2016
Noah’s Barks pages covering things relating to the year 2016.
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Mobile Police Patlabor: Reboot
In a novel, new method of torture, studio Khara delivers a short film that teases the possibility of a new ‘Patlabor’ series. (read more)
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She and Her Cat: Their Standing Points
‘She and Her Cat’ is a four-minute comedy OVA starring a cat narrating his daily life and relationship with his owner. Mrrrow. (read more)
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The Shallows
2016’s ‘The Shallows’ attempts to convert the classic horror-thriller shark attack formula into a slow-burn survival story. Will it succeed? (read more)
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Tindersticks – “The Waiting Room” (2016)
The Waiting Room sounds like a different band trying to rip off Tindersticks’s sound but failing at it because they aren’t Tindersticks. However, this is Tindersticks, so that’s concerning. Doubly so, because their previous album, The Something Rain, is one of the best they’ve ever done, reinvigorating their noir-pop songwriting with its longtime close cousins of chanson, sophisti-pop, and… (read more)
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PJ Harvey – “The Hope Six Demolition Project”
Oh man, The Hope Six Demolition Project might be PJ Harvey’s worst album. Maybe excuse the “might,” possibly, (probably). It might as well be definite considering her prior record of consistently always delivering something of interest with her eclectic tastes and many ways of posturing herself. To begin with, the lyrics here are particularly bad.… (read more)
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Primal Scream – “Chaosmosis”
On Chaosmosis, Primal Scream go retro with an archaic array of flat, thumping synth beats that recall new wave bands from when the term actually meant something for a moment: those once-bohemian brits who mixed burgeoning synth pop with rock such as The Human League and Duran Duran. Bobby Gillespie even tries on his lower register occasionally so… (read more)