Wherein Ryley Walker covers Dave Matthews Band.
Music Reviews
Gazelle Twin: Pastoral
Music that rids itself of contextually vacant tinkering in favor…
Ron Gallo: Stardust Birthday Party
Stardust Birthday Party is a therapeutic, compassionate album.
Film Reviews
Jonathan
Jonathan presents questions but offers few answers in a film that deserves to be more philosophically fleshed-out than what is offered here.
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
These two sardonic moralists succeed in inhabiting each extreme in equal proportion, blending and reshaping familiar narratives as only they can.
Music Features
Concert Review: Blitzen Trapper
Furr is a thrilling trip through the minds of a band still interested in being, in their own words, “wild and reckless."
Concert Review: Guided by Voices
Guided by Voices are one of the most “bang for your buck” live bands on the planet.
Film Features
Revisit: The Ice Storm
A profound meditation on what it means to be frozen in place.
Holy Hell! A Bug’s Life Turns 20
When looking at the names in the production teams, there are still few, if any, women in leadership roles with Pixar movies.
Books
Pachinko: by Min Jin Lee
Pachinko is a sprawling, compassionate look at the lives in a family struggling to survive in a hostile land.
Making Sense of God: by Timothy Keller
Keller sets forth his assertions honestly and carefully; his account deserves open-minded respect.
Lists
Criminally Overrated: Decade Edition
As we continue to celebrate 10 years of Spectrum Culture this week, we’re going to turn our attention to film. Throughout the past decade, our film staff has…
Decade Mixtape: Spectrum Culture Turns 10
In honor of Spectrum Culture's 10th anniversary, we’re reviving the spirit of our erstwhile Monthly Mixtape feature and giving it the retrospective treatment.