Reviews
Schoolboy Q Oxymoron
Oxymoron represents Schoolboy Q's major label debut, and many have been expecting a masterpiece along the lines of Kendrick Lamar's 2012 masterpiece Good Kid, M.A.A.D City. Will Q get high marks or will this be an album full of avoidable schoolboy errors and contradictions formed out of habit?
Richard Petty joins the queue to submit his review...
Real Estate Atlas
Though it's unlikely to make fans out of naysayers, Real Estate's latest prove they're still masters of sumptuous, melancholic melody while allowing the dreary overcast fog they've been slowly building since they began envelope even further.
Peter Quinton gets real with...nevermind, too easy
Xiu Xiu Angel Guts: Red Classroom
Titles lifted from Asian erotic cinema? Music videos premiered on Pornhub? Sounds like it's business as usual for Jamie Stewart & co.'s 11th album.
Mark Davison can still hear the pigs screaming...
+/- Jumping The Tracks
5th album of intricate indie rock from +/-, the first in 5 years, sees a mellowing and maturing of their sound. Does this make it any less fun to listen to?
David John Wood takes the leap...Features
Happy Anniversary... Selected Ambient Works Volume II
Believe it or not, it's now been twenty years since Aphex Twin released his seminal collection. Even harder to believe, upon release, it made #11 in the UK album chart.
Luiza Lodder has the skinny...
Happy Anniversary... The Downward Spiral
For its 20th anniversary, Joe Marvilli looks back at Nine Inch Nails' defining masterpiece, an exploration of self-destruction and crafting chaos into melodies.
Joe Marvilli travels down the spiral again...Features
Guy Maddin in Madison
Visiting the University of Wisconsin's main campus, the singular auteur discoursed on "Loss in the Cinema" before a public screening of his free-form docu-fantasia masterwork My Winnipeg.
Grant Phipps discovers...Reviews
12 Years a Slave (Steve McQueen)
After Hunger and Shame, high expectations surrounded Steve McQueen's next film, and he really delivered.
Natália Costa reviews...