The debut issue of Frank Cho’s Boom! Studios comic Skybourne is notable for the ways in which it creates memorable moments and how it avoid many opening pitfalls. It makes a lot of sense that good #1’s are so difficult. There is no
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Backstagers #1 – Rating: 4/5 BOOM! Studios Backstagers is delightful and fun, even on a purely aesthetic level. The art manages to toe the fine line of appearing to blend a multitude of influence and
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); For an artist with near-complete anonymity, Trevor Something is able to generate a substantial amount of hype. Between his recent internet activity leading up to the release of Soulless Computer Boy and the Eternal
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); It's hard to believe that it's been over two years since Timecop1983 released Journeys, a true classic of the genre. Since then, the Netherlands native has been busy, releasing a stellar EP and a
Uncanny X-Men #101 – 108We last left the strangest teens of all in the wake of a crash in Jamaica Bay that kind-of-sort-of-but-not-really-because-comic-books claimed the life of Jean Grey before she emerged as Phoenix, life incarnate. This is a Big Deal. Seriously,
You will know within the first 20 seconds of "Gravity", the opening track of Jamatar's Spacesounds is an EP that you will love or skip. It straddles the line between being a heavily chiptune-influenced synthwave album and a heavily synthwave influenced chiptune album.
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The X-Men have held a significant place in my heart for a large portion of my life. While I have vague recollections of the pure, undistilled awesome of the 90's X-men cartoon, it was really X-Men
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Though the genre is rooted in the late 70's, with John Carpenter's enduring Halloween establishing many of its tropes, slasher films are one of the biggest pop culture relics of the 1980's. We recognize
A few months ago, while on the phone with T.S., the founder of NRW, I was talking about certain trends in avant-garde styles of pop developing in London, and how it would be interesting to see these aggressively experimental musical choices manifest in
The Rise of the Synths is a documentary about the synthwave genre, community, and aesthetic. You can watch the trailer and contribute to the Kickstarter here. The entire project looks incredible, with so many talented and important people from within the scene attached to it, and I
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); I am not a fan of the darkwave subset of synthwave. There is nothing wrong with it, and I certainly respect it. It is, after all, one of the fastest growing and fiercely loved subgenres within
Within about a minute of the first track it becomes abundantly clear that Locus, the debut album by Badlands, is something special.