Reviews

Music

• Blind Melon: Blind Melon Jul 2025
• Bon Iver: SABLE, fABLE May 2025
• Talk Talk: The Colour of Spring, Spirit of Eden, Laughing Stock Apr 2025
• Teeth of the Sea – Hive Dec 2024
• Pinegrove – Pinegrove on Audiotree Live Jul 2023
• 12 RODS – My Year (This Is Going To Be) May 2023
• Radiohead – The Bends Jan 2023
• Bartika Eam Rai – Bimbaakash Mar 2022
• King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band - The Complete Set: A journey through the Penguin Jazz Guide — Stranger Fiction Dec 2001
• Stories of Music Discovery // Omicron Records / Apoorva Raagangal — Stranger Fiction Dec 2001
• Music of the Week: Kelly Lee Owens - Inner Song — Stranger Fiction Dec 2001
• Stories of Music Discovery // Omicron Records / The Velvet Underground and Nico — Stranger Fiction Dec 2001
• The Music Box: Portishead — Dummy — Stranger Fiction Dec 2001
• Stories of Music Discovery // Omicron Records / John Coltrane – Blue Train — Stranger Fiction Dec 2001
• Music of the Week: DJ Python - Mas Amable — Stranger Fiction Dec 2001
• A story: Back when I was younger — Stranger Fiction Dec 2001
• Music of the Week: Aesop Rock - Spirit World Field Guide — Stranger Fiction Dec 2001
• Music of the Week: Taylor Swift - evermore — Stranger Fiction Dec 2001
• The Music Box: The Avalanches - We Will Always Love You — Stranger Fiction Dec 2001
• The Music Box // Nothing – Tired of Tomorrow — Stranger Fiction Dec 2001
• Music of the Week: Gorillaz - Song Machine, Season One, Strange Timez — Stranger Fiction Dec 2001
• The Music Box: Ichiko Aoba - Windswept Adan — Stranger Fiction Dec 2001
• Music of the Week: The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs — Stranger Fiction Dec 2001
• Music of the Week: The Tallest Man On Earth - Shallow Grave — Stranger Fiction Dec 2001
• A journey through the Penguin Jazz Guide, Part 1: Intro — Stranger Fiction Dec 2001
• Thou - Umbilical — Stranger Fiction Dec 2001
• Model/Actriz - Dogsbody — Stranger Fiction Dec 2001
• Nourished by Time – Erotic Probiotic 2 — Stranger Fiction Nov 2001
• Cake - Comfort Eagle — Stranger Fiction Nov 2001
• Miles Davis — Big Fun — Stranger Fiction Nov 2001
• Amaarae — THE ANGEL YOU DON’T KNOW — Stranger Fiction Nov 2001
• Courtney Barnett — Sometimes I Sit and Think, Sometimes I Just Sit — Stranger Fiction Nov 2001
• Helena Deland — Someone New — Stranger Fiction Nov 2001
• Tarun Balani - The Shape Of Things To Come — Stranger Fiction Nov 2001
• Akhil Srivatsan - my people are... — Stranger Fiction Nov 2001
• Molchat Doma — Stairs [Молчат Дома — Этажи] — Stranger Fiction Nov 2001
• Reuben - Racecar is Racecar Backwards — Stranger Fiction Nov 2001
• System Of A Down — Protect The Land / Genocidal Humanoidz — Stranger Fiction Nov 2001
• Scientist - Heavyweight Dub Champion — Stranger Fiction Nov 2001
• The Upsetters - Super Ape — Stranger Fiction Nov 2001
• Nas - Illmatic — Stranger Fiction Nov 2001
• Boards of Canada - Geogaddi — Stranger Fiction Oct 2001
• cLOUDDEAD - cLOUDDEAD — Stranger Fiction Oct 2001
• L. Subramaniam — Kalyānī & Sarasvatī — Stranger Fiction Oct 2001
• Sankarabharanam — Stranger Fiction Oct 2001
• REASON - New Beginnings — Stranger Fiction Oct 2001
• Jon Hopkins - Immunity — Stranger Fiction Oct 2001
• Burial — Untrue — Stranger Fiction Oct 2001
• Neil Cicierega - Mouth Dreams — Stranger Fiction Oct 2001
• Lifafa — Jaago — Stranger Fiction Oct 2001
• Peter Cat Recording Company - Bismillah — Stranger Fiction Oct 2001
• Prabh Deep - K I N G — Stranger Fiction Oct 2001
• John Coltrane — My Favorite Things — Stranger Fiction Sep 2001
• KennyHoopla — how will i rest in peace if i’m buried by a highway?// — Stranger Fiction Sep 2001
• Vashti Bunyan - Just Another Diamond Day — Stranger Fiction Sep 2001
• The Music of Mali: Part 3 — Stranger Fiction Sep 2001
• Merchandise - Children Of Desire — Stranger Fiction Sep 2001
• Otis Redding - Otis Blue — Stranger Fiction Sep 2001
• Treble Puns - Sounds Like Treble — Stranger Fiction Sep 2001
• Nice Guys Chill FM — Stranger Fiction Sep 2001
• Lounge Piranha — Going Nowhere — Stranger Fiction Sep 2001
• Clams Casino - Instrumental Relics — Stranger Fiction Sep 2001
• The Music of Mali: Part 2 — Stranger Fiction Sep 2001
• Stories of Music Discovery // Thoughts on the Associates' Party Fears Two — Stranger Fiction Sep 2001
• The Music of Mali: Part 1 — Stranger Fiction Aug 2001
• Music of the Week / Aug 22, 2021 // Culture — Stranger Fiction Aug 2001
• Taylor Swift - folklore — Stranger Fiction Aug 2001
• Bully — SUGAREGG — Stranger Fiction Aug 2001
• Murthovic — Antariksha Sanchar: Transmissions in Space, Vol. 1 — Stranger Fiction Aug 2001
• Rival Consoles - Articulation — Stranger Fiction Aug 2001
• Doomsday by MF DOOM, and the art of the comeback — Stranger Fiction Aug 2001
• The Music Box // Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot — Stranger Fiction Aug 2001
• Takeshi Shibuya: Dream — Stranger Fiction Aug 2001
• Yaeji - What We Drew — Stranger Fiction Aug 2001
• GoGo Penguin - GoGo Penguin — Stranger Fiction Jul 2001
• Blind Melon: Blind Melon — Stranger Fiction Jul 2001
• Thiago Nassef - Mente — Stranger Fiction Jul 2001
• Peter Gabriel — So — Stranger Fiction Jul 2001
• Basement – Colourmeinkindness — Stranger Fiction Jul 2001
• Klô Pelgag - Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs — Stranger Fiction Jul 2001
• On Zamrock: a psych-rock explosion in 70s Zambia — Stranger Fiction Jul 2001
• Kelly Lee Owens — On — Stranger Fiction Jun 2001
• Seasonal Affected Beats — 2° — Stranger Fiction Jun 2001
• The Music Box // Deltron 3030 – Deltron 3030 — Stranger Fiction Jun 2001
• Radio Schizoid — Stranger Fiction Jun 2001
• Wrapped in an eighties blanket with a faux eighties pillow — Stranger Fiction Jun 2001
• Nation of Language —Introduction, Presence — Stranger Fiction Jun 2001
• My experiences with Radiohead, and boys becoming men — Stranger Fiction Jun 2001
• Ichiko Aoba — "gift" at Sogetsu Hall (Live) — Stranger Fiction Jun 2001
• The tracks the made Age — Stranger Fiction Jun 2001
• Waxahatchee — Saint Cloud — Stranger Fiction Jun 2001
• Nicolas Jaar — Cenizas — Stranger Fiction Jun 2001
• Run The Jewels — RTJ4 — Stranger Fiction Jun 2001
• The Soft Pink Truth — Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase — Stranger Fiction Jun 2001
• Equiknoxx — Bird Sound Power — Stranger Fiction May 2001
• The Music Box // Mclusky – Mclusky Do Dallas — Stranger Fiction May 2001
• Nepali Indie — Stranger Fiction May 2001
• The Flying Fish — First Flight — Stranger Fiction May 2001
• Music of the Week // WS 17-May-21 / Slow and Steady — Stranger Fiction May 2001
• Washed Out — Within and Without — Stranger Fiction May 2001
• The Orb — Adventures Beyond The Underworld — Stranger Fiction May 2001
• The Music Box // A Forest Mighty Black – Mellowdramatic — Stranger Fiction May 2001
• Lady Gaga – The Fame Monster — Stranger Fiction Apr 2001
• Talk Talk: The Colour of Spring, Spirit of Eden, Laughing Stock — Stranger Fiction — Stranger Fiction Apr 2001
• A personal history of the world after punk: 1. Prologue — Stranger Fiction Apr 2001
• Music of the Week // Laybak / WS 28-Mar-21 — Stranger Fiction Apr 2001
• Aesop Rock – The Impossible Kid — Stranger Fiction Apr 2001
• Mixtapes: Punk music — Stranger Fiction Mar 2001
• Music of the Week // Hope • Reset / WS 21-Mar-21 — Stranger Fiction Mar 2001
• The Music Box // 파란노을 (Parannoul) – To See the Next Part of the Dream — Stranger Fiction Mar 2001
• From Bam Bam to Bam Bam — Stranger Fiction Mar 2001
• Summertime nostalgia — Stranger Fiction Mar 2001
• Mixtapes: First message in a bottle — Stranger Fiction Mar 2001
• Music of the Week // Everything And 1 Half / WS 7 Mar 2021 — Stranger Fiction Mar 2001
• The Music Box // Shawn Rudiman – Conduit and Flow State — Stranger Fiction Mar 2001
• Music of the Week // The Calm / WS 28 Feb 2021 — Stranger Fiction Mar 2001
• The Music Box // Various Artists – Simla Beat '70 and '71 — Stranger Fiction Mar 2001
• The Music Box // CHAI – PUNK — Stranger Fiction Mar 2001
• Music of the Week / WS 21 Feb 2021 // Evolution — Stranger Fiction Feb 2001
• Stories of Music Discovery // On Cambodian Rocks, a compilation of Cambodian psych-rock from the 70s — Stranger Fiction Feb 2001
• The Music Box // Jawbreaker – 24 Hour Revenge Therapy — Stranger Fiction Feb 2001
• Adam Curtis' Can't Get You Out Of My Head // Episode 1 – Bloodshed on Wolf Mountain — Stranger Fiction Feb 2001
• Heartbreak // Music of the Week / WS 14-Feb — Stranger Fiction Feb 2001
• The Music Box // Weezer – Weezer (Blue Album) — Stranger Fiction Feb 2001
• The Music Box // Bush Tetras – Boom in the Night (Original Studio Recordings 1980​- 1983) — Stranger Fiction Feb 2001
• Music Playlists // HOPE – a mixtape to self — Stranger Fiction Feb 2001
• Music of the Week // Disco Inferno – The 5 EPs — Stranger Fiction Feb 2001
• The Music Box // Talk Talk – Spirit of Eden — Stranger Fiction Feb 2001
• Music of the Week // The Weather Station – Ignorance — Stranger Fiction Feb 2001
• The Music Box // My Bloody Valentine – Loveless — Stranger Fiction Feb 2001
• Music of the Week // Frightened Rabbit – The Midnight Organ Fight — Stranger Fiction Feb 2001
• The Music Box // Sunny Day Real Estate – Diary — Stranger Fiction Feb 2001
• Music of the Week // U Srinivas – Pancharatna Krithis Trio Mandolin — Stranger Fiction Feb 2001
• The Music Box // The Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream — Stranger Fiction Feb 2001
• Music of the Week // Arlo Parks – Collapsed in Sunbeams — Stranger Fiction Jan 2001
• The Music Box // Failure – Fantastic Planet — Stranger Fiction Jan 2001
• Music Playlists // The art of storytelling as expressed through playlisting — Stranger Fiction Jan 2001
• Music of the Week // Funktuation – Funk Katcheri — Stranger Fiction Jan 2001
• The Music Box // Nouvelle Vague – Nouvelle Vague — Stranger Fiction Jan 2001
• The Music Box // The Cure – Disintegration — Stranger Fiction Jan 2001
• Music of the Week // Bicep – Isles — Stranger Fiction Jan 2001
• The Music Box // Dry Cleaning – New Long Leg — Stranger Fiction Jan 2001
• Various Artists — Uneven Paths, Deviant Pop From Europe 1980​-​1991 — Stranger Fiction Jan 2001
• Music of the Week // The Supersonics – Maby Baking — Stranger Fiction Jan 2001
• The Music Box // Angel Olsen – Aisles EP — Stranger Fiction Jan 2001
• Tamil Nadu's Sea Shanties: Stories of Music Discovery // The Folk Songs of Tamil Fishing Communities — Stranger Fiction Jan 2001
• Music of the Week // Honey Dijon Boiler Room x Sugar Mountain 2018 DJ Set — Stranger Fiction Jan 2001
• Music of the Week // The Wrens — Secaucus — Stranger Fiction Jan 2001
• The Music Box // Magdalena Bay – Mercurial World — Stranger Fiction Jan 2001
• Music of the Week // 12 RODS - Split Personality — Stranger Fiction Jan 2001
• The Music Box: A. R. Rahman - Roja — Stranger Fiction Jan 2001
• Stranger Fiction's 35 Favourite Albums of 2020 - Stories of Music Discovery — Stranger Fiction Jan 2001
• Stories about Music: A Tribute to MF DOOM: A journal entry on Madvillainy from 2017 — Stranger Fiction Jan 2001
• My favourite music from 2019 — Stranger Fiction Jan 2001

Cinema & TV

• All Quiet On The Western Front May 2023
• Adam Curtis' Can't Get You Out Of My Head Feb 2021
• How men are made – A Death In The Gunj Feb 2021
• Ekwa Msangi's Farewell Amor Feb 2021
• Two Fantastic Planets Jan 2021
• His House Jan 2021
• Fall of Civilizations TV Jan 2021
• Charlie Kaufman's i'm thinking of ending things Dec 2020

New Media

• Home // Thoughts triggered by Stardew Valley Mar 2021
• The Boat by Nam Le Feb 2021
• Lo-Fi Player explorations Sep 2020
• Ramblings on a medialess future Sep 2020
• AI Dungeon — Experimenting with Dragon (GPT-3) Aug 2020
• AI Dungeon — co-writing a story with a computer Aug 2020