June 2006 Archives

Remmings by Anoice (Review)
Anoice’s music has a definite maturity about it that belies the band’s relative newness.
How much more evil can KISS get?!?
Arcade Fire Spill Droplets of Album Info
Some films we might be seeing in Toronto, part 1

Ceremony by Ceremony (Review)
These songs are composed as much of feedback, distortion, and tape hiss as they are chords and melodies.
A trailer for Dragon Tiger Gate

Hellgate: London Website Review
This definitely sets the bar high for subsequent game websites.

Something Comes Our Way by Balún (Review)
The trio imbues their music with a certain youthful naiveté that can endear them to all but the most cynical of souls.
Randall Balmer on America’s religious right
Adam Walter reviews Allegro

Flight of the Flynns by Kunek (Review)
This music drifts by with poise and confidence.

Moments in Slow Motion by Transient (Review)
Moments in Slow Motion sounds like something of a nostalgic holdover for me.

Solo Guitar by Alan Sparhawk (Review)
The result is a twisted, screaming mass of feedback along the lines of David Pearce and Richard Walker’s finest moments.
Toronto After Dark

Battle Royale Gets the Remake Treatment
Whatever the case, it’ll be a steaming pile of mediocrity that completely and totally misses the point of the original.

It Falls Apart by For Stars (Review)
I can’t seem to find any evidence of For Stars’ continued existence, but It Falls Apart certainly has a “swansong” feel to it.
Get Yr Blood Sucked Out

BBEdit 8.2.6, or I Knew I Wasn’t Smoking Crack
The River of Appearance Re-Released
Definitely Maybe is Definitely the Best Album of All Time
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