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Chromeo’s Quarantine Casanova is Your New Pandemic Jam (Review)
The electro-funk duo tackles the pandemic and quarantine life with their trademark grooves and cheekiness.The Vast of Night by Andrew Patterson (Review)
This understated indie sci-fi film breathes new life into a familiar storyline thanks to assured direction and solid performances.Spells by Nailah Hunter (Review)
This lovely little album by harpist Nailah Hunter stands in stark contrast to these chaotic times.Offering to the Morning Fog by Robert Rich (Review)
Robert Rich’s latest album is a response to listeners’ requests for music that can help them during these uncertain times.Amazon’s Tales From the Loop Is a Haunting and Melancholy Sci-Fi Anthology (Review)
Amazon’s latest sci-fi series is set in a small midwestern town where strange phenomena occurs every day.We Were Never Here by Epic45 (Review)
The duo’s latest collection of nostalgia-soaked songs contains some of their most abstract and affecting music to date.SAC_2045 Is an Empty Shell of a Ghost in the Shell Title (Review)
From its lifeless 3DCG animation to its nonsensical storyline, the latest Ghost in the Shell title underwhelms in every way.Alex Garland’s Devs Is Heady, Philosophical Sci-Fi Destined for a Cult Following (Review)
Alex Garland’s latest explores free will, determinism, and the nature of reality against a Silicon Valley backdrop.A Perception of Everything by Endless Melancholy (Review)
Endless Melancholy’s latest is the musical equivalent of thumbing through old keepsakes and faded photos.Roy by Makeup and Vanity Set (Review)
One of synthwave’s finest concludes his Blade Runner-inspired series of EPs with a tribute to Rutger Hauer.Iria: Zeiram the Animation by Tetsurō Amino (Review)
Thanks to its exotic-looking visual aesthetic, this sci-fi/action anime title is an overlooked gem from the mid ’90s.Outnumbered by The Foreign Resort (Review)
The Danish trio’s latest album is a perfectly bleak blend of razor-sharp post-punk and chilly synth-pop.Chasms Return with Limits EP, Tour with Telefon Tel Aviv (Review)
There’s a hint of darkness beneath the dreaminess that makes Chasms’ music all the more captivating.Lifesavers Underground’s Shaded Pain Brought Goth-y Gloom to Christian Music (Review)
The band’s 1987 magnum opus is a dark, haunting album that still captivates after more than three decades.Ephemeral Love by Knight Sabers (Review)
Knight Sabers’ future funk is the perfect music for relaxing after a hard day of fighting rogue mecha on the streets of Mega Tokyo.Silver Surfer: Black Is a Trippy, Existential Story About Preserving Light in the Darkness (Review)
Donny Cates and Tradd Moore have delivered an epic Silver Surfer tale that looks unlike anything else out there.Topographies’ Difference & Repetition Perfectly Invokes the Specter of Early ’80s Post-Punk (Review)
If you’re a fan of ethereal guitars, icy synths, Cure-ish basslines, and haunting vocals, then this is your new favorite EP.Cave Vaults on the Moon in New Mexico by Tan Cologne (Review)
This is music for ambling through wide open spaces that aren’t encumbered by the detritus of urban sprawl.Streams by State Azure (Review)
This four-hour collection of improvised ambient/electronic music is as spacious and expansive as its cosmic cover art suggests.