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Recommended for: People who want to learn about what techniques, rooted in psychology research, actually can make big impacts in behavior change - ranging from everywhere between student performance to smoking cessation.
Wow.. this album blew me away - more so than anything I've heard all year. Deconstructed rock (?) music that feels like falling into the grand canyon.. or maybe the gut punch of a life epiphany?
Recommended for: Fans of Black Country New Road / Broken Social Scene who want more abstracted, epic, and noisy music that feels detached from ego. Another great album with vocal features by Caroline Polachek (that does not sound like a Caroline Polachek album at all haha)
A pretty and grandiose rock album with a sound I've never really heard before
Recommended for: If you want a combination of Cocteau Twins dreampop harmonies, gothic instrumentation that evokes a medieval cathedral (organs, choirs, bells), and pretty motion picture soundtrack outros, check this out. It's giving Nosferatu, but benevolent. Vocal features by Caroline Polachek!

Anora

Director Sean Baker
MovieDrama
8.0/10
May 27, 2025 Media Reviews
My thoughts:
[Very mild spoilers] The beginning was funny, but moved a little too quickly and predictably. It didn't reveal enough depth or complexity of the central relationship to ground the middle of the film, which really dragged on. The choice to make the audience sit with Anora for 24 slow and disorienting hours made it easier to empathize with her in the end and was stylistically unique, but it wasn't necessarily enjoyable to watch. Still, despite the ridiculousness of the plot synopsis, the movie tap ... read more
Been gliding back into the world of Big Thief with this 2 hour live compilation... voice memos, concert banter, and unreleased songs create a closeness similar to a tiny desk concert. Some versions are arguably better than the originals
Recommended for: Uhhhh fans of Big Thief haha
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