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Music Reviews
Songs: Ohia: Love & Work: The Lioness Sessions
Just how many other heartbreaking albums did Molina have hidden…
Martin Barre: Roads Less Traveled
Pleasantly mines the British folk rock tradition.
Film Reviews
Vox Lux
Vox Lux begins with fierce momentum, but ultimately succumbs to its own crushing weight, failing to make good on its vast potential.
Clara’s Ghost
Clara’s Ghost stages a tense dinner at which a frustrated middle-aged mother tells her family to stop making fun of her.
Music Features
Interview: Ronny Moorings of Clan of Xymox
"Each to their own is my creed."
Holy Hell! XO Turns 20
XO essentially lays out the remainder of the Elliott Smith story, one seemingly scripted to perfection, playing into mythic persona he simply could no longer inhabit.
Film Features
From the Vaults of Streaming Hell: Santa’s Summer House
Skip over the Yuletide season and proceed straight to An Easter Bunny Puppy.
Revisit: Babe
Babe is a 90-minute antidote to the poison of tribalism.
Books
The Curse of Bigness: by Tim Wu
The Curse of Bigness is a primer for a more egalitarian America, the like of which we have never seen.
Iron Maiden: Album by Album: by Martin Popoff
The perfect companion for the kind of full-oeuvre deep dive that the streaming era has made so accessible.
Lists
One-Hit Wonder Albums of the ’00s
These artists never scaled to such great heights a second time.
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…