makes The Matrix look like little more than a student project.
May 5, 2002 Music Start Here by The Gloria Record (Review) Production here is lush and layered and surprisingly keyboard-focused.
May 5, 2002 Music The Last Broadcast by Doves (Review) The Last Broadcast simply takes Doves’ music to the next level.
May 5, 2002 Music Done Gone Fire by Liz Janes (Review) As poised and fully realized a debut as you’re ever likely to come across.
May 5, 2002 Music & Yet & Yet by Do Make Say Think (Review) Do Make Say Think’s music feels incredibly repetitive, but closer listening reveals a complex and fascinating palette.
Apr 21, 2002 Music When We Were Small by Rosie Thomas (Review) Thomas is the kind of performer that could sing gibberish and make it sound good.
Apr 21, 2002 Music I Break Chairs by Damien Jurado (Review) Beneath the unaccustomed level of noise, Jurado remains as incisive a writer as ever, and has never sounded better vocally.
Apr 21, 2002 Music Woven Hand by Wovenhand (Review) With the religion in, an Edwards record is the audio equivalent of reading Flannery O’Connor or William Faulkner.
Apr 20, 2002 Movies Shiri by Kang Je-Gyu (Review) This attempt to outdo Hollywood blockbusters ends up looking an awful lot like a Hollywood blockbuster.
Apr 20, 2002 Movies Fist Power by Aman Chang (Review) This movie won’t even meet the standard of a “so bad it’s good” movie.
Apr 20, 2002 Music Crosspross Bells EP by Knife In The Water (Review) A little slice of Americana right there in your stereo, albeit one that’s dimly lit and sorrowful.
Apr 20, 2002 Music Control by Pedro The Lion (Review) A concept album that reveals the lives of the supposedly righteous for the moral travesties they really are.
Apr 20, 2002 Music No Solace In Sleep by Aarktica (Review) It’s an intense experience, and not one you’ll soon forget.
Apr 14, 2002 Music Elm Street by Lanterna (Review) The album’s at its best when the music is more atmospheric and cinematic.
Apr 14, 2002 Music Rivulets by Rivulets (Review) Like a set of old, grainy family photographs you stumble across, not so much comforting as haunting.
Apr 14, 2002 Music To Spirit Back the Mews: An Asthmatic Kitty Compilation by Various Artists (Review) 90% of this comp is filled with beautiful, lo-fi treasures.
Apr 14, 2002 Music Learning About Your Scale by Half-Handed Cloud (Review) Criticizing John Ringhofer for making strange music is pointless because it’s obvious he has no intent to do otherwise.
Mar 23, 2002 Music Oar by Skip Spence (Review) Oar is a spectacular achievement of truth and beauty, an example of raw emotion reduced to its purest form.