Films at Fantastic Fest tend to be surprises. Wyrm, by first time feature filmmaker Christopher Winterbauer, delivers its share of the unexpected. Austin’s Fantastic Fest, the largest genre film festival in the US, features horror, fantasy, sci-fi, action and just plain unusual films. In prior years it hosted the …
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Retro Modern: Gorillaz – ‘Saturnz Barz (Spirit House)’
'Saturnz Barz (Spirit House)' is delightfully weird, addictive and promises that its parent record 'Humanz' will be yet another post-modern masterpiece―and head-scratcher―like the four albums that preceded it.
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Nine years after 'Jagged Little Pill,' Alanis Morissette could not be contained to the “alt angst” label. With her sixth LP, 'So-Called Chaos,' she continued her journey into her own womanhood.
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Forget Big Bird. I Want My ACL...and My Radiohead!
Read More »Music Review: Throbbing Gristle – Heathen Earth
Throbbing Gristle's final document, recorded live in the studio.
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Meshell Ndegeocello's new album is spacey, languid, and soulful, perfect for listening when you want to melt into the music.
Read More »R.E.M.: The I.R.S. Years
Thirty years after R.E.M.'s debut, we look back at their first five albums.
Read More »Music Review: Mayday Parade – Valdosta EP
Two brand new songs and four reworkings of older ones, all done acoustically.
Read More »An Interview with Andrew Earles, Author of Husker Du: The Story of the Noise-Pop Pioneers Who Launched Modern Rock
An interview with A Husker Du fan who wrote a good book about the band by interviewing most of those involved with it.
Read More »You Say It’s Your Birthday? So Do Robert Cray, Joe Elliott of Def Leppard, and Adam Duritz of Counting Crows
A special birthday playlist...
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