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Spectrum Culture @spectrumculture.bsky.social · 14h

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Spectrum Culture @spectrumculture.bsky.social · 17h

Night Tapes, Right Tapes.
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Night Tapes: portals // polarities - Spectrum Culture

London’s Night Tapes’ debut, portals // polarities, is a remarkably confident debut that dares you not to get lost in it.

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Huge Shark @hugeshark.bsky.social · 17h

I reviewed the latest from @aviengel.bsky.social for @spectrumculture.bsky.social — and I recommend a listen!

Avi C. Engel @aviengel.bsky.social · 23h

"Music that burrows itself slowly down into your bones and nestles there"

Mote reviewed by Valerie Polichar in @spectrumculture.bsky.social ✨

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Avi C. Engel: Mote - Spectrum Culture

The Toronto-based artist’s latest is cosmic in outlook but oddly calming in its delivery.

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Spectrum Culture @spectrumculture.bsky.social · 20h

Is 30 tracks of Tweedy too much Tweedy?

Jeff Tweedy: Twilight Override - Spectrum Culture

Several of Twilight Override’s 30 songs are excellent and almost none of them stumble, yet few of them justify the album's sprawl.

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Avi C. Engel @aviengel.bsky.social · 23h

"Music that burrows itself slowly down into your bones and nestles there"

Mote reviewed by Valerie Polichar in @spectrumculture.bsky.social ✨

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Avi C. Engel: Mote - Spectrum Culture

The Toronto-based artist’s latest is cosmic in outlook but oddly calming in its delivery.

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Spectrum Culture @spectrumculture.bsky.social · 1d

Innern Space: Post-black metal Germans continue twirling toward freedom.
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Der Weg Einer Freiheit: Innern - Spectrum Culture

Innern is a bruising and atmospheric post-black metal journey into the inner self that’s heavy, dense and sometimes moving, but which occasionally loses its direction in undifferentiated riffing that ...

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Spectrum Culture @spectrumculture.bsky.social · 1d

Unsecretly Canadian: Sloan's still fighting the good power-pop fight.
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Sloan: Based on the Best Seller - Spectrum Culture

Based on the Best Seller it won’t cause a major splash, but it’s a great listen for anyone even casually familiar with the band, proving that even 14 albums in, Sloan is still capable of delivering qu...

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Spectrum Culture @spectrumculture.bsky.social · 1d

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Spectrum Culture @spectrumculture.bsky.social · 1d

Scene Report: Laufey lights up Seattle.
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Concert Review: Laufey - Spectrum Culture

At her sold-out Seattle show, Icelandic singer-songwriter Laufey brings jazz pop to a new generation, as well as a whole lot of talent and whimsy.

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Bill Cooper @hopebillhelps.bsky.social · 1d

Are We Good? No, really, are we?

Steven Feinartz's latest documentary about comedian and podcaster Marc Maron consists of themes of grief and self-doubt that are universal and wholly relatable.

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Are We Good? - Spectrum Culture

The comedian and podcaster Marc Maron may be at the heart of Feinartz’s documentary, but its themes are universal and wholly relatable.

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Spectrum Culture @spectrumculture.bsky.social · 1d

Buckingham/Nicks: The Naked Truth.
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Buckingham Nicks: Buckingham Nicks - Spectrum Culture

While a little raw at points, Buckingham Nicks is more than just a curiosity, even as it serves as the prelude to something bigger.

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Spectrum Culture @spectrumculture.bsky.social · 2d

"Good Boy" doesn't have what it takes to run with the big dogs of horror.
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Good Boy - Spectrum Culture

Although attractive to the kinds of studio executives overeager to make more money for less, these kinds of films are not really movies – they feel more like art installations.

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Eoghan Lyng @mightylyng.bsky.social · 2d

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Robert Plant With Suzi Dian: Saving Grace - Spectrum Culture

His days as a heavy metal frontman are behind him, but there’s much bluster and roar to be heard in this somber selection of covers.

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Spectrum Culture @spectrumculture.bsky.social · 2d

Step aside, let the woman through, let the woman through.
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Cate Le Bon: Michelangelo Dying - Spectrum Culture

Love and its subsequent loss are always fertile ground for art, but on Michelangelo Dying, Cate Le Bon manages to make it sound both mysterious and fresh.

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Spectrum Culture @spectrumculture.bsky.social · 2d

Scene Report: This concert hall is on fire, as James hits PDX.
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Concert Review: James - Spectrum Culture

The veteran band, performing its most popular album, shook things up, reveled in the past and kept surprise alive in an epic two-set concert.

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Spectrum Culture @spectrumculture.bsky.social · 3d

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Spectrum Culture @spectrumculture.bsky.social · 5d

Brian Eno Is Practicing Ambient Music the Right Way

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Spectrum Culture @spectrumculture.bsky.social · 5d

The Smashing Machine is down for the count.
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The Smashing Machine - Spectrum Culture

Dwayne Johnson’s first purely dramatic performance has some gravitas, but director Benny Safdie ultimately does not know what to do with the charismatic actor he miscast for his lead role.

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Spectrum Culture @spectrumculture.bsky.social · 5d

We have openings for writers to review music, film and/or books. DM for more info.

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Spectrum Culture @spectrumculture.bsky.social · 5d

Each week we are looking in-depth at an R.E.M. While DEAD LETTER OFFICE isn't an official part of the band's discography, we kinda think it is. Read why below!