July 2006 Archives
The Face of Web Hosting
Is there some sort of unspoken agreement among the world’s hosting providers that states that their websites must look like total ass?
New From Make Mine Music
Colbert 1, Morning Shows 0
Caul’s Latest
How about a little Midnight Madness?
Sæglopur EP by Sigur Rós (Review)
Compared to previous EPs like Svefn-G-Englar and Ný Batterí, Sæglopur’s b-sides are of a much subtler, more delicate bent.
Truck Turner by Jonathan Kaplan (Review)
The movie is so over-the-top, so full of itself, that it’s really hard to be offended by its more backwards views and scenes.
Finally, Some Solid Sci-Fi(?)
Shiira 2.0 Visual Preview
Bored with the Internet
Water by Deepa Mehta (Review)
Like the best “message” films, Water does not preach or cram its agenda down one’s throat.
Shapes and Sizes by Shapes And Sizes (Review)
There’s something infectious, toe-tapping, and even joyous about the album as a whole.
Stylus’ Top 100 Music Videos of All Time
A Shoegaze Mix
Stephen Colbert and The Nicene Creed
History Will Never Hold Me by The Hourly Radio (Review)
There are moments where the band transcends any potential limitations of said genre, and prove such knee-jerk reactions wrong.
Avalon Sutra by Harold Budd (Review)
These songs are fragile, tender, ephemeral things… and they are best experienced and celebrated as such.
mewithoutYou’s Brother, Sister
Tarnation’s Return
Tarnation is/was one of those bands that, like so many other great bands, never received any significant amount of exposure.
Making a case against Sufjan?
Has Sufjan worked himself into a rut, musically-speaking?
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