Nov 3, 2014 Best of Opus Concerts Concert Review: Slowdive & Low (October 31, 2014, Minneapolis, MN) All I can think is that I’ve waited two decades for this moment… and it is everything I could’ve hoped for.
Aug 10, 2014 Best of Opus Opus News 15 Years of Opus Reflections on Opus’ first 15 years, plus a reading list of some of Opus’ best articles, reviews, and interviews to date.
Jun 30, 2014 Best of Opus Interviews Music Deeper Truth & Elusive Beauty: An Interview with The Revolutionary Army of the Infant Jesus
Apr 23, 2014 Best of Opus TV I Don’t Regret Missing Out On Game of Thrones I don’t mind missing out on an adaptation that has a fundamentally flawed and/or carelessly casual approach to its source material.
Jan 3, 2014 Best of Opus Music My Favorite Songs of 2013, Honorable Mentions: Lockets, Jensen Sportag, Savages & more Soaring ’80s pop, charming modern classical, brooding indie-rock, atmospheric sludge metal, dreamy R&B, and more.
Jan 2, 2014 Best of Opus Music My Favorite Songs of 2013, Part 2: Club 8, Sigur Rós, Infinity Shred, Makeup and Vanity Set, and more Tropical dub from Sweden, blistering post-rock, contemplative ambient jazz, emotional drones, an electronic journey through space, and more.
Jan 1, 2014 Best of Opus Music My Favorite Songs of 2013, Part 1: Arcade Fire, Mary Onettes, My Bloody Valentine, Daft Punk & more Featuring gloriously mopey ’80s pop, robotic heartbreak, shimmering dreampop, late night ambience, and the return of a music legend.
May 15, 2013 Best of Opus TV How did the fourth season of Community get it all so wrong? When was the last time a show so effectively and thoroughly undermined so much of what made it great?
Feb 5, 2013 Best of Opus Music Religion Martin Luther Didn’t “Redeem” Secular Songs & Neither Should We
Jan 1, 2013 Best of Opus Music My Favorite Songs of 2012 This year’s list spans from apocalyptic post-rock to black metal to EBM to psych-pop to synthpop.
Jun 28, 2012 Best of Opus Music Technology What does it really mean to be a music lover? Can you really call yourself a music lover if you’re not supporting the artists responsible for the music you have?
Mar 2, 2012 Best of Opus Miscellany Ethicists Argue There’s No Difference Between Aborting Fetuses and Killing Newborns Killing an otherwise healthy baby would be acceptable were its neurological development somehow deemed less than desirable.
Feb 14, 2012 Best of Opus Miscellany Writing More Thoughtfully On writing in a more thoughtful manner, from a pair of articles by Alan Noble and MG Siegler.
Jan 18, 2012 Best of Opus Religion If I love Jesus, do I really need to hate religion? You may say that I’m simply quibbling over semantics here… and that’s precisely what I’m doing.
Dec 21, 2010 Best of Opus Movies The Failed World of Tron: Legacy As far as digital worlds go, Tron: Legacy’s is not nearly as fantastical as the movie would like you to believe it is.
Jun 29, 2010 Anime Best of Opus TV Hanging with Aang: The Miyazaki-esque Mythology of Avatar: The Last Airbender
May 26, 2010 Best of Opus Nerdery TV Beyond the Glowing Cave: Some Thoughts on Lost The finale revealed a complete and utter disregard for the show’s mythology.
Mar 1, 2010 Best of Opus Video Games Thoughts on Mass Effect 2 While Mass Effect 2 has topnotch graphics and voice acting, its biggest selling point remains the thorny, thought-provoking moral dilemmas that it places before the player.