1+ week, 4+ day ago   (906+ words) Spectrum Culture Russian Circles had a bit of danger to them, once upon a time. Their first two albums, especially 2008’s Station, caught notice in the golden age of the blogs by offering instrumental metal that massaged textures out of…...

3+ week, 20+ hour ago   (704+ words) Spectrum Culture For a movie that is ostensibly about the boundlessness of imagination hiding in a particular brush of a magical forest, The Magic Faraway Tree is oddly small and rather plain, either unable or unwilling to break out of…...

2+ week, 21+ 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, 20+ hour ago   (977+ words) Spectrum Culture Like better known Scottish groups of the 1960s such as the Poets and the Marmalade, Writing on the Wall started out as an R&B/soul band. The Jury, formed in Edinburgh in 1966, consisted of Bill Scott (keyboards), Jake…...

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, 4+ day ago   (448+ words) Gypsy 83: The Director’s Cut Spectrum Culture Gypsy 83 wants to be a movie about misfits, but it just isn’t brave enough to be one itself. This sweet coming-of-age tale follows two young goth besties, Gypsy and Clive, on a quest from…...

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…...