Reviews of Music, Movies, Anime & More

These songs move in directions that are more interesting than the simple “shoegaze + metal” equation implies.

Pulls together disparate threads of jazz, hip-hop, and electronica, with a large dose of anime aesthetic.

An immaculately produced album of ambient electronica.

Evocative ambient music with hints of nocturnal mystery and intrigue.

Subdued, empathetic music for those times when you need a thoughtful, comforting presence in the room.

Sparse, intimate folk/slowcore, nocturnal cinematic ambient, airy electronic music, and anime-inspired future funk.

The simple fact is that any new music from Lee Bozeman is a gift.

Some of the enigmatic vaporwave producer’s funnest, and funkiest, music to date.

Kiriyama Family’s soulful pop definitely has a retro sense about it, but it’s far more than just a nostalgic retread.

While certainly not everyone’s cup of tea, I consider this one of 2017’s most fascinating and compelling albums.

Dreamy autumnal pop, spaced-out slowcore, The Smiths get a shoegaze makeover, and some gorgeous psychedelic pop.

Sorrow Plagues’s blend of black metal and shoegaze contains a few sonic surprises along the way.

Marty Robbins’ music presents an idealized, but never schmaltzy vision of the American West. Plus, he has a voice for the ages.

Timber Timbre’s music is dark and disquieting, and intoxicating precisely because of that.

Unwed Sailor’s latest EP is particularly ambitious in scope and sonic diversity.

More than just a simple nostalgia trip, the new full-length finds Slowdive building on their celebrated sound.

Originally released in 1988, this album feels like the blueprints of what would eventually come to be known as vaporwave.

Ambient soundscapes that are as foreboding and ominous as they are beautiful.

A blend of modular electronics and stirring ambient passages.

Highly evocative electronic music, unused synthesizer movie scores, and vaporwave composed before vaporwave was a thing.