Archive for May, 2013
Music
Leonard Cohen – Old Ideas
It’s hard to consider this record without considering the man behind it, so iconic is the status of Leonard Cohen, truly one the most talented and enigmatic songwriters of all time. It would be easy just give it a great r...
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Sleigh Bells – Reign of Terror
Reign of Terror is one of this years most hotly anticipated releases and thankfully it doesn’t let us down. Whilst début Treats was an interesting experiment and gave Sleigh Bells a place on the blogosphere, at its core s...
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Tennis – Young and Old
Much was made of the story behind Tennis’ debut Cape Cod. In short Tennis are a husband and wife duo who met as philosophy students, sold all their possessions to buy a boat and go sailing and then wrote some songs about ...
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The Maccabees – Given To The Wild
The Maccabees third album was always going to be divisive. Detractors will point out that the band and record are largely irrelevant in todays indie sphere. Long gone are the early noughties heyday of spiky indy math bands ala ...
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Sharon Von Etten – Tramp
This, the third outing from singer songwriter Sharon Von Etten, is her strongest effort to date. She strikes the perfect balance between introspective lyrics, folk melodies and simple but effective guitars which mingle with spa...
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Schoolboy Q – Habits and Contradictions
This will probably be one of the sleaziest records you hear all year. Lyrics like “You’re a loser/My dick’s a ruler” and hooks like “Satisfaction fills me up inside/be my sex drive”. ...
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Field Music – Plumb
The expressed desire of Field Music is to put complex political ideas out through a medium of mass communication. In essence they want to mix academia with the pop song. A nobel goal indeed to make me think as I dance. Or perha...
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Perfume Genius – Put Your Back N 2 It
It’s not clear if the title of Seattle based solo artist Perfume Genius’ sophomore effort, ‘Put Your Back N 2 It’, is completely misguided or to be taken entirely ironically. My best guess is that it...
Movies
New Men In Black 3 Images
To go with the trailer that was released a couple of days ago, Columbia Pictures are making another bid to hammer home the fact that yes, they are actually making another Men In Black film by releasing a handful of official ima...
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First Aid Kit – The Lion’s Roar
First Aid Kit are a Swedish sister folk duo who got their break covering Fleet Foxes songs and subsequently opened for them on tour. The Lion’s Roar is their second album. General introduction over, let’s talk about...
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Cloud Nothings – Attack On Memory
Cloud Nothings have for two albums been essentially the vechile for college dropout Dylan Baldi. Attack On Memory is their third album but first to feature an entire band as a cohesive unit and co-writers. And it shows. The sou...
Movies
Men In Black 3 Theatrical Trailer
After a few snippets of footage and a couple of posters, we’ve finally been treated to a first full-length Theatrical trailer for the upcoming Men in Black 3. Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith star as agents K and Will Smith...
