An exact science
8.5/10
In ‘Dear Science’ TV On The Radio have finally delivered on the early promise of their EP ‘Young Liars’ with the dazzling art-rock album they’ve long threatened but somehow neglected to deliver. Although ‘Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes‘ and ‘Return To Cookie Mountain‘ had some great individual songs, overall I found them frustratingly [...]
Tags:anti-war·art rock·Best of 2008·David Bowie·David Sitek·Funk·Kyp Malone·political·Tunde Adebimpe
Doves, hawks and road maps
8/10
Directed by Stephen Gaghan - writer of Soderberg’s superb ‘Traffic’ - Syriana is a complex and fragmented web of stories that aims to provide a snapshot of the ways in which the US pursues its oil interests in the Middle East. In the same way that Traffic examined the US’ [...]
Tags:George Clooney·Matt Damon·Middle East·political·Stephen Gaghan