Jun 25, 2022 Music Faded Figures by Silent Travelers, Unknown Observer (Review) This ambient collaboration composes highly atmospheric music inspired by fictional cinematic narratives.
Jun 13, 2022 Music Simpler Times by Lycia (Review) Lycia’s latest single finds them dipping a little deeper into synth-pop, and the result is excellent.
Jun 10, 2022 Movies The Phantom of the Air by Ray Taylor (Review) This classic serial from Hollywood’s pre-Code era features aerial stunts and sequences that are still thrilling to watch after almost a century.
May 17, 2022 Music Cave Sessions by The Lassie Foundation (Review) The Foundation revisits four of their classic songs with predictably strong results.
Apr 28, 2022 Anime Yukikaze by Masahiko Ôkura (Review) Thrilling aerial combat and super-cool designs can’t make up for a muddled and confusing storyline.
Apr 14, 2022 Movies Everything Everywhere All at Once by Daniels (Review) Michelle Yeoh shines in this trippy sci-fi epic about a woman struggling to pay her taxes, run her family’s laundromat, and save the multiverse.
Apr 8, 2022 Music Promise by Michael Beharie (Review) A mercurial album that offers fresh spins on various genres thanks to its eclectic instrumentation.
Apr 6, 2022 Music Between the Worlds by Martin Stürtzer (Review) An hour’s worth of ambient dub techno that takes the listener on a journey through the interstellar void.
Mar 26, 2022 Movies Drive by Steve Wang (Review) Direct-to-video martial arts action comedies from the mid-to-late ’90s don’t get much better than this.
Mar 11, 2022 Music Sven Wunder’s Natura Morta is Orchestral Pop of the Highest Quality (Review) With its impeccable pop melodies and lush orchestration, Sven Wunder’s latest album is a pure delight for the ears.
Feb 27, 2022 Music MotorCycle by Daniel Amos (Review) With its psychedelic arrangements and skewed lyrics, MotorCycle is an artistic and spiritual gem.
Feb 15, 2022 Music Mysteries by Antarctic Wastelands (Review) These seven short ambient pieces possess a sense of impermanence that heightens their melancholy effect.
Jan 31, 2022 TV The Master Chief Goes to Work in the First Halo Trailer (Review) There’s a lot to like here, but at the risk of sounding nitpicky, why isn’t Cortana blue?
Jan 29, 2022 Music From the Womb of the Morning, the Dew of Your Youth Will Be Yours by Ronnie Martin (Review) More than a return, this feels like a rediscovery of everything that made me love Ronnie Martin’s music in the first place.
Jan 27, 2022 Video Games Children of Morta Is a Heartfelt Epic About One Family’s Battle Against Evil (Review) With its gorgeous pixel art design, colorful characters, and engaging storyline, Children of Morta is an RPG gem.
Jan 21, 2022 Movies Max Reload and the Nether Blasters by Scott Conditt, Jeremy Tremp (Review) A shallow, mean-spirited movie obsessed with proving its own cleverness time and again.
Jan 20, 2022 Movies 2025: The World Enslaved by a Virus by Joshua Wesely, Simon Wesely (Review) There’s a certain charm to this inept German film about Christians battling religious persecution brought on by the pandemic.
Jan 5, 2022 Movies The Matrix Resurrections Subverts Its Own Franchise to Explore Trauma, Grief & Romance (Review) Borne out of personal loss, the fourth Matrix film trades kung fu and bullet time for something more emotional.
Dec 22, 2021 Music Bathe in Black Light by Desiderii Marginis (Review) The latest from Johan Levin’s long-running dark ambient project is a harrowing, exhilarating journey through desolate places.
Nov 26, 2021 Literature When the Sparrow Falls by Neil Sharpson (Review) Part cyberpunk dystopia, part Cold War spy thriller, Neil Sharpson’s new novel is a fascinating read.