FM-84's "Atlas:" Resonance and Nostalgia

Review and discussion on FM-84’s album Atlas (2016), with a special focus on nostalgia.

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A very early post on M83

A bit more about how M83 uses nostalgia

Tool's Fear Innoculum: Watcher at the Threshold

Review and discussion on the Book Edition of Tool's Fear Innoculum (2019)



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Review of Lateralus
First impressions of Fear Innoculum
Best of 2019 part 1

2020 Album Preview Series Part 5: Transcending Convention!

Final 2020 Preview post, including discussion on:

Kate Davis – Trophy (2019)

Heijira – Thread of Gold (2019)

Church of the Cosmic Skull – Everybody’s Going to Die (2019)

We Are the City – RIP (2020)

Cynic – Focus (1993)

Põhja Konn - ‎Hetk. InSpereeritud Tüürist (2019)

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Previous post on Pohja Konn

2019 Top Ten

2020 Radio

2020 Album Preview Series Part 4: To Vet During the Threat

Previews of upcoming 2020 listening, including: Field Music – Making a New World (2020) DIIV – Deceiver (2019) Craig Armstrong- The Incredible Hulk Original Score (2008) Deerhoof – The Runner’s Four (2005) The Aristocrats – You Know What…? (2019) Shana Cleveland – Night of the Worm Moon (2019)


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Previous review of Field Music’s Plumb Previous review of My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless
Introduction to the Superhero Theme Project
Recalling a cold night with Deerhoof The 2020 Playlist grows:

Pink Floyd's "The Wall:" Waters in the Fractures

Review and discussion on Pink Floyd’s The Wall (1979)

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Previous post on A Saucerful of Secrets

2020 Album Preview Series Part 3: The Melody Spectrum

More previews of new music for 2020, including:

Blood Incantation – Hidden History of the Human Race (2019)

Larry Gus – Subservience (2019)

Angel Olson - All Mirrors (2019)

No-Man - I Love You To Bits (2019)

James Blake – Assume Form (2019)

Various Artists – Kankyo Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental, and New Age Music 1980-1990 (2019)

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Old text review of James Blake’s debut

Aaaand the ever-growing 2020 Spotify list....

2020 Album Preview Series Part 2: To Reshape the Cliche

Album previews for Spring 2020, including:

The Rentals – Return of the Rentals (1995)

Frank Zappa – You Can’t Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 3 (1989)

John Williams – The Rise of Skywalker OST (2019)

Iron Maiden – Somewhere in Time (1986)

Saariselka – The Ground Our Sky (2019)

Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble – In Step (1989)

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Overview of Weezer albums

Recent thoughts on Weezer’s Pinkerton AND Star Wars

Posts on Zappa’s You Can’t Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1 and Vol. 2

The ever-growing 2020 playlist