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Twentieth century, go to sleep! Our trip through R.E.M.'s discography gets Pleistocene.
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Discography: R.E.M.: New Adventures in Hi-Fi - Spectrum Culture
Looking back, there’s a wistfulness and restlessness to New Adventures in Hi-Fi, one that’s hard to shake.
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November 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Not the one you've heard about, we're talking about another Roadhouse.
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Shutaro Noguchi & the Roadhouse Band: On the Run - Spectrum Culture
On the Run has an occasional melancholy about it, but little of the drama of a last waltz or the end of the road.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Also in @spectrumculture.bsky.social, I wrote about the debut (and presumably only) album from Snocaps, which retains the scrappiness of early Waxahatchee/Swearin'/P.S. Eliot while sounding more mature: spectrumculture.com/2025/11/17/s...
Snocaps: Snocaps - Spectrum Culture
From the outset, the quartet presented this as something with lower stakes, a return to a simpler, more spontaneous way of making music after years of scaling upward.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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This week at @spectrumculture.bsky.social, I took a look back at Whipping Boy's Heartworm, a personal favorite and one of the great Irish rock albums that, sadly, never quite made it outside of Ireland: spectrumculture.com/2025/11/19/r...
Rediscover: Whipping Boy: Heartworm - Spectrum Culture
Though more celebrated in their home country of Ireland, in America, Whipping Boy’s Heartworm is a forgotten rarity of quality ‘90s Irish rock worth listening to.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
November 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Today on @spectrumculture.bsky.social, I reviewed Stop the Insanity, a documentary about a memory-holed '90s health infomercial icon, Susan Powter:

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Stop the Insanity: Finding Susan Powter - Spectrum Culture
Stop the Insanity has the potential to be a hard-hitting documentary about financial hardship and inspirational new beginnings, but due to weak details, viewers will have to look elsewhere for answers...
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November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Scene Report: Boris gave us PINK eye in Portland.
Concert Review: Boris - Spectrum Culture
Rather than play the record front to back, the band peeled the album apart, performing it in a different run order, interrupted by a handful of tracks from the band’s nearly 35-year career.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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"Packed with five releases from 1978 to 1982, along with rarities and remixes, it’s a definitive place to start when uncovering this oft-forgotten late artist."

Wrote about the new Nicolette Larson Warner Bros. Box Set on @spectrumculture.bsky.social:

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Nicolette Larson: Look in My Direction: The Warner Bros. Recordings - Spectrum Culture
Look in My Direction is the definitive starting point for uncovering the oft-forgotten ‘70s pop artist, Nicolette Larson.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Is there a better record by guys with worse hair than "Pyschocandy"?
November 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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I knew the director Michael Dowse in Calgary back in the day, and visited the set for a feature he produced that once finished he decided to completely scrap. His Fubar films are brilliant and he's the real deal. I reviewed his latest movie, Trap House, for @spectrumculture.bsky.social.
Trap House - Spectrum Culture
This unique spin on action thrillers that focuses on the teenaged children of DEA agents has a spirited energy and hits home as an unexpected drama.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Best of 2025 Listenin’…
November 17, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Best of 2025 listenin’
November 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Hail to the Thief is underrated. Now you get to hear it live.
Radiohead: Hail to the Thief (Live Recordings 2003-2009) - Spectrum Culture
The new live LP isn’t an afterthought. It’s a way of showing how this the band fleshed out and reinvigorated material on the road.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Like all runners...starts off with energy but eventually runs out of juice.
The Running Man - Spectrum Culture
This topical action remake doesn’t commit to its dystopia.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
RIP Tatsuya Nakadai
November 14, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Is "The Unutterable" The Fall's "Kid A"? Check out the expanded four(!)-CD version.
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The Fall: The Unutterable: Expanded 4CD Edition - Spectrum Culture
It's a fascinating fusion of electronic futurism and punk rock fury, all rooted in The Fall's Northern English surrealist sense of humor.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM