Artist: The Blue Seeds. Album: The Blue Seeds.
Artist: Looker. Album: Born Too Late.
Print is black and white, movies are light and shadow. The luscious, just-believable marvel of the Harry Potter franchise is that it started out as one thing (the stilted, literal Chris Columbus entries) and has blossomed into the other—thriving with incident, vivid with detail, musical with grace notes, intimate with feeling. This is what it looks like when the state-of-the-art comes together in an old-fashioned way: seamless entertainment. I exited the theater not just giddy, but greedy—grateful that there are still two more installments left to enjoy. Grade: A
Artist: Deerhunter. Album: Rainwater Cassette Exchange – EP.
Artist: Choir of Young Believers. Album: Action/Reaction – Single.
Artist: Dear Tick. Album: Born On Flag Day.
Artist: Nini Camps. Album: Come Away – Single.