Wilco have enlisted Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Nick Lowe and the Straitjackets, and Iris DeMent for the 2024 Solid Sound Festival. The three-day event will take place June 28 through 30 at Mass MoCA in North Adams, Massachusetts.
Wilco, as always, will play host and headliners, while a few of its individual members will play additional sets, too. Frontman Jeff Tweedy will helm a “Jeff Tweedy and Friends” performance, while guitarist Nels Cline and drummer Glenn Kotche will perform with Darin Gray and Chris Corsano as the Saccata Quartet.
The Solid Sound 2024 lineup also features Dry Cleaning,...
Wilco, as always, will play host and headliners, while a few of its individual members will play additional sets, too. Frontman Jeff Tweedy will helm a “Jeff Tweedy and Friends” performance, while guitarist Nels Cline and drummer Glenn Kotche will perform with Darin Gray and Chris Corsano as the Saccata Quartet.
The Solid Sound 2024 lineup also features Dry Cleaning,...
- 12/18/2023
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Welcome To Our Weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big new singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week stellar collabs from The Weeknd and Ariana Grande, Karol G and Shakira; a track from Yeat’s latest project; Halsey’s coveted B-side; and the first single from the Jonas Brothers’ forthcoming album.
Karol G & Shakira, “Tqg” (YouTube)
The Kid Laroi, “I Guess It’s Love?” (YouTube)
The Weeknd feat. Ariana Grande, “Die For You Remix” (YouTube)
Don Toliver feat Brent Faiyaz, “Bus Stop” (YouTube)
Halsey,...
Karol G & Shakira, “Tqg” (YouTube)
The Kid Laroi, “I Guess It’s Love?” (YouTube)
The Weeknd feat. Ariana Grande, “Die For You Remix” (YouTube)
Don Toliver feat Brent Faiyaz, “Bus Stop” (YouTube)
Halsey,...
- 2/24/2023
- by Rolling Stone
- Rollingstone.com
Iris DeMent doesn’t want to get adjusted to this world. She’s been telling us as much for 30 years. The 62-year-old singer-songwriter has spent her life in song, striving toward a sacred sense of purpose in a modern world intent on the exact opposite. From the opening notes of her first album, 1992’s Infamous Angel, when she proclaimed that she believed in love and lived her life accordingly, to her 1994 cover of Merle Haggard’s “Big City” (“entirely too much work and never enough play”) to 1996’s “Wasteland of the Free,...
- 2/23/2023
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
In February, Iris DeMent will release Workin’ on a World, an album of love letters to the promise of a better future and to historical heroes like John Lewis, Jesus Christ, and Mahalia Jackson. The project, set to arrive Feb. 24, came out of the uniquely dark past half-dozen years of American history.
“I kept hearing a lot of talk about the arc of history that Dr. King so famously said bends towards justice,” DeMent said in a statement. “I was having my doubts. But, then it dawned on me, he...
“I kept hearing a lot of talk about the arc of history that Dr. King so famously said bends towards justice,” DeMent said in a statement. “I was having my doubts. But, then it dawned on me, he...
- 1/10/2023
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
The most surprising thing to Melissa Carper about her newfound success might be all the emails she has to send. A month before the release of her new solo album, Carper was still getting used to the non-musical work required of her, now that the 50-year-old indie singer-songwriter has waded into the big-time music industry. Her latest album, Ramblin’ Soul, is her first to receive a nationwide release (via Thirty Tigers). Rolling Stone named it one of the year’s best country albums and it’s shot up the Americana radio charts,...
- 12/28/2022
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
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Cinematographer Tom Richmond, whose résumé included work on such films as Stand and Deliver, Killing Zoe, Little Odessa, Slums of Beverly Hills and Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, has died. He was 72.
Richmond died Friday in New York City, Anthony Jannelli, head of cinematography at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, told The Hollywood Reporter (Richmond also taught at NYU). The cause of death was not immediately available.
Richmond, who was the director of photography on nearly four dozen features, also shot Keenan Ivory Wayans’ I’m Gonna Git You Sucka (1988), Scott Silver’s Johns (1996), Rob Zombie’s House of 1,000 Corpses (2003) and Todd Solondz’s Palindromes (2004).
He won the best cinematography prize at Sundance in 2006 for his work on Right at Your Door, a drama about a terrorist attack involving chemical bombs.
He received Spirit Award nominations for Stand & Deliver...
Cinematographer Tom Richmond, whose résumé included work on such films as Stand and Deliver, Killing Zoe, Little Odessa, Slums of Beverly Hills and Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, has died. He was 72.
Richmond died Friday in New York City, Anthony Jannelli, head of cinematography at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, told The Hollywood Reporter (Richmond also taught at NYU). The cause of death was not immediately available.
Richmond, who was the director of photography on nearly four dozen features, also shot Keenan Ivory Wayans’ I’m Gonna Git You Sucka (1988), Scott Silver’s Johns (1996), Rob Zombie’s House of 1,000 Corpses (2003) and Todd Solondz’s Palindromes (2004).
He won the best cinematography prize at Sundance in 2006 for his work on Right at Your Door, a drama about a terrorist attack involving chemical bombs.
He received Spirit Award nominations for Stand & Deliver...
- 8/3/2022
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In its first incarnation, “Russian Doll” felt as close to complete as any TV show ever gets. With those first eight episodes, delving deep into the minds of jaded New Yorkers Nadia (Natasha Lyonne) and Alan (Charlie Barnett) and back out again, creators Lyonne, Amy Poehler, and Leslye Headland had achieved something truly heady, unnerving, and spectacular. It’s rare for a show half as ambitious, or willing to throw itself at the wall over and over again to see if it sticks, to find a way to satisfactorily wrap itself up. But this one did, in a finale as unforgettable as it was triumphant. And yet three years later, here comes a Season 2 for a show that once felt as perfectly contained a miracle as TV ever gets. Why should the show go back and mess with a story that already felt so complete?
That very question, as it turns out,...
That very question, as it turns out,...
- 4/13/2022
- by Caroline Framke
- Variety Film + TV
Nanci Griffith, the Grammy-winning folk and country songwriter whose popular recordings include “Love at the Five and Dime,” “Once in a Very Blue Moon,” and “Outbound Plane,” died Friday, her manager confirmed to Rolling Stone. No cause of death was given. She was 68.
Born July 6th, 1953, in Seguin, Texas, and raised in Austin, Nanci Caroline Griffith began her performing career as a teenager, playing at clubs and festivals around Texas. She attended the University of Texas and began a career as a teacher, but then switched full-time to music in 1977. Around the same time,...
Born July 6th, 1953, in Seguin, Texas, and raised in Austin, Nanci Caroline Griffith began her performing career as a teenager, playing at clubs and festivals around Texas. She attended the University of Texas and began a career as a teacher, but then switched full-time to music in 1977. Around the same time,...
- 8/13/2021
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
The first season of Syfy’s comedy-drama series Resident Alien is like the plot of E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial — if, before returning home, E.T. was a surly, not incredibly lovable being, who wanted to kill all humans, and tormented Elliott. So maybe not like E.T. But in tonight’s finale, the alien posing as human Harry Vanderspeigle does finally head back to his world.
However, Harry’s departure from the planet and Patience, Colorado, ends up not being as simple as the Reese’s-loving alien’s. Instead, Harry (Alan Tudyk) ultimately abandons his mission to wipe out humanity in the interest of saving his friend Asta (Sara Tomko). He also attracts even more attention from the extra-government agents led by Linda Hamilton’s General Wright, discovers young Max (Judah Prehn) has stowed away on his ship, and he left all that pizza back on Earth.
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However, Harry’s departure from the planet and Patience, Colorado, ends up not being as simple as the Reese’s-loving alien’s. Instead, Harry (Alan Tudyk) ultimately abandons his mission to wipe out humanity in the interest of saving his friend Asta (Sara Tomko). He also attracts even more attention from the extra-government agents led by Linda Hamilton’s General Wright, discovers young Max (Judah Prehn) has stowed away on his ship, and he left all that pizza back on Earth.
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- 4/1/2021
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
I’d recently been absorbed in the deep colors and heartache of Douglas Sirk's melodramas, following on from this I found myself pining for more white picket fence drama, but with a twist. This is where John Waters came back into my world, how I had missed him, so this edition of Notebooks Soundtrack Mix is a sonic ode to a pioneer of perversion. I started back with Polyester (1981) and Serial Mom (1994), which, alongside Gus Van Sant's 1995 To Die For is a double bill I’m always dreaming of. The work of John Waters ramps up the technicolor dreams of Sirk and places them in a camp world of dysfunctional misfits. His work is a reminder to not take things so seriously and that there is a place for everyone in this world which, importantly, includes the poor, repugnant and nasty! Waters is famous for his use of...
- 2/23/2021
- MUBI
Whether it’s coming out of Nashville, New York, L.A., or points in between, there’s no shortage of fresh tunes, especially from artists who have yet to become household names. Rolling Stone Country selects some of the best new music releases from country and Americana artists.
Joachim Cooder, “Over the Road I’m Bound to Go”
By the time he was 15, Joachim Cooder was already appearing on his father Ry Cooder’s albums as an inventive multi-instrumentalist. On his second solo album, Joachim offers a gorgeous rendering of...
Joachim Cooder, “Over the Road I’m Bound to Go”
By the time he was 15, Joachim Cooder was already appearing on his father Ry Cooder’s albums as an inventive multi-instrumentalist. On his second solo album, Joachim offers a gorgeous rendering of...
- 10/12/2020
- by Jonathan Bernstein, Jon Freeman and Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Jason Isbell, Brandi Carlile, Eric Church, Kacey Musgraves, and Bill Murray will remember the life and music of John Prine during an all-star online special on Thursday. Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine streams June 11th at 7:30 p.m. Et via Prine’s YouTube, Facebook, and Twitch.
Prine’s family, including his widow Fiona Whelan Prine, and his Oh Boy Records label produced the tribute, which assembles musical performances, first-person accounts of those who knew Prine, and unseen footage of the songwriter, who died in April after contracting Covid-19.
Along with Isbell,...
Prine’s family, including his widow Fiona Whelan Prine, and his Oh Boy Records label produced the tribute, which assembles musical performances, first-person accounts of those who knew Prine, and unseen footage of the songwriter, who died in April after contracting Covid-19.
Along with Isbell,...
- 6/8/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
John Prine’s family will celebrate the late singer-songwriter’s legacy with the Picture Show livestream tribute.
Produced by the Prine family and Oh Boy Records, the June 11th event will feature “musicians, actors, and friends remembering our beloved Jp.” Those participating in the online celebration — which will stream via Prine’s YouTube and Facebook accounts — have not yet been revealed.
Proceeds from the livestream will benefit charitable organizations like Nami (the National Alliance on Mental Illness) and Alive, whose Grief Center is providing free counseling sessions to anyone in...
Produced by the Prine family and Oh Boy Records, the June 11th event will feature “musicians, actors, and friends remembering our beloved Jp.” Those participating in the online celebration — which will stream via Prine’s YouTube and Facebook accounts — have not yet been revealed.
Proceeds from the livestream will benefit charitable organizations like Nami (the National Alliance on Mental Illness) and Alive, whose Grief Center is providing free counseling sessions to anyone in...
- 5/21/2020
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
The second annual All the Best Fest, a festival curated by John Prine and his label Oh Boy Records, along with music-cruise company Sixthman, is postponed until 2021. Prine was set to headline the event, slated for November 2020, for the second straight year, but after his death last month of complications due to Covid-19, the Dominican Republic-based festival will be turned into a celebration and tribute to the singer-songwriter.
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Steve Earle, Margo Price, Iris DeMent, John Hiatt, I’m With Her, and members of Prine’s...
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Steve Earle, Margo Price, Iris DeMent, John Hiatt, I’m With Her, and members of Prine’s...
- 5/14/2020
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
Few artists loved John Prine more than Iris DeMent. The Arkansas singer-songwriter was one of the very first that Prine took under his wing when DeMent was an emerging artist nearly 30 years ago. When she released her first album in 1992, he wrote liner notes about how her music made him cry into a skillet of pork chops. “DeMent starts singing about ‘Mama’s Opry,’” Prine wrote. “And being the sentimental fellow I am, I got a lump in my throat and a tear fell from my eyes into the hot oil.
- 4/10/2020
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
John Prine is reviving his All the Best Fest for a second year, in late 2020. The four-day musical event, which the Grammy Lifetime Achievement recipient launched in 2019, will again partner with Sixthman when it sets up at the Breathless and Now Onyx resorts in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, from November 16th to 20th.
Joining Prine, who will give multiple performances during the festival — including one classic album start to finish, will be Bonnie Raitt (who sang a brief tribute to Prine at the 2020 Grammys), John Hiatt, Steve Earle, Iris Dement,...
Joining Prine, who will give multiple performances during the festival — including one classic album start to finish, will be Bonnie Raitt (who sang a brief tribute to Prine at the 2020 Grammys), John Hiatt, Steve Earle, Iris Dement,...
- 1/27/2020
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Trampled by Turtles will release a new digital covers Ep on Friday. Cheekily titled Sigourney Fever, the project includes the roots band’s unique renditions of songs by Neil Young, Iris DeMent, Warren Zevon, Radiohead, and the Faces.
Ahead of the Ep’s release, the group premieres their take on “Ooh La La,” the nostalgic 1973 singalong from the Faces. Trampled by Turtles follow the lead of the influential U.K. bar band by enlisting bass player Tim Saxhaug to handle lead vocals instead of singer Dave Simonett — the Faces’ original...
Ahead of the Ep’s release, the group premieres their take on “Ooh La La,” the nostalgic 1973 singalong from the Faces. Trampled by Turtles follow the lead of the influential U.K. bar band by enlisting bass player Tim Saxhaug to handle lead vocals instead of singer Dave Simonett — the Faces’ original...
- 12/4/2019
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Patty Griffin turns Tom Waits’ elegiac, cinematic “Ruby’s Arms” into a sparse, somehow even more heartbreaking piano ballad for a new compilation, Come On Up to the House: Women Sing Waits. She adds a minute to the runtime of the original song, which appeared on Waits’ 1980 album Heartattack and Vine, and allows her voice to ache all over the lyrics in a way that shows a new depth to the lyrics, contrasting Waits’ gruff original.
The tribute album, due out November 22nd, features covers of Waits’ song performed by women,...
The tribute album, due out November 22nd, features covers of Waits’ song performed by women,...
- 8/22/2019
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
2018 was one of the biggest years in John Prine’s nearly 50-year career. The cult songwriter scored a number five album with The Tree of Forgiveness, which ended up on many year end-lists, and he played more than 50 concerts including a headlining show at New York’s Radio City Music Hall. He is wrapping it up with a New Year’s Eve concert in his hometown of Nashville, at the Grand Ole Opry with friends Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats and Iris Dement, who are likely to join Prine during his set.
- 12/30/2018
- by Patrick Doyle
- Rollingstone.com
Germany’s Bear Family Records continues its incomparably exhaustive work with the upcoming release of a 20-cd set honoring Lefty Frizzell, one of the most influential country musicians of all time. Featuring re-mastered versions of every 45, 78, and LP track from Frizzell’s career, along with several previously unissued session recordings, the aptly titled An Article from Life: The Complete Recordings, features a staggering 361 tracks and includes a new 264-page hardcover biography.
In October 1950, Texas-born William Orville Frizzell (nicknamed “Lefty” after a schoolyard fight) debuted on the country chart with a double-sided hit,...
In October 1950, Texas-born William Orville Frizzell (nicknamed “Lefty” after a schoolyard fight) debuted on the country chart with a double-sided hit,...
- 7/26/2018
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Songwriting hero John Prine takes viewers on a star-studded tour of Nashville in the new video for “Knockin’ on Your Screen Door,” a joyfully rambling cut off his 2018 album, The Tree of Forgiveness.
Directed by photographer David McClister, the clip features special guests like the Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach, Elizabeth Cook, Jason Isbell, Margo Price, Amanda Shires, Sturgill Simpson and more as Prine visits some of his favorite Nashville landmarks, including the Ernest Tubb Record Shop, the Station Inn and Arnold’s Country Kitchen. Putting Prine’s freewheeling and somewhat self-deprecating nature on full display,...
Directed by photographer David McClister, the clip features special guests like the Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach, Elizabeth Cook, Jason Isbell, Margo Price, Amanda Shires, Sturgill Simpson and more as Prine visits some of his favorite Nashville landmarks, including the Ernest Tubb Record Shop, the Station Inn and Arnold’s Country Kitchen. Putting Prine’s freewheeling and somewhat self-deprecating nature on full display,...
- 7/10/2018
- by Chris Parton
- Rollingstone.com
The Peabody award-winning The Leftovers concludes on Sunday, June 4 and through its three seasons, the show has become just as acclaimed for its music as its incredible story, writing and acting.
While the HBO series is no stranger to change (season one's opening titles used an original piece by composer Max Richter, and season two used Iris DeMent's "Let the Mystery Be"), season three has gone even further, adapting the theme song to each episode. "[It was showrunner] Damon Lindelof's decision," music supervisor Liza Richardson tells Et by phone, adding that the music choices on the series vary between her and Lindelof's allegiance to certain artists, love of repetition and the desire to "surprise."
Exclusive: Damon Lindelof on Ending ‘Leftovers’ in the Wake of ‘Lost’
"Hopefully all the main title choices are all very surprising for the audience, whether you know the song or not," she says. And while title choices serve as an ode to that specific...
While the HBO series is no stranger to change (season one's opening titles used an original piece by composer Max Richter, and season two used Iris DeMent's "Let the Mystery Be"), season three has gone even further, adapting the theme song to each episode. "[It was showrunner] Damon Lindelof's decision," music supervisor Liza Richardson tells Et by phone, adding that the music choices on the series vary between her and Lindelof's allegiance to certain artists, love of repetition and the desire to "surprise."
Exclusive: Damon Lindelof on Ending ‘Leftovers’ in the Wake of ‘Lost’
"Hopefully all the main title choices are all very surprising for the audience, whether you know the song or not," she says. And while title choices serve as an ode to that specific...
- 5/30/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Got a scoop request? An anonymous tip you’re dying to share? Send any/all of the above to askausiello@tvline.com
Question: I’m having Walking Dead withdrawal already. Help! —Nick
Ausiello: Help is on the way, Nick — literally. Ahead of Season 8’s Saviors/Scavengers-vs.-Alexandria/Hilltop/Kingdom war, AMC’s monster smash is casting two new recurring good guys: Dillon, a sexy, blue-collar twentysomething whose survival skills include sarcasm, and Abbud, an innately likable Muslim American whose nerves are, let’s say, jangled, because he’s flown solo for too long in zombieland. Of the pair, the former...
Question: I’m having Walking Dead withdrawal already. Help! —Nick
Ausiello: Help is on the way, Nick — literally. Ahead of Season 8’s Saviors/Scavengers-vs.-Alexandria/Hilltop/Kingdom war, AMC’s monster smash is casting two new recurring good guys: Dillon, a sexy, blue-collar twentysomething whose survival skills include sarcasm, and Abbud, an innately likable Muslim American whose nerves are, let’s say, jangled, because he’s flown solo for too long in zombieland. Of the pair, the former...
- 4/26/2017
- TVLine.com
Clamor for details about the mysterious final season of “The Leftovers” has peaked: “Why are they going to Australia?” “What happened to Nora’s arm?” “How does it end?”
But among these big narrative queries are formal curiosities, as well: “What characters get their own standalone episodes in Season 3?” “What music will make up another sure-to-be killer soundtrack?” And, perhaps chief among them, “Will there be a new opening credits sequence in Season 3?”
Read More: ‘The Leftovers’ Damon Lindelof on Why You Should Watch Season 3: ‘We Have More Dongs Than ‘Game of Thrones” — Watch
Season 1 featured a weighty score paired with Renaissance-inspired paintings depicting a literal departure, with people being sucked up toward a bright white light. Some fans loved the aptly religious imagery and intense music, while others felt it bogged down an already heavy drama series. So Season 2 saw a major change: Max Richter’s score was...
But among these big narrative queries are formal curiosities, as well: “What characters get their own standalone episodes in Season 3?” “What music will make up another sure-to-be killer soundtrack?” And, perhaps chief among them, “Will there be a new opening credits sequence in Season 3?”
Read More: ‘The Leftovers’ Damon Lindelof on Why You Should Watch Season 3: ‘We Have More Dongs Than ‘Game of Thrones” — Watch
Season 1 featured a weighty score paired with Renaissance-inspired paintings depicting a literal departure, with people being sucked up toward a bright white light. Some fans loved the aptly religious imagery and intense music, while others felt it bogged down an already heavy drama series. So Season 2 saw a major change: Max Richter’s score was...
- 4/14/2017
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Jamie Andrew Feb 16, 2017
HBO's The Leftovers returns for its third and final season this April. Here's why it deserves your time...
I’d like you to stick with me, fellow geeks, because this word-train you’ve boarded is taking a rather circuitous route to its final destination. First stop, the Wild West. Or a robotic simulation of it at least.
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In HBO's Westworld, the following piece of transcendent wisdom is offered up by William, one of the theme park's human tourists: 'I used to think this place was all about pandering to your baser instincts. Now I understand it doesn't cater to your lower self, it reveals...
HBO's The Leftovers returns for its third and final season this April. Here's why it deserves your time...
I’d like you to stick with me, fellow geeks, because this word-train you’ve boarded is taking a rather circuitous route to its final destination. First stop, the Wild West. Or a robotic simulation of it at least.
See related The Big Bang Theory season 10 episode 15 review: The Locomotion Reverberation The Big Bang Theory season 10 episode 14 review: The Emotion Detection Automation The Big Bang Theory season 10 episode 13 review: The Romance Recalibration The Big Bang Theory season 10 episode 12 review: The Holiday Summation
In HBO's Westworld, the following piece of transcendent wisdom is offered up by William, one of the theme park's human tourists: 'I used to think this place was all about pandering to your baser instincts. Now I understand it doesn't cater to your lower self, it reveals...
- 2/15/2017
- Den of Geek
When a hero calls, you answer. That’s why Miranda Lambert couldn’t pass up the chance to record with one of her songwriting idols, John Prine — even though the call came at a difficult time.
“It wasn’t a really good time for her to do it, but she dropped everything and showed up,” Prine says of his duet with Lambert for his new album, For Better, Or Worse. The two recorded the song in January, not long after Lambert’s divorce from Blake Shelton and at the same time the singer was working on her own new album.
“It wasn’t a really good time for her to do it, but she dropped everything and showed up,” Prine says of his duet with Lambert for his new album, For Better, Or Worse. The two recorded the song in January, not long after Lambert’s divorce from Blake Shelton and at the same time the singer was working on her own new album.
- 11/12/2016
- by efinan
- PEOPLE.com
This month Vulture will be publishing our critics’ year-end lists. Last week's lists included albums, art, and video games. This week we've covered comedy — sketches, specials, and podcasts — plus a mix that includes comic books, album reissues, and viral videos. Today we conclude our parade of lists with art books, TV opening sequences, lists, and suggestions from creators of culture. Note: This is only for new shows or substantially new opening titles that debuted in the 2015 calendar year.1. The Leftovers The second season of The Leftovers departed (har har) from the first in substantial and fascinating ways, and the clearest sign that the show was making huge tonal and structural leaps was this new, enchanting sequence from Angus Wall of Elastic, with the music of Iris DeMent. We see the full range of human experience, all punctuated with these magical, haunting images of loss. 2. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt "Uuuuunbreakable, they alive,...
- 12/18/2015
- by Margaret Lyons
- Vulture
A review of tonight's season finale of "The Leftovers" coming up just as soon as I spin the karaoke wheel... "Family is everything." -Meg "I don't understand what's happening." -John "Me neither." -Kevin "God, I hope this is not the last episode of this show." -My notes as the opening credits played I had another long conversation with Damon Lindelof about the finale, and as a bookend to the one we had before the season. Lindelof was understandably not interested in explaining many aspects of the finale, or the season, preferring to, like Iris DeMent, just let the mystery be. I suggested that certain developments in these final episodes — say, Kevin's ability to survive a near point-blank gunshot wound and not bleed out during that time he was lying on the floor of the animal quarantine; or, before that, his ability to survive not only drinking Virgil's poison (or whatever...
- 12/7/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
A review of tonight's "The Leftovers" coming up just as soon as I ask you something stupid... "Have you ever heard of someone being responsible for someone's Departure?" -Nora When "The Leftovers" replaced its original theme song this season with Iris DeMent's "Let the Mystery Be," it was the show's most explicit statement yet not to expect any kind of concrete explanations for the Sudden Departure. At the same time, season 2 opened with plenty of new mysteries about life in and around Jarden, with images like Jerry slaughtering a goat in the diner, or the woman posing for photos in her wedding gown, or Erika digging up the box with the bird all raising questions we probably shouldn't have expected the show to answer. Yet it has, to varying degrees. Two weeks ago, Patti told Kevin that Evie and her friends Departed, though there remains the very large question...
- 11/9/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
"The Leftovers" is back. I already published a very long (and even more thoughtful) interview with Damon Lindelof, and wrote a review of the first few episodes. Now I have thoughts on the season premiere itself, coming up just as soon as I ask for my bacon on a separate plate... "Something bad is gonna happen... to you." -Isaac All of this has happened before, and all of it will happen again. No, "The Leftovers" didn't suddenly morph into a "Battlestar Galactica" spin-off — even though ("BSG" finale spoilers) both eventually wound up in caveman times — but watching the crazy, stunning prologue to season 2, it was hard not to think of Ronald D. Moore's pet phrase. We knew the series was going to relocate this year, and all change can be disorienting, but to open the new season not only a few thousand miles away from Mapleton, but millennia upon millennia in the past?...
- 10/5/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
With the upcoming second season of HBO's "The Leftovers" serving as something of a minor reboot, the show's beautiful and tragic opening credits have undergone a massive overhaul as well.
The Season 2 opening credits, set to Iris DeMent's 1992 country bluegrass tune "Let The Mystery Be," have now gone online and you can see it below along with the Sistine Chapel-style first season titles.
The new titles were created by design company Elastic ("True Detective," "Masters Of Sex") and features mostly happy people in pleasant circumstances. The new season kicks off on Sunday.
The Season 2 opening credits, set to Iris DeMent's 1992 country bluegrass tune "Let The Mystery Be," have now gone online and you can see it below along with the Sistine Chapel-style first season titles.
The new titles were created by design company Elastic ("True Detective," "Masters Of Sex") and features mostly happy people in pleasant circumstances. The new season kicks off on Sunday.
- 10/3/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The most ominous musical chord on TV is no more, as HBO’s The Leftovers gets a plucky alt-country opening title sequence to replace the grim, spooky (but quite wonderful) bombast of its debut season. The new main title song, Iris DeMent’s spry, winsome 1992 bluegrass tune “Let The Mystery Be,” kicks off with Sunday’s Season 2 debut at 9 Pm. No spoiler alerts needed here — I haven’t seen the new episodes — but the Season 2 title sequence suggests an optimism that might be…...
- 10/2/2015
- Deadline TV
Say farewell to the imposing strings, floating babies and fiercely slurping wormhole in the sky, because HBO's The Leftovers has a new opening credits sequence. Instead, fresh disappearance imagery has been set to Iris DeMent's "Let the Mystery Be," a sentiment that sounds almost absurdly on-the-nose coming from The Leftovers co-creator Damon Lindelof, who has been leading a crusade against the necessity of answers since his days on Lost. (This isn't to say that Lost didn't answer many or most or, if you're generous, all of its big questions, but Lindelof often bristled at the imperative
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- 10/2/2015
- by Daniel Fienberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
At the end of my review of "The Leftovers" season 2, I noted that the show had gotten rid of its overwrought main title sequence in favor of a new one that did away with the religious imagery in favor of a more mundane yet eerie way of explaining the experience of a world where two percent of the population just vanished one day. Here it is, set to Iris DeMent's "Let the Mystery Be":...
- 10/2/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
In an upcoming episode of "The Leftovers," a book publisher considers a manuscript one of the HBO drama's main characters has written about the violent, unsettling events viewers saw last season. "There's some heartbreaking stuff in here," the publisher acknowledges, but he feels the writing is too dry, even as it recounts stories of death, loss, heartache, and all the complications of living in a world where, a few years earlier, two percent of the world's population vanished into thin air under circumstances that have baffled modern science and organized religion. "If you want them to connect with it," he tells his prospective author, "you have to tell them how it felt." Telling its audience how things feel is not a problem that "The Leftovers" itself suffers from in the slightest. In its first year, the show, adapted from Tom Perrotta's novel by Perrotta and "Lost" co-creator Damon Lindelof,...
- 9/30/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
For the first time in my life, I approached my end-of-the-year lists with trepidation, as 2012 had seemed disappointing, musically speaking. But when it came time to narrow my choices down, it turned out that there Had been plenty of good music, and I hadn't even reviewed it all here.
1. Nada Surf: The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy (Barsuk)
Too tuneful not to be #1. Review here.
2. Swans: The Seer (Young God)
The comeback continues with an epic album that encapsulates this band's overwhelming power and continuing evolution. Review here.
3. Sharon van Etten: Tramp (Jagjaguwar)
Now that her songwriting has caught up with her vocal talents, she's irresistible. Review here.
4. Godspeed You! Black Emperor: Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! (Constellation)
The comeback of the year just might be their best album yet.
5. Yoko Ono/Kim Gordon/Thurston Moore: Yokokimthurston (Chimera)
Yoko at her most avant-garde in years. Interview here. Album review here.
1. Nada Surf: The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy (Barsuk)
Too tuneful not to be #1. Review here.
2. Swans: The Seer (Young God)
The comeback continues with an epic album that encapsulates this band's overwhelming power and continuing evolution. Review here.
3. Sharon van Etten: Tramp (Jagjaguwar)
Now that her songwriting has caught up with her vocal talents, she's irresistible. Review here.
4. Godspeed You! Black Emperor: Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! (Constellation)
The comeback of the year just might be their best album yet.
5. Yoko Ono/Kim Gordon/Thurston Moore: Yokokimthurston (Chimera)
Yoko at her most avant-garde in years. Interview here. Album review here.
- 12/26/2012
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
Iris DeMent: Sing the Delta (Flariella/Red)
This is DeMent's first album in eight years, and her first of all original songs since 1996. I don't know whether that's her choice or a result of the sad state of the music biz, though I'm guessing the latter. Either way, Sing the Delta is a long-overdue comeback. It doesn't seem, though, that she'd necessarily been saving up these songs for a long time; at the least, there's a thread or two running through the twelve songs here that nearly makes this a concept album -- in a loose way, but it can definitely be sensed, though it's hard to sum it up in a word or a phrase. It's more like a feeling.
It helps to read DeMent's booklet note, which is deeply eloquent and puts this album in context -- specifically, her mother died last year. Knowing that, I was...
This is DeMent's first album in eight years, and her first of all original songs since 1996. I don't know whether that's her choice or a result of the sad state of the music biz, though I'm guessing the latter. Either way, Sing the Delta is a long-overdue comeback. It doesn't seem, though, that she'd necessarily been saving up these songs for a long time; at the least, there's a thread or two running through the twelve songs here that nearly makes this a concept album -- in a loose way, but it can definitely be sensed, though it's hard to sum it up in a word or a phrase. It's more like a feeling.
It helps to read DeMent's booklet note, which is deeply eloquent and puts this album in context -- specifically, her mother died last year. Knowing that, I was...
- 10/4/2012
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
The star of the BBC's Case Histories on being a reluctant sex symbol, his need to help people – and how he hopes Mel Gibson will find some peace
'I am not a sex symbol," says Jason Isaacs, fixing me with those dreamy blue eyes. Well, that's not what everybody else is saying. The Observer's Euan Ferguson wrote that Isaacs has "won his promotion to officially approved national lust object". He's apparently right up there with Colin Firth and Daniel Craig, thanks to his performance as soulful, damaged and yet stirringly buff private detective Jackson Brodie in BBC1's Case Histories, which concludes tonight.
Think of that moment in last night's episode when Brodie woke up in his hospital bed scarred, amnesiac and yet pleasingly barrel-chested after trying to drag a collapsed old lady out of her car that had crashed on to the Aberdeen-Edinburgh main line. You can stop now.
'I am not a sex symbol," says Jason Isaacs, fixing me with those dreamy blue eyes. Well, that's not what everybody else is saying. The Observer's Euan Ferguson wrote that Isaacs has "won his promotion to officially approved national lust object". He's apparently right up there with Colin Firth and Daniel Craig, thanks to his performance as soulful, damaged and yet stirringly buff private detective Jackson Brodie in BBC1's Case Histories, which concludes tonight.
Think of that moment in last night's episode when Brodie woke up in his hospital bed scarred, amnesiac and yet pleasingly barrel-chested after trying to drag a collapsed old lady out of her car that had crashed on to the Aberdeen-Edinburgh main line. You can stop now.
- 6/20/2011
- by Stuart Jeffries
- The Guardian - Film News
The Black Swans have never been afraid to let their freak flag fly, standing in a long line of country and folk eccentrics like Lee Hazlewood, Iris DeMent and Merle Haggard (two of whom get shout-outs on this album). For more contemporary counterparts, you could look to Lambchop, Richard Buckner or Will Oldham, perhaps, but the the polarizing, hoarse-whisperer voice of The Black Swans’ Jerry DeCicca has no obvious analog....
- 5/31/2011
- Pastemagazine.com
True Grit
Directed by: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld, Matt Damon, Barry Pepper, Josh Brolin
Running Time: 1 hr 53 mins
Rating: PG-13
Release Date: December 22, 2010
Top 7 Coen brothers films by Megan Lehar
Plot: Based on the novel by Charles Portis, a 14-year-old girl (Steinfeld) wants to avenge her father’s death and enlists the help of an aging Marshall named Rooster Cogburn (Bridges) to get the job done.
Who’S It For? It’s a movie that will see it’s fair share of nominations. This barely feels like a Coen brothers film. That’s not a compliment or insult. There are moments of violence that almost make you question the PG-13 rating.
Expectations: With Darren Aronofsky you might not always love the final result, but there’s reasons to expect quality. The same can be said with the Coen brothers. Also, Bridges, Damon and Brolin acting like cowboys had me excited.
Directed by: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld, Matt Damon, Barry Pepper, Josh Brolin
Running Time: 1 hr 53 mins
Rating: PG-13
Release Date: December 22, 2010
Top 7 Coen brothers films by Megan Lehar
Plot: Based on the novel by Charles Portis, a 14-year-old girl (Steinfeld) wants to avenge her father’s death and enlists the help of an aging Marshall named Rooster Cogburn (Bridges) to get the job done.
Who’S It For? It’s a movie that will see it’s fair share of nominations. This barely feels like a Coen brothers film. That’s not a compliment or insult. There are moments of violence that almost make you question the PG-13 rating.
Expectations: With Darren Aronofsky you might not always love the final result, but there’s reasons to expect quality. The same can be said with the Coen brothers. Also, Bridges, Damon and Brolin acting like cowboys had me excited.
- 12/22/2010
- by Jeff Bayer
- The Scorecard Review
My most anticipated movie for the rest of this year (and the most likely to shake up my best of list) is the Coen brothers’ True Grit. And thanks to Paramount (via ThePlaylist), you can preview Coen favorite Carter Burwell’s score right now. While you can’t listen to the whole thing, you can hear portions of it at their site.
From the brief parts I’ve listened to, it certainly has an old-timey western feel to it, especially with the way instruments like the piano sound, and therefore sounds like the real thing. The title for track 9 is also likely my favorite name for a song from any album, ever; I’m quite curious to see if that title comes into play in the film. The only thing that I could negatively say about this is the use of portions of certain gospel hymns, which may mean that...
From the brief parts I’ve listened to, it certainly has an old-timey western feel to it, especially with the way instruments like the piano sound, and therefore sounds like the real thing. The title for track 9 is also likely my favorite name for a song from any album, ever; I’m quite curious to see if that title comes into play in the film. The only thing that I could negatively say about this is the use of portions of certain gospel hymns, which may mean that...
- 12/12/2010
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
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