19+ hour, 30+ min ago   (1640+ words) Spectrum Culture Back in 1990, it seemed like the Pixies were on the verge of a commercial breakthrough, but that never really happened. Instead, Bossanova offered a softer, glossier and more conventional take on the Pixies sound at just the point…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (222+ words) Still, the plot progresses much in the way you expect, with Akutsu going in a predictable direction. When we finally arrive with a somewhat bombastic scene in the third arc, The Last Blossom still feels muted, because the film started…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1433+ words) Spectrum Culture The band took that money and used it to build Echo Canyon, their very own studio on Murray Street in Lower Manhattan. The first effort from that new venture would be their 10th album, A Thousand Leaves. Named after…...

3+ week, 18+ hour ago   (825+ words) Spectrum Culture Though many critics and commenters have described Wagner’s signature singing as “whispered,” one throughline of the band’s decades-spanning output is Wagner’s commanding baritone, which offers an irresistible invitation to sit forward and listen. It’s puzzling when some observe…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (167+ words) Firstly, Kim Deal unveiled four new songs, sprinkling them throughout the 22-song, 90-minute set. Always humble and a touch self-deprecating, Deal openly worried that the songs – which sported titles like “Bite” and “Ghost” – would be “cringe.” Yet, they fit right…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (1003+ words) Spectrum Culture Things were different by 2009. Outside of Michel Gondry’s excellent, misunderstood video rental love letter, Be Kind Rewind, the fulfilling roles Bey enjoyed in The Woodsman, Something the Lord Made and Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy had failed to…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (914+ words) Spectrum Culture That being said, the SYR EPs are a coup, even by the standards of a band who smuggle 20-minute long feedback jams using the Trojan Horse of an alt-rock record (1995’s Washing Machine). There is no hybridity here,…...