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Odawas: The Raven and the White Night

This supremely powerful musical experience begins with dark lounge textures ripped from the meandering night visions of Angelo Badalmenti, set to echoing samples of public speakers, quickly segues into an epic Synth intro orchestrated strangely close to “So Spake Zarasthra” cut with something not far from the score to The Never-ending Story (but not ironic) […]

DVD: Screaming Masterpiece

Screaming Masterpiece is a film that attempts to profile Iceland’s fertile music scene. Hurdling through clubs, arenas and desolate locations, it showcases talents such as Bjork and Sigur Ros as well as lesser known acts at various stages of their development.

As a film it is greatly uneven. For a little over an hour I was […]

Alternative Love Songs

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In an effort not to let today’s cheese-fest go by unmentioned here at The Plugg, I decided to send out an email to our writers and some close friends. Today’s mission: what is your favorite alternative love song?
And here’s what I got, in no particular order. A free cookie to […]

Comics: And Now for Some Zombie Action!

I’ve been following zombies in print and on screen ever since I scared myself half to death watching the original Night Of The Living Dead. I was twelve and the idea of being eaten alive seemed not only gruesomely terrifying but entirely possible.

So possible, in fact, that I was up all night not long […]

Review: Deerhoof-Friend Opportunity

What can be said about this Bay Area mystery? Adjectives flee, burying themselves in the stupid ruins of ego music, worshipfully incapable of explaining. O fricken Muse.

When I tried explaining to a friend, I said, “What rock would sound like if it was jazz.”
“Jazz” before it was so bored with itself - nailed down to […]

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