Underground Music
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Coyote vs. Acme Review: The Movie Warner Bros. Almost Buried
Coyote vs. Acme is a Warner Bros. comedy that Warner Bros. Discovery shelved as a 2023 tax write-off before Ketchup Entertainment rescued it and released it on August 28, 2026, to a 95% Rotten Tomatoes score. Wile E. Coyote, still hand-drawn, sues the Acme Corporation with a washed-up lawyer played by Will Forte. Three weeks into release it remains one of the widest bookings in Los Angeles, playing at 22 of the 115 movie theaters Mood tracks in the city this week, a wider spread than any other recent release except Resident Evil and Practical Magic 2.
Minions & Monsters Review: Still the Widest-Playing Movie in Athens
Minions & Monsters is Illumination's 2026 Despicable Me spin-off, sending two Minions through a stolen-spellbook accident into 1920s Hollywood stardom before a real-monster movie plot takes over. It's the best-reviewed film in the franchise's history on Rotten Tomatoes, praised chiefly for its Old Hollywood passage led by Jeff Bridges and Christoph Waltz, even as its box office closed as the series' lowest-grossing entry. In Mood's Athens screening data, it is still playing at 30 of the city's 99 tracked cinemas nearly three months after release, a wider footprint than any other film in town.
Untold Presents ARTBAT at Fratelli Studios, Bucharest - Review
ARTBAT is the Kyiv melodic techno duo of Artur Kryvenko and Vitaliy Limarenko, known for the breakout single "Mandrake" and their remix of Monolink's "Return to Oz." On 18 September 2026 they headlined Untold presents ARTBAT at Fratelli Studios in Bucharest, with Omiki and PolTom in support. Mood's enrichment data reads the night as a big-room, high-capacity booking, 0.2 on undergroundness and 0.67 on commerciality, both well outside the city's usual electronic-event averages, closer to a festival-brand showcase than a scene night. Mood tracks the event alongside ongoing techno and house coverage across Bucharest.
ANOTR at Alexandra Palace: The Verdict on the Ally Pally Double Header
ANOTR's sold-out two-night run at Alexandra Palace on 17-18 September 2026 marked the Amsterdam house duo's biggest UK headline dates yet, arriving behind their third album Withness and its hit single Talk To You. Mood's own enrichment data backs up DJ Mag's assessment that the record plays it safe: the Ally Pally run reads well above average on commerciality and well below average on undergroundness and vocality compared to London's wider house circuit, a pattern that points to a duo consolidating its mainstream arrival rather than pushing its sound forward.
Smalls Jazz Club, New York: The Verdict on the West Village's Busiest Basement Room
Smalls Jazz Club is a basement jazz room on West 10th Street in Greenwich Village that books more live sets than any other New York venue in Mood's data - 169 confirmed shows over the next 45 days, priced per set rather than per night through SmallsLIVE. Mood's enrichment data reads the room as more scene-coded and less commercial than the average New York jazz booking even at that volume, though a 0.199 capacity score confirms just how small the physical room actually is. It suits a listener chasing working New York musicians over one comfortable evening out.
Current 93 in Berlin: A Review of the Sold-Out silent green Show
Current 93, David Tibet's long-running apocalyptic folk project, plays a sold-out Sonic Morgue show at silent green Kulturquartier in Berlin on September 26th, staged in a converted hall beneath the site's former crematorium. English folk singer-songwriter Reg Meuross opens. Mood's enrichment data reads the booking as unusually underground and low on danceability for the city's current calendar, and this review, alongside Mood's listing for the show, argues that a sold-out night this far from mainstream turnover says more about Tibet's cult following than about any single track or record.
Dennis Cruz b2b Josh Baker at Brunch Electronik Barcelona: The Season's Safest Closer
Brunch Electronik Barcelona closed its return season at Jardins de Joan Brossa on September 13 with a Dennis Cruz b2b Josh Baker set, the last of four open-air dates that also included ARTBAT, Marco Carola and Solomun. Mood's event data shows the closer scored lowest on undergroundness and energy and highest on commerciality of the four dates - the softest, most communal night of the run, framed around a Solidarity Day food collection rather than a headline peak. Full lineup, venue details and upcoming Barcelona house and tech house listings are on Mood.
The Odyssey Review: Nolan's Epic Is Still Filling Thessaloniki Screens
Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, starring Matt Damon and Anne Hathaway, is still playing across seven Thessaloniki cinemas nine weeks after its July release, from multiplexes like Village Cinemas at Mediterranean Cosmos to smaller independent rooms. The film holds a 94% Rotten Tomatoes score and an 89 on Metacritic, though Homer translator Emily Wilson publicly criticized its emotional and psychological depth, a genuine split behind the consensus praise. Mood's screening data shows it booked into more distinct Thessaloniki venues than any other film currently tracked in the city, even as newer releases outpace it on raw screening count. Full current showtimes for The Odyssey and everything else playing in Thessaloniki are listed on Mood.
Eightball, Thessaloniki: The Verdict on Ladadika's Metal and Punk Room
Eightball is a two-floor rock and metal club on Pindou street in Thessaloniki's Ladadika district, pairing a ground-floor disco with an upstairs live stage built for touring bands. This autumn it books Buzzcocks' 50th-anniversary tour, Pussy Riot's Riot Days and Icelandic act Solstafir, alongside a heavy weekly rotation of death, black and doom metal shows and a recurring Friday-Saturday Headbangers night. Mood's data shows Eightball running well above the Thessaloniki average on undergroundness and energy, and well below average on seating - it is a standing-room club with no kitchen, built for people there specifically for the music. Mood tracks Eightball's full calendar alongside the rest of Thessaloniki's live music scene.
1000mods: Greece's Stoner Rock Heavyweights, Reviewed
1000mods are a stoner rock trio from Chiliomodi, near Corinth, who built an international touring circuit over eighteen years and five albums, from 2011's Super Van Vacation to 2024's heavier, doom-leaning Cheat Death. Reviewers have called them "bona fide masters" of European stoner rock, and their Desertfest sets are consistently singled out as career highlights. Mood's own booking data tracks eighteen confirmed 1000mods dates across seven countries, including upcoming shows in Chiliomodi, Prague and Paris, and shows their hometown gig reading the highest locality score of any date in their catalogue on Mood.
Resident Evil (2026): Zach Cregger Finally Cracks the Reboot
Resident Evil (2026) is Zach Cregger's reboot of Capcom's survival-horror franchise, following medical courier Bryan (Austin Abrams) through a viral outbreak in Raccoon City. It holds a 96% Rotten Tomatoes score, the highest of any Resident Evil film, and on Mood's data it is also the widest release in Los Angeles theaters this week, running in 101 of the 171 venues Mood tracks across the city. The film is strongest in its tense, character-driven first half and loses some momentum once the plot moves indoors for its Umbrella Corporation reveal. Mood lists full showtimes and participating theaters for Los Angeles moviegoers deciding where to see it.
Earl Sweatshirt and MIKE in Paris: A Review of the Élysée Montmartre Show
Earl Sweatshirt and MIKE are two of American underground rap's most guarded voices, touring together behind Pompeii // Utility, the double LP they released with Surf Gang in April 2026. On September 6th, the pair played L'Élysée Montmartre in Paris, the historic 1,380-capacity hall in the 18th arrondissement, as part of their Home on the Range tour, which routed through Paris twice within ten days. The show read less like a true collaboration than two solo sets sharing a stage, with MIKE's warmer half and Earl's sparer half staying distinct rather than merging. Mood's enrichment data backs that read, showing an unusually low commerciality score for a room this size. Mood tracks the event and more hip-hop shows across Paris.