Musings on the past and present state of music, film, and pop culture. Get off my lawn.
The 15 Best Rock Albums of 2024: the best in alternative, metal and more from a year that sorely needed musical solace. 2024. What a year, huh? I’m personally worn out from it and dreading 2025, but I take my pleasures where I can find them, and music remains a source of solace for me […]
John Carpenter’s ‘Lost Themes IV: Noir’ Review: Carpenter and Sons take inspiration from classic Hollywood on new album of moody instrumentals. ★★★★★ John Carpenter is one of cinema’s most unique filmmakers. A director who scored most of his own films, he understands the importance of sonic architecture in conveying mood and atmosphere for his horror, […]
For our latest podcast episode, we rank the 17 most iconic horror films of all time, including entries from John Carpenter, Alfred Hitchcock, Ti West and more. We’re halfway through October, and you know what that means: it’s spooky season, and horror movie lovers everywhere are making and watching all their favorite horror movies, either […]
Filmmaker Mike Schiff discusses entertaining doc: ‘The History of Metal and Horror’ that showcases the intertwinement of 2 disparate genres. On our latest podcast episode we’re doing a genre double-dip when I talk to director Mike Schiff about his informative new documentary, The History of Metal and Horror, which features notable luminaries from the worlds […]
Episode 46: Remembering ‘The Exorcist’ and ‘The French Connection’ Filmmaker William Friedkin, RIP-SLIS Podcast Last week lovers of intense cinema were saddened by the passing of director William Friedkin, who died on August 7 at the age of 87. Friedkin was a true force of nature, an uncompromising director known primarily for two of the […]
John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies: ‘Halloween Ends’ Soundtrack Review: Carpenter and sons wrap up the latest Michael Myers trilogy in foreboding synth-driven style. Arriving almost exactly a year later, Halloween Ends completes director David Gordon Greene’s reinterpretation of the Michael Myers saga, a horror franchise that is now in its 44th year. And […]
Concert Review: Perturbator at Emo’s, Austin. French synthwave master whips crowd into a frenzy. Emo’s was packed this past Sunday, with a diverse crowd craving some dark, electronic, soundtrack inspired grooves. And the triple bill of Street Sects, Health and Perturbator were there to deliver in spades. After two slamming sets by the opening acts, Perturbator […]
13 Best Rock and Metal Albums Of 2021: great music from a not-so-great year. I feel like every time I do yearly-best-of’s, I have to comment about how great music made a shitty year more bearable. Welp, 2021 was certainly another year that was pretty fucking terrible, when we desperately needed as many sonic escape […]
John Carpenter ‘Halloween Kills’ Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Review: John Carpenter and family reconvene for soundtrack to David Gordon Green’s follow-up to 2018 reboot of slasher classic. John Carpenter may not be in the filmmaking business anymore, but he’s keeping busy with his composing duties. Earlier this year he released Lost Themes III: Alive After […]
Perturbator ‘Lustful Sacraments’ Review: darkwave progenitor crafts ominous hook-laden soundscapes. “It’s an album about bad habits, dissatisfaction, and addiction. An overall look at how we, as a species, lean towards self-destruction.” So says James Kent, aka synthwave artist Perturbator, regarding his new release Lustful Sacraments, an album that sees a further maturation and musical evolution […]
