5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (483+ words) Spectrum Culture Executive producer P2J constructs the rhythmic architecture of What Are the Odds, threading UK garage, funky house and Afro House across a taut, 37-minute runtime. On “This City,” the arrangement leans into classic UKG 2-step swing, driven by punchy…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (963+ words) Spectrum Culture Living with the Living is billed as a double album, but unlike other double albums, there’s no unifying concept behind it. It’s not a rock opera, though some songs came from a musical project Leo was involved in…...

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…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (608+ words) Spectrum Culture snag. have always been a band looking to take physical action as well as words. Their self-titled 2017 debut included envelopes of seeds, with a written message to fans to use them to plant new habitats for pollinators. Physical…...

2+ week, 16+ hour ago   (637+ words) Spectrum Culture A bioterrorist unleashes a wave of hive-mind zombies on the occupants of high-rise tower in Colony. Arriving 10 years after Yeon Sang-ho’s acclaimed Train to Busan trapped passengers aboard a bullet train with a raging horde of infected, the…...

2+ week, 16+ hour ago   (765+ words) Spectrum Culture What’s that phrase — “if you don’t have kids, your thirties are like your twenties, but you have money?” There’s an element of truth here as there is to all phrases, though one can argue it’s not very applicable…...

3+ week, 15+ hour ago   (376+ words) Perhaps the largest subtraction is that the album was first recorded in New York City, finished, and binned. “A bit rollocking,” is her verdict on that version. It’s a story that will no doubt find its way into most reviews…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (646+ words) Spectrum Culture Despite — or perhaps because of — their slapdash, proudly provocative nature, these publications held enormous sway over the nascent republic, thanks in part to lax copyright laws and favorable postage rates, both boons bestowed by a young federal government…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (433+ words) Kiwi Jr.: Blowin’ Up Spectrum Culture Whether listeners are smitten with Kiwi Jr.’s fourth album, Blowin’ Up, or find it merely solid will likely vary from song to song and depend on how one feels about what the band…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (217+ words) So, what’s good about The Curse of Public Opinion? Well, there’s one weird part on “When Kevin Gets Free,” where Hart’s vocal runs are reminiscent of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers theme song. It’s quite jarring and completely pulls you…...