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Music Review: 'Synesthetica'

When Radiation City, the Portland-based sci-fi pop band, was about to disappear and the leading couple—vocalist and keyboardist Lizzy Ellison and guitar player Cameron Spies—behind it was about to break up, something happened. Music happened. Spies and Ellison decided to talk through their issues, put hard feelings aside and start a new musical adventure.


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Music Review: Mutant

Alejandro Ghersi, better known as the electronic music producer Arca, recently released its second studio album, Mutant, representing a wide range of experimental electronic elements across the songs.


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The return of Adele

Rather than talk about the cry-inducing abilities of “Hello”, or its magical power of incepting an imaginary ex-love in your memory; I will endeavor to explain what is special about Adele’s sensationalized new single.


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Movie Review: 'Spectre'

After travelling around the world destroying private property and seducing women in Mexico, Italy and Austria—what else does he ever do anyway?—James Bond (Daniel Craig) eventually discovers that Franz Oberhauser (Christopher Waltz,) is the source of all his woes.


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Music Review: Fading Frontier

Deerhunter is almost impossible to pin down. With influences coming from everywhere on the musical spectrum, the Atlanta band’s sound has evolved from fuzzed out post-punk on their debut Turn It Up F***** to gentler indie rock on Microcastle to psych-rock and dream pop on their 2010’s widely acclaimed Halcyon Digest.