Month: March 2007

The 300

Screen Reviews

The Battle of Thermopylae is revisited with glamour, guts and fancy special effects. Based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller. Rob Levy screams, “Onward!”

Slayer

Event Reviews

Slayer and Unearth bring the heaviness back to thrash and remind Orlando that metal is meant to be dangerous. Jen Cray was in the middle of it all.

Dear Nora

Music Reviews

There is No Home (Magic Marker). Review by Aaron Shaul.

Cheb i Sabbah

Music Reviews

La Ghriba: La Kahena Remixed (Six Degrees Records). Review by Kiran Aditham.

All Star Companion Volume 2

Print Reviews

Somewhere between comic fandom and pop culture research lives this exhaustive (but not exhausting) look at the first superhero club, the Justice Society of America. Matthew Moyer ponders the membership.

Anagram

Music Reviews

The Lights Went Up (Scenery). Review by Aaron Shaul.

Deerhoof

Music Reviews

Friend Opportunity (Kill Rock Stars). Review by Jen Cray.

The Sensational 70s

Screen Reviews

A 10-hour look at “The Me Decade” circa 1980? This mammoth documentary has James Greene flashing back, not to those halcyon days, but watching this faded filmstrip in a high school classroom.

Sleeping at Last

Event Reviews

Chris Catania was just one member of a Chicago crowd awed into silence by the beautiful songs of Sleeping at Last and the Smoking Popes’ Josh Caterer.

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Swans

Swans

Event Reviews

40 years on, Michael Gira and Swans continue to bring a ritualistic experience that needs to be heard in order to be believed. Featured photo by Reese Cann.

Eclipse 2024

Eclipse 2024

Features

The biggest astronomical event of the decade coincides with a long overdue trip to Austin, Texas.

Sun Ra

Sun Ra

Music Reviews

At the Showcase: Live in Chicago 1976/1977 (Jazz Detective). Review by Bob Pomeroy.