I couldn't figure out how to describe the vibe I was getting, but you put it into words very neatly.
From the album City. Nice little Blade Runner-esque ambient track.
Sort of synthwave-y, sort of cyberpunk.
Oh absolutely. Adore was actually the album that got me into them.
I agree with both of you. I'm very fond of everything by them up through the American Gothic EP, but Mellon Collie is still kinda the peak.
I find a lot of music via internet radio (I know, I'm old school), so I thought I'd share a couple of stations you guys might like.
- Nightride.fm has a number of synthwave sub-genre stations, but Datawave is probably the most space-y. They do have a Spacesynth channel, but I find it veers too much into dance music (EDM? Eurodance? not sure the correct genre) for my taste; YMMV.
To listen to the following, you'll either need to use a separate music player, or find them on third-party radio sites.
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Soma FM has Synphaera (also an indie label on bandcamp), Space Station Soma, and Deep Space One (zero beat).
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Echoes of Blue Mars resurrects Blue Mars and Cryosleep (zero beat), two popular stations from the 2010s.
Not plot holes, although there may be some of those that I didn't notice. It's more to do with the pacing of the investigation (trying to be vague so it doesn't ruin anything for you).
EDIT: Couldn't get spoiler tags to work, so removed that part.
I enjoyed it well enough, although I actually think season 2 is better. If you're a regular whodunnit watcher, you might be mildly disgruntled at a couple of aspects in season 1, but it's still a fairly compelling watch imo.
I mean, it's subjective, right? So far, yes, I'm enjoying it more than Glass Onion, but I'm sure there are people who loved Glass Onion that won't like Death and Other Details. Besides, it's hard to judge a whole season from just two episodes. Maybe as the season goes on, the plot twists will become ridiculous, or maybe the resolution will be mindblowing. Dunno yet.
For me, it's in the "fine" category so far: nothing I'd jump to recommend to others, but engaging enough to likely watch the whole season. It's fairly light and fluffy, but I don't find it as charming as I think it's trying to be. (For comparison, I thought Knives Out was also fine, but didn't really care for Glass Onion.)
From the album Imperium.
Link works for me, but here's the original article. Movie is called The Day the Crown Cried.
Most of the album this is from is similarly space-y. A pleasant discovery!
Some of this artist's stuff is more space-y sounding than others, but it's all pretty good chillwave.
Despite the first book winning the 2021 SPSFC (admittedly, a much less well-known competition than the SPFBO), I almost never see the Primaterre series by S.A. Tholin mentioned. They are doorstoppers, but very well paced, imo: I inhaled the first two books. If you like space opera that manages to avoid a lot of plot tropes, give the series a try!
(Sidenote: if you're put off by the "cosmic horror" label on the first book, I recall there being a couple of mildly gory scenes, but it's mostly in the realm of "unfathomably alien" rather than trying to scare.)
Small Black - Sophie
From 'Limits of Desire', 2013.
Bear's Den - Pompeii
This version, specifically.
An obvious one: Third Eye Blind - Semi-Charmed Life
Deftones-y. I like it!
Couldn't decide, so here's two.
Finch - What It Is to Burn
TOOL - Ænema
Jack Off Jill - Angels Fuck
Very dramatic, but extremely cathartic at the time.
Actually found this harder than expected--most of the songs I associate with summer are the wrong genre, or became super mainstream. But I played this album extensively one summer, and this song in particular has that warm, stuffy evening vibe for me.
And another excellent song from the same album: Smashing Pumpkins - Thirty-Three
Zwan - Ride a Black Swan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZ7550OtqPQ
Just going through tracks I'd favorited, thought this one fit here.