News Feed for Saturday, July 8
In the news today: Sundara Karma, Peter Gabriel, Kristin Hersh, Wet Leg, Depeche Mode, Cinema Cinema!, Thor, Swans, The Voidz, Metric, Noel Gallagher, Garbage
In the news today: Sundara Karma, Peter Gabriel, Kristin Hersh, Wet Leg, Depeche Mode, Cinema Cinema!, Thor, Swans, The Voidz, Metric, Noel Gallagher, Garbage
Blue Weekend (RCA). Review by Julius C. Lacking.
Not unlike fine Swiss clockwork, the duo that calls themselves Yello have been ticking for four decades without missing a beat.
They call it Hotlanta for a good reason, but I’m sure The Black Lips have enough bad attitude to have way more colorful names for their hometown.
It’s the Heart That’s a Fool EP. Review by Carl F Gauze.
The hard candy sweetness of Metric doesn’t quite sugar the ears of Jen Cray the way she thought that it would.
Synthetica (MMI/Mom + Pop). Review by Eli Didier.
A Cautionary Tale (New Granada). Review by Jen Cray.
Fantasies (Metric Music International). Review by Jen Cray.
Receivers (Jagjaguwar). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Maiden Voyage Plus (Artoffact). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Golden Sun (Paper Trail). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Kill Them With Kindness (Polyvinyl). Review by Aaron Shaul.
The Ouch. The Touch (Cherrytree). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Madame, Madame! (Razzia). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Wolf Parade (Sub Pop). Review by Aaron Shaul.
School of Etiquette (Alive). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Canada,indie rock,drone,avant-garde,experimental,Broken Social Scene,Bee hives,Arts & Crafts,Aaron Shaul
synth pop,pop,indie,new wave,dark wave,scene,Canada,Metric ,Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?,Everloving,Aaron Shaul
Five years have passed since the release of the The Tree House, the remarkable hybrid documentary film by director Trương Minh Quý. Việt and Nam is Trương’s first fiction feature, and with about a week before it screens at AFI Fest in Los Angeles, Lily and Generoso had an in-depth discussion with Trương about his ethereal and complex film.
Judy Craddock has a pulled pork sandwich after Colby Acuff’s set, not missing a beat of Midland’s wild west tour stop. Grand Junction, Colorado, gets “lucky sometimes.”
The granddaddy of old dark house mysteries, The Bat (1926) creeps onto Blu-ray from Undercrank Productions.