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Spectrum Culture
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Film, music and book reviews. Proudly based in Portland, OR!

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Isn't Crisco bad for you?
Miranda Lambert: Crisco - Spectrum Culture
Miranda Lambert’s latest is modern AM radio without commenting on AM radio, and it goes down too easily, without being as noticeable as it should be.
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October 8, 2026 at 12:13 AM
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Our Sonic Youth series continues with RATHER RIPPED.
Discography: Sonic Youth: Rather Ripped - Spectrum Culture
Rather Ripped is a late-period summation of what made Sonic Youth great without actually being great itself.
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October 7, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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What movie character do you have an unexplainable hatred for? We'll go first:
October 7, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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This was a true joy to listen to and write about. And yes, one can feel joy when listening to Joy Division.
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WE RECOMMEND: Joy Division: Eternal

The comprehensive Joy Division collection Eternal reintroduces the band behind the myth: hardworking, dynamic performers who crafted a new sound while captivating audiences.
Joy Division: Eternal - Spectrum Culture
The comprehensive Joy Division collection Eternal reintroduces the band behind the myth: hardworking, dynamic performers who crafted a new sound while captivating audiences.
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October 7, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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October 7, 2026 at 2:24 AM
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Scene Report: Beth Orton laments lost time while making up for it in PDX.
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Concert Review: Beth Orton - Spectrum Culture
The Old Church felt like the perfect way to experience Beth Orton’s new songs, the audience huddled in pews with an imposing pipe organ behind the musicians.
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October 6, 2026 at 9:50 PM
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It's not a shame about Ray(mond Roussel)
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Raymond Roussel: no one asked us yet - Spectrum Culture
Raymond Roussel sets the cool pyrotechnics of Scandinavian guitarist Terje Rypdal against a backdrop of fractured rhythms, boiling dissonance and saw-toothed electronic processing.
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October 6, 2026 at 7:55 PM
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Sweet Hassell
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Jon Hassell: Music Is Invisible (Pentimento Volume Three) - Spectrum Culture
Music Is Invisible is both the last album by and an homage to Jon Hassell, the American trumpet player and composer, which will be most appreciated by boundary-pushing jazz fusion enthusiasts and fans...
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October 6, 2026 at 6:42 PM
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WE RECOMMEND: Joy Division: Eternal

The comprehensive Joy Division collection Eternal reintroduces the band behind the myth: hardworking, dynamic performers who crafted a new sound while captivating audiences.
Joy Division: Eternal - Spectrum Culture
The comprehensive Joy Division collection Eternal reintroduces the band behind the myth: hardworking, dynamic performers who crafted a new sound while captivating audiences.
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October 6, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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ICYMI: We are ranking all of Kate Bush's songs from worst to best. Our 2nd installment is up:
Every Kate Bush Song Ranked: Part Two: “Hammer Horror” (#140–136) - Spectrum Culture
A dud from the Bush is worth two hits from most artists.
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October 5, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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Is "Time After Time" our least favorite song?
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R.E.M.: Reckoning - Spectrum Culture
This version was mastered from the very original analog master tapes and is limited to a one-time pressing of 5,000 numbered copies.
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October 5, 2026 at 6:58 PM
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Scene Report: Mike D shows tenacity in PDX.
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Concert Review: Mike D - Spectrum Culture
Though Mike D’s performance was mildly cacophonous and messy, Portland’s Crystal Ballroom show commemorated the rapper’s past while showing the performer moving forward in the best way possible.
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October 5, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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Our new PODCAST is up. We chat with Richard Edwards (formerly of Margot & the Nuclear So and So's) about his love for Pre-Code movies. Check it out below. And please share!
Enjoy Your Life Podcast: Episode 110: "Talking in Pre-Code" (featuring Richard Edwards from Margot & The Nuclear So And So's) - Spectrum Culture
In this episode, David Harris, Holly Hazelwood and Eric Mellor are joined by special guest, Richard Edwards, to talk about his love for Pre-Code movies.
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October 5, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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October 5, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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Opening day of Ken Russell’s WHORE, 10/4/91, so Happy 35th to the time I saw WHORE on opening night.
October 4, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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October 3, 2026 at 9:52 PM
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October 3, 2026 at 1:21 AM
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The Go-Betweens get reissued!
The Go-Betweens: Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express/Tallulah/16 Lovers Lane - Spectrum Culture
The Go-Betweens’ generosity in uninhibited truth, devoid of irony and filter, returns at the perfect time for younger fans of their sound and era to backfill their catalogs.
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October 2, 2026 at 10:16 PM
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Do we dig DIGGER?
Digger - Spectrum Culture
Swinging wildly between positive moments and passages that fall short to land just north of the middle ground, Digger is far from a masterpiece but never awful for very long.
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October 2, 2026 at 5:55 PM
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We are ranking EVERY Kate Bush song from worst to best. Here's the next installment.
Every Kate Bush Song Ranked: Part Two: “Hammer Horror” (#140–136) - Spectrum Culture
A dud from the Bush is worth two hits from most artists.
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October 2, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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October 1, 2026 at 10:47 PM
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Hosono, he's hot!
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Haruomi Hosono: Yours Sincerely - Spectrum Culture
The Japanese legend's 23rd album unfolds as an intimate, understated love letter, trading grand architectural gestures for quiet domestic warmth.
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October 1, 2026 at 8:50 PM
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It's Tricky....in concert.
Concert Review: Tricky - Spectrum Culture
By performing an unconventional concert, Tricky is proving to fans that he is uncompromising in his vision, happy to float about in the shadows and never get in the way of the music.
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October 1, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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On @spectrumculture.bsky.social I wrote about the latest reissue of an underground '60s psych rock release, Stone Garden's self-titled.

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Stone Garden: Stone Garden - Spectrum Culture
Though Stone Garden doesn’t often differentiate its sound from more popular ‘60s contemporaries, psych rock fans will likely enjoy a few tracks from the band’s latest reissue.
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October 1, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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We Brak' for SYR6: maybe the most effective SYR release?
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Discography: Sonic Youth: SYR6: Koncertas Stan Brakhage prisiminimui - Spectrum Culture
An intense live performance at an experimental movie theatre shows Sonic Youth simultaneously at their most cerebral and most primal.
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September 30, 2026 at 8:56 PM