Sep 25, 2023 Music Always & Always by The Julies (Review) The Julies return after nearly 30 years with an album of mature, reflective indie pop.
Sep 23, 2023 Best of Opus Music The Dark Ambient Sci-Fi Storytelling of Alistair Rennie’s Ruptured World The Scottish author interweaves ominous soundscapes with broadcasts and audio journals to create a disquieting cosmic horror narrative.
Sep 22, 2023 Technology Remembering Quest, the iOS App That Turned To-Do Lists Into an 8-Bit RPG Sadly, SangHeon Kim’s Quest app stopped working after 2017’s release of iOS 11.
Sep 20, 2023 Opus News New Subscriber Playlist: “Catching the Breeze” This month’s subscriber-only playlist and podcast episodes (yes, plural!) highlight the music and influence of Slowdive.
Sep 19, 2023 Anime Sunao Katabuchi’s The Mourning Children Gets a Haunting Trailer The upcoming film explores the darker side of Japan’s Heian period.
Sep 13, 2023 Pop Culture Seattle’s Scarecrow Video Now Offers Video Rentals Right to Your Mailbox Physical media for the win.
Sep 8, 2023 Anime Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These by Shunsuke Tada (Review) The sprawling space opera series inspired by Yoshiki Tanaka’s novels gets a modern remake courtesy of Production I.G.
Sep 8, 2023 Music Love Spirals Downwards’ Flux Receives a “Deluxe” Reissue The dream pop-meets-drum n’ bass classic celebrates its 25th anniversary with outtakes, remixes, and live performances.
Sep 5, 2023 Movies The Big G Returns, Badder Than Ever, in Godzilla Minus One’s First Trailer Now that Dune: Part Two’s been pushed to 2024, this is my most anticipated movie of 2023.
Sep 4, 2023 Music Everything Is Alive by Slowdive (Review) The pairing of introspective lyrics and evolved sonics leads to a quality of reflection that’s unique in Slowdive’s catalog.
Sep 3, 2023 Personal My Cultural Diet for August 2023: Tenet, Barbie, Inception, Coraline A quick rundown of last month’s cultural experiences.
Sep 2, 2023 Music “Tunnels” by Antarctic Wastelands and Norvik A lovely slice of dark ambience that’s over far too soon.
Sep 1, 2023 TV September 2023’s Best Streaming Titles: 2001, Dracula, The Lego Movie, Band of Brothers, Star Trek: Lower Decks Bela Lugosi, Emmet Brickowski, Easy Company, the USS Cerritos, and more.