The agony and the ecstasy of ‘Prometheus’

Ridley Scott is the definitive science fiction populist, never meandering into over-technical schlock like Star Trek: Nemesis or self-important grimness like the last third of what-could-have-been-great Sunshine. When he ...
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The Next Best Thing: The Decemberists Live Album (‘We All Raise Our Voices to the Air’) Review

In psychology, the “just-noticeable difference” refers to the minimum difference between two colors that is required for a human to notice them. In live albums, ...
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Odd Future Tastes Kool-Aid, Goes on to Make Their Own

Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. That is the mantra to repeat out loud to yourself before tuning in to [Adult Swim] on Sunday, ...
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Shins return to safe harbor after five years with ‘Port of Morrow’

There is a certain charm about James Mercer’s special brand of heartstring-tugging songwriting imagery, and about his band’s delightful vanilla instrumentation. After a five-year hiatus, ...
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Project X

Is it supposed to be funny or just stupid?

It seems as though comedies today must go to greater and greater lengths to coax their audiences to laugh. This is something The Hangover realized when ...
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Lil B’s ‘God’s Father’: Based God’s indecipherable gift from above [Review]

"In the beginning, there was the Word, and the Word was God, and the Word was with God.” —The Gospel according to John “In the ...
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The Odd Future Tape Vol. 2: Wolf Gang at top of the food chain

The collective of “radical” rappers known as Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, whose carefree antics have made a large viral footprint in the ...
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Chiddy Bang serves up ‘Breakfast’ with most essential nutrients

I’ve often questioned how people develop musical tastes. However much one can be conditioned to certain genres (how else can someone right-minded handle screamo?),  I ...
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Van Who? – Fiery comeback album a stable return

The controversy about whether or not old dogs can learn new tricks is not likely to be over any time soon. Plenty of ancient classic ...
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Paul McCartney’s Kisses on the Bottom – Good album, awful name

As someone who genuinely appreciates jazz, Paul's Kisses on the Bottom is actually rather impressive when you think about what’s going on. At first glance, ...
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