SUMAC’s ‘The Healer’ Is One of the Best Metal Albums of 2024
Experimental metal trio SUMAC return with four tracks, a gargantuan runtime, and an experience that feels both frightening and healing on The Healer.
Seth Troyer
Seth Troyer is a writer and and podcast host of "Unwatchables"
which seeks to find the merit (if any) in some of cinemas most hated
films. His pop culture writing has been published on various
websites, including, Dread Central, The Geekiary, Wig-Wag Film
Journal, many more. He currently resides in Akron Ohio.
Steve Albini’s Black Swan Song: Shellac’s ‘To All Trains’
Shellac’s To All Trains is as compelling as anything they ever produced and a swan song. In Steve Albini’s case, the swan must surely be big, angry, and black.
“Bee” Here Now: Guided By Voices and 1994’s ‘Bee Thousand’
Guided By Voices emerged from their Dayton, Ohio basement and launched into indie rock on their own terms with the endlessly weird and inspiring Bee Thousand.
The King of Monsters Returns to His Roots in ‘Godzilla Minus One’
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‘Up’ Is R.E.M.’s ‘OK Computer’ Moment Remastered and Recontextualized
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Shoegazers Drop Nineteens Return with Excellent ‘Hard Light’
Quickly after becoming early 1990s shoegaze darlings, Drop Nineteens disbanded. Now, 30 years later, they return with a renewed purpose and a new album.
The Queer World of Gregg Araki’s Films
Campy, surreal, and even “trauma”-inducing, the queer world of Gregg Araki’s smart, challenging, and colorfully eccentric films seduce.
12 Totally Strange and Underseen Animated Films
Well into the ’80s, animated filmmakers attempted to create something even stranger than the X-rated cartoon: the PG-13 cartoon.