Low Secret Name Kranky By: Eric G. Low’s music presents simple, subtle gestures in which each note impacts the listener with maximum effect. There are no solos. No extraneous sounds. Everything here is essential- it’s minimalism to the extreme. The harmonies between Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker are delicate yet majestic, awash in the reverb […]

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Eyes Wide Shut Directed By Stanley Kubrick Warner Bros. By: Eric G. Even if the story were atrocious (it is not) and the acting were terrible (it is not) this film would be amazing just as a visual spectacle. Stanley Kubrick, if he knew anything, knew lighting (he was a photographer for Look Magazine in […]

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Cake Like Goodbye, So What Vapor By: Eric G. When Cake Like’s amazing debut, Delicious, busted onto the scene on John Zorn’s Avant label almost five years ago, it was an exciting time. An all-female, experimental band with clever lyrics laced with black humor and gutsy, brazen songs that rocked without the trappings of ‘girl-band’ […]

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Appendix Out Daylight Saving Drag City By: Eric G. Second full length from this Scottish five-piece follows in the footsteps of Will Oldham’s off-key, personal bouts with demons and the countryside. The music is delicate and bucolic with vocalist Ali Roberts’ soft, folksy vocals warbling alongside sparse instrumentation that features a traditional setup along with […]

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Pushing Tin Directed By Mike Newell 20th Century Fox By: Eric Greenwood Pushing Tin is a confusing and emotionally disjointed film that isn’t sure if it wants to be a comedy or a drama and ends up just missing at both. Even John Cusack’s self-deprecating charm that made movies like The Sure Thing and Grosse […]

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The Rentals Seven More Minutes Maverick By: Eric Greenwood Sadly, Matt Sharp announced last year that he was leaving Weezer permanently. Presumably, this was to focus all of his attention on The Rentals. Considering it’s been four years since the last record, maybe, paying a bit more attention to it would be a wise idea. […]

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Run Lola Run Directed By Tom Tykwer Sony Pictures Classics By: Eric G. German director Tom Tykwer spins three “what if” segments against a hyper-kinetic live action/animation juxtaposition in this frenetic film about a girl trying to save her dim-witted boyfriend from certain death for losing a bundle of cash. Franka Potente plays Lola, a […]

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