Feb 27, 2005 Music Fingerpaint the Colour of Sound by Stellarscope (Review) Stellarscope do a fine, fine job of blending the atmospherics inherent to the genre with a nice pop sensibility.
Feb 27, 2005 Anime Movies The Five Star Stories by Kazuo Yamazaki (Review) What we have here is merely a taste, and I, for one, am left wanting much more.
Feb 26, 2005 Anime Movies Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind by Hayao Miyazaki (Review) Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind is worth watching if only to give one a much better context in which to appreciate Miyazaki’s movies.
Feb 19, 2005 Music Anthems for the Could’ve Bin Pills by K.c. Accidental (Review) K.C. Accidental perfectly straddles the line between Do Make Say Think and Broken Social Scene.
Feb 19, 2005 Music Hidden by Caul (Review) There’s hardly a minute on the disc that isn’t awash with blackened waves of drone and drift, eerie scrapings and ringings, and whatnot.
Feb 14, 2005 Music Merry Mixmas by Various Artists (Review) Forgettable, obviously churned out to fill a niche, and reeking of assembly line workmanship.
Feb 13, 2005 Music Falling Through the Clouds EP by Random (Review) This is a perfectly crafted CD, both in packaging and in craft.
Feb 12, 2005 Movies The Latest From Palm Pictures Palm is just rocking out as far as Asian movie releases go.
Feb 8, 2005 Music Joyful Rebellion by K‑Os (Review) K-Os, in a gentle, nasal flow of intelligent lyrics, reminds his listeners of the true roots of hip-hop.
Feb 8, 2005 Music Before the Dawn Heals Us by M83 (Review) The album often lacks focus, resulting in a disc that is just as spotty and uneven as its predecessor.
Feb 7, 2005 Music Outside Closer by Hood (Review) Few bands convey the dreariness of the colder seasons, as well as the wistfulness for something better as well as Hood does.
Feb 7, 2005 Music Cold House by Hood (Review) Hood updates their pastoral post-rock with glitchy electronics and Anticon hip-hop to create a compelling wintry sound.
Feb 5, 2005 Anime Gantz, Vol. 1 by Ichiro Itano (Review) Gantz is positioned as a dark, nihilistic story about mankind’s darker nature. That doesn’t mean it’s any good.