Everybody Works, the 2017 debut album from Jay Som (a.k.a. singer-songwriter Melina Mae Duterte) was “bedroom-pop” that made her own private world seem like a expansive biosphere, fusing influences from Ariel Pink-style L.A. chillwave to Carly Rae Jepsen-aware Eighties-loving bubblegum, confessional indie-rock to yacht-y Eighties R&B. The songs were immediately catchy, though they often unfurled their mysteries in the slow deliberate logic of a dream being realized or a vague impulse coming into bright focus. “Take time to figure it out,” she sang on the...
- 6/4/2019
- by Jon Dolan
- Rollingstone.com
We can assume that Christophe Honoré’s 10th big-screen feature as director might trigger some viewers’ short-term memories — and perhaps apprehension, too. Considering the year that cinema has had, certain things inevitably spring to mind at the thought of a love story between an older, cosmopolitan, more worldly, more intellectual man and an intelligent, albeit impressionable younger guy; as does, in another way, the idea of an HIV story set in early-90s Paris. Some mistaken folk might even rush to call Sorry Angel “this year’s Call Me by Your Name” (you’d have to have been living under a rock to call it this year’s Bpm), but it is a far more melancholic and drab piece than Luca Guadagnino’s all-conquering hit.
We’re in the city of love and it’s 1993. Pierre Deladonchamps (the man who met the Stranger by the Lake in 2013) plays Jacques, a...
We’re in the city of love and it’s 1993. Pierre Deladonchamps (the man who met the Stranger by the Lake in 2013) plays Jacques, a...
- 5/11/2018
- by Rory O'Connor
- The Film Stage
Wolf Alice’s Ellie Rowsell has an ethereal voice akin to Cocteau Twins’ Liz Fraser, one that would be in danger of drifting away were it not tethered to the might of her band. That lacy dreaminess is balanced by a ferociously heavy sonic wall, making for a sound that defies easy categorization. It’s made even more…
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- 9/28/2017
- by Gwen Ihnat
- avclub.com
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Episode one of handsome new BBC supernatural period drama The Living And The Dead feat. Colin Morgan ends on a gripping hook…
This review contains episode 1 spoilers.
Ashley Pharoah, the creator of The Living And The Dead, made his name writing genre TV with a twist. He and Matthew Graham added a time travel mystery to the police procedural in Life On Mars and Ashes To Ashes, then spliced the supernatural with court drama in Eternal Law.
Pharoah’s new series The Living And The Dead plays the same game. It’s a traditional Victorian ghost story with Something Else Going On. Two events in the first episode alert viewers to this fact – the vapour trail of a modern airplane in the 1894 Somerset sky and the closing sight of a twenty-first century woman, iPad in hand, walking around the nineteenth-century farmhouse in which the story is set.
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Episode one of handsome new BBC supernatural period drama The Living And The Dead feat. Colin Morgan ends on a gripping hook…
This review contains episode 1 spoilers.
Ashley Pharoah, the creator of The Living And The Dead, made his name writing genre TV with a twist. He and Matthew Graham added a time travel mystery to the police procedural in Life On Mars and Ashes To Ashes, then spliced the supernatural with court drama in Eternal Law.
Pharoah’s new series The Living And The Dead plays the same game. It’s a traditional Victorian ghost story with Something Else Going On. Two events in the first episode alert viewers to this fact – the vapour trail of a modern airplane in the 1894 Somerset sky and the closing sight of a twenty-first century woman, iPad in hand, walking around the nineteenth-century farmhouse in which the story is set.
- 6/28/2016
- Den of Geek
Warning: This post contains spoilers from this week’s Outlander. If you’re behind, dinna fash — you can read last week’s recap here.
The Frasers’ Parisian tour of pain continued in the latest Outlander, when Claire delivered a stillborn daughter, nearly died of childbed fever, accidentally sent one of her enemies to his death and then had to have sex with a monarch in order to free her estranged husband from jail. (And you thought you had a rough week.)
The death of Claire and Jamie’s child Faith, as well as the physical and emotional distance between Lady Broch Turach and her husband,...
The Frasers’ Parisian tour of pain continued in the latest Outlander, when Claire delivered a stillborn daughter, nearly died of childbed fever, accidentally sent one of her enemies to his death and then had to have sex with a monarch in order to free her estranged husband from jail. (And you thought you had a rough week.)
The death of Claire and Jamie’s child Faith, as well as the physical and emotional distance between Lady Broch Turach and her husband,...
- 5/22/2016
- TVLine.com
World premieres of Michael Almereyda’s Escapes and Moby Longinotto’s The Joneses will screen at the 59th edition of the festival, set to run from April 21-May 5.
Organisers at the San Francisco Film Society (Sffs) announced on Tuesday the full programme and announced that from April 20, members will be able to stream select films and Filmmakers360-supported projects on the Sffs website and app via the Online Screening Room.
Festival selections include the international premiere of Susanna White’s Our Kind of Traitor, the Coen Brothers’ Blood Simple, Jason Bateman’s The Family Fang, Maggie’s Plan, and the documentary Weiner, about disgraced congressman Anthony Weiner’s comeback run for the mayor of New York.
This year’s Irving M. Levin Directing Award will be presented to Mira Nair, who will participate in an on-stage discussion followed by a first look at footage from her upcoming film Queen Of Katwe starring Lupita Nyong’o and [link...
Organisers at the San Francisco Film Society (Sffs) announced on Tuesday the full programme and announced that from April 20, members will be able to stream select films and Filmmakers360-supported projects on the Sffs website and app via the Online Screening Room.
Festival selections include the international premiere of Susanna White’s Our Kind of Traitor, the Coen Brothers’ Blood Simple, Jason Bateman’s The Family Fang, Maggie’s Plan, and the documentary Weiner, about disgraced congressman Anthony Weiner’s comeback run for the mayor of New York.
This year’s Irving M. Levin Directing Award will be presented to Mira Nair, who will participate in an on-stage discussion followed by a first look at footage from her upcoming film Queen Of Katwe starring Lupita Nyong’o and [link...
- 3/30/2016
- ScreenDaily
World premieres of Susanna White’s Our Kind Of Traitor starring Ewan McGregor, Naomie Harris and Damian Lewis and Escapes by Michael Almereyda will screen at the 59th edition of the festival, set to run from April 21-May 5.
Organisers at the San Francisco Film Society (Sffs) announced on Tuesday the complete line-up and said that from April 20, members will be able to stream select films and Filmmakers360-supported projects on the Sffs website and app via the Online Screening Room.
Festival selections include the Coen Brothers’ Blood Simple, Jason Bateman’s The Family Fang, Maggie’s Plan, and the documentary Weiner, about disgraced congressman Anthony Weiner’s comeback run for the mayor of New York.
This year’s Irving M. Levin Directing Award will be presented to Mira Nair, who will participate in an on-stage discussion followed by a first look at footage from her upcoming film Queen Of Katwe starring Lupita Nyong’o and David Oyelowo, and a...
Organisers at the San Francisco Film Society (Sffs) announced on Tuesday the complete line-up and said that from April 20, members will be able to stream select films and Filmmakers360-supported projects on the Sffs website and app via the Online Screening Room.
Festival selections include the Coen Brothers’ Blood Simple, Jason Bateman’s The Family Fang, Maggie’s Plan, and the documentary Weiner, about disgraced congressman Anthony Weiner’s comeback run for the mayor of New York.
This year’s Irving M. Levin Directing Award will be presented to Mira Nair, who will participate in an on-stage discussion followed by a first look at footage from her upcoming film Queen Of Katwe starring Lupita Nyong’o and David Oyelowo, and a...
- 3/29/2016
- ScreenDaily
The world premieres of Our Kind Of Traitor starring Ewan McGregor, Naomie Harris and Damian Lewis and Escapes by Michael Almereyda are among the full programme of the 59th edition of the festival, set to run from April 21-May 5.
Organisers at the San Francisco Film Society (Sffs) announced on Tuesday the complete line-upand announced that from April 20, members will be able to stream select films and Filmmakers360-supported projects on the Sffs website and app via the Online Screening Room.
Festival selections include the international premiere of Susanna White’s Our Kind of Traitor, the Coen Brothers’ Blood Simple, Jason Bateman’s The Family Fang, Maggie’s Plan, and the documentary Weiner, about disgraced congressman Anthony Weiner’s comeback run for the mayor of New York.
This year’s Irving M. Levin Directing Award will be presented to Mira Nair, who will participate in an on-stage discussion followed by a first look at footage from her upcoming...
Organisers at the San Francisco Film Society (Sffs) announced on Tuesday the complete line-upand announced that from April 20, members will be able to stream select films and Filmmakers360-supported projects on the Sffs website and app via the Online Screening Room.
Festival selections include the international premiere of Susanna White’s Our Kind of Traitor, the Coen Brothers’ Blood Simple, Jason Bateman’s The Family Fang, Maggie’s Plan, and the documentary Weiner, about disgraced congressman Anthony Weiner’s comeback run for the mayor of New York.
This year’s Irving M. Levin Directing Award will be presented to Mira Nair, who will participate in an on-stage discussion followed by a first look at footage from her upcoming...
- 3/29/2016
- ScreenDaily
For a film already moving along with its own dreamlike tenor and mood, director Gregg Araki wanted to ensure the sonic elements matched the rest of his carefully calibrated film "White Bird in a Blizzard." So why not enlist the talents of former Cocteau Twins member Robin Guthrie and avant pianist Harold Budd? After all, it's a collaboration that has worked before. The musical duo first paired up to score Araki's "Mysterious Skin" and also released a pair of albums together. And together they return for 'Blizzard,' and the results are pretty gorgeous. Below, you can hear a six-minute preview of the entire soundtrack, and it gives a nice sense of the airy, ethereal work on display. And even if most of the tracks see Guthrie and Budd working separately, it still feels like there's a unified vision behind the songs. "White Bird In A Blizzard" opens on VOD...
- 9/16/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
"Are you kidding me, man?!" composer Angelo Badalamenti howls jokingly when Rolling Stone asks him what he thought of Twin Peaks, the TV series he scored in the early Nineties. "It was really off the wall. I thought it was either going to sink violently down the drain or, hopefully, capture the intrigue of enthusiastic people conversing by the office water cooler on a Monday morning."
12 Things We Learned from David Lynch's Talk at Bam
As it turned out, Twin Peaks was an instant hit when it premiered on April 8th,...
12 Things We Learned from David Lynch's Talk at Bam
As it turned out, Twin Peaks was an instant hit when it premiered on April 8th,...
- 7/25/2014
- Rollingstone.com
Some Gentle People There: Johnson’s Sophomore Effort Recalls Place of Fear
Here’s an arresting point of intrigue into the miasma of historical reexaminations of the AIDS onslaught—the fear and trepidation associated with the initial development of the test used to detect infection. Would the government use it to quarantine, as a way to cordon off the diseased before they could spread the virus among others? Would it be information employers could get a hold of? The endless anxieties that resulted from something as simple as confirmation were boundless, and so, Chris Mason Johnson’s sophomore film, Test, manages to gain a unique perspective in this examination of knowing one’s status and the implementation of safe sex. Cineastes may compare its anxious final act to Agnes Varda’s New Wave classic, Cleo From 5 to 7, though Johnson’s film doesn’t quite grapple with its protagonist...
Here’s an arresting point of intrigue into the miasma of historical reexaminations of the AIDS onslaught—the fear and trepidation associated with the initial development of the test used to detect infection. Would the government use it to quarantine, as a way to cordon off the diseased before they could spread the virus among others? Would it be information employers could get a hold of? The endless anxieties that resulted from something as simple as confirmation were boundless, and so, Chris Mason Johnson’s sophomore film, Test, manages to gain a unique perspective in this examination of knowing one’s status and the implementation of safe sex. Cineastes may compare its anxious final act to Agnes Varda’s New Wave classic, Cleo From 5 to 7, though Johnson’s film doesn’t quite grapple with its protagonist...
- 6/4/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Mayfield Depot, Manchester
It's an irony, given his obsession with our surveillance culture, that if you were to cast the voice of Orwell's Big Brother, Adam Curtis would be hard to beat. The BBC documentary-maker – justly celebrated for series that include The Century of the Self, The Power of Nightmares and All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace – speaks with such paternal conviction, such stylish wisdom, that given half a day in a film archive you suspect he could have you believe pretty much anything. This Manchester international festival collaboration with Bristol-based trip-hop pioneers Massive Attack is billed as a playful showdown, a versus, in the manner of a rap contest or a prize fight; the vast derelict train depot in which this battle is being staged over 10 nights offers a suitably raw-boned backdrop for the high-decibel stand-off – earplugs are given out at the door – but it quickly becomes...
It's an irony, given his obsession with our surveillance culture, that if you were to cast the voice of Orwell's Big Brother, Adam Curtis would be hard to beat. The BBC documentary-maker – justly celebrated for series that include The Century of the Self, The Power of Nightmares and All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace – speaks with such paternal conviction, such stylish wisdom, that given half a day in a film archive you suspect he could have you believe pretty much anything. This Manchester international festival collaboration with Bristol-based trip-hop pioneers Massive Attack is billed as a playful showdown, a versus, in the manner of a rap contest or a prize fight; the vast derelict train depot in which this battle is being staged over 10 nights offers a suitably raw-boned backdrop for the high-decibel stand-off – earplugs are given out at the door – but it quickly becomes...
- 7/6/2013
- by Tim Adams
- The Guardian - Film News
Director releases trailer for show with Robert del Naja of Massive Attack that will premiere at the Manchester International Festival, and feature Elizabeth Fraser and Horace Andy
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The film-maker Adam Curtis has provided a glimpse of the new work he is prepating with Robert del Naja of Massive Attack for the Manchester International Festival – a piece that he calls "a Glim – a new way of integrating a gig with a film".
It has also been revealed that the show, titled "Massive Attack v Adam Curtis", will feature two guest performers: Elizabeth Fraser, formerly of the Cocteau Twins, and reggae singer Horace Andy. Massive Attack will also play live.
"The show will be a bit of a total experience. You will be surrounded by all kinds of images and sounds," said Curtis, director of films including The Century of the Self and The Power of Nightmares.
Reading on mobile? Watch here
The film-maker Adam Curtis has provided a glimpse of the new work he is prepating with Robert del Naja of Massive Attack for the Manchester International Festival – a piece that he calls "a Glim – a new way of integrating a gig with a film".
It has also been revealed that the show, titled "Massive Attack v Adam Curtis", will feature two guest performers: Elizabeth Fraser, formerly of the Cocteau Twins, and reggae singer Horace Andy. Massive Attack will also play live.
"The show will be a bit of a total experience. You will be surrounded by all kinds of images and sounds," said Curtis, director of films including The Century of the Self and The Power of Nightmares.
- 6/20/2013
- by Caspar Llewellyn Smith
- The Guardian - Film News
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Sarah lists the geeky stars who shouldn't give up the day job when it comes to launching their music career...
Everyone dreams of being a rock star, don’t they? Most of us have had a go at playing air guitar, or singing into our hairbrushes, even if we wouldn’t inflict our dubious musical talents on other people. There’s just something irresistibly glamorous about the idea of being a famous musician. So much so, apparently, that even celebrities aren’t immune to the siren call of the rock ‘n’ roll dream. Here are ten geek actors who’ve tried, and largely failed, to launch a secondary career as musicians…
Bruce Willis
Before Bruce Willis became a bona fide action hero due to 1988’s Die Hard, he had a go at being an R’n’B star. He was already a recognisable face...
Sarah lists the geeky stars who shouldn't give up the day job when it comes to launching their music career...
Everyone dreams of being a rock star, don’t they? Most of us have had a go at playing air guitar, or singing into our hairbrushes, even if we wouldn’t inflict our dubious musical talents on other people. There’s just something irresistibly glamorous about the idea of being a famous musician. So much so, apparently, that even celebrities aren’t immune to the siren call of the rock ‘n’ roll dream. Here are ten geek actors who’ve tried, and largely failed, to launch a secondary career as musicians…
Bruce Willis
Before Bruce Willis became a bona fide action hero due to 1988’s Die Hard, he had a go at being an R’n’B star. He was already a recognisable face...
- 2/20/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Pick Of The Week: New The Perks Of Being A Wallflower (Summit) Alterna-kids of yesterday and today will find a lot to like about The Perks Of Being A Wallflower, writer-director Stephen Chobsky’s adaptation of his own bestselling 1999 Ya novel. Driven by a soundtrack that includes The Smiths, Sonic Youth, Galaxie 500, Cocteau Twins, and David Bowie—these youngsters may be tormented, but they have exquisite taste in music—the film stars Logan Lerman as a shy, bookish high-school freshman who falls into a clique with a pair of upperclassmen (Emma Watson and Ezra Miller) who take him ...
- 2/12/2013
- avclub.com
Sarah Assbring, aka "El Perro del Mar," has been playing indie pop for years in Sweden, but only recently has she garnered international attention, due to her collaboration with Lykke Li in 2010. (See the "Change of Heart" video below for the results.) Assbring recently talked to The Huffington Post over the phone, and our conversation ranged from learning about her new album, which debuts this November, to the creepy fan who regularly texts her messages of undying devotion. "Walk On By" is the latest song from her upcoming album, which you can listen to here.
Change of Heart with Lykke Li:
Hp: I know you and Lykke Li have toured together and are good friends. From this, we've concluded that all Swedes are friends. Are we wrong?
Sa: I would have to agree with that, because it’s basically more or less true. It’s to do with the...
Change of Heart with Lykke Li:
Hp: I know you and Lykke Li have toured together and are good friends. From this, we've concluded that all Swedes are friends. Are we wrong?
Sa: I would have to agree with that, because it’s basically more or less true. It’s to do with the...
- 9/17/2012
- by Kathleen Massara
- Huffington Post
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
I didn’t go to Reading, or Leeds, this year. I haven’t woken this morning in a field. No, I’ve woken this morning surrounded by empty cans wearing pyjama bottoms and a Converge T Shirt. Most painful of all about my not having gone to Reading, or Leeds, most heartachingly painful of all, is that I didn’t see The Cure play a majestic three hour set.
Watching them from the comfort of my bed, attired in the aforementioned, on BBC iPlayer is not the same. Hangover breakfast of champions or not; gammon steak and scrambled egg (I like protein) splashed with mustard and red sauce. Chased of course with a coffee and a cigarette.
However, by way of compensation I have been gifted with something this week. That something is Wild Nothing’s sophomore effort Nocturne. How this is compensation will be made clear soon.
I didn’t go to Reading, or Leeds, this year. I haven’t woken this morning in a field. No, I’ve woken this morning surrounded by empty cans wearing pyjama bottoms and a Converge T Shirt. Most painful of all about my not having gone to Reading, or Leeds, most heartachingly painful of all, is that I didn’t see The Cure play a majestic three hour set.
Watching them from the comfort of my bed, attired in the aforementioned, on BBC iPlayer is not the same. Hangover breakfast of champions or not; gammon steak and scrambled egg (I like protein) splashed with mustard and red sauce. Chased of course with a coffee and a cigarette.
However, by way of compensation I have been gifted with something this week. That something is Wild Nothing’s sophomore effort Nocturne. How this is compensation will be made clear soon.
- 8/25/2012
- by Morgan Roberts
- Obsessed with Film
Every good teen movie needs a soundtrack of great tunes to go with it. For the upcoming "The Perks Of Being A Wallflower," it looks like the filmmakers have to put together one helluva mixtape that will make those who came of age in the '80s and '90s swoon, and perhaps turn some younger music fans on to some decent artists. Spanning twelve tracks, the songs mostly fall into the heavily emotional side of things, with choice cuts from folks like The Smiths, The Innocence Mission, Cocteau Twins and Galaxie 500 (holy college radio flashback), but it isn't afraid to get on the dancefloor either, thanks to New Order and Dexys Midnight Runners. Looking for something with a bit more volume and edge? How about Sonic Youth's epic "Teenage Riot"? Just don't ask us to explain what Cracker's "Low" is doing here. Cap things off with David Bowie's classic "Heroes,...
- 8/17/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
The widely anticipated film "Perks of Being a Wallflower" doesn't hit theaters until Sept. 21, but it's already generated a great deal of attention.
Perhaps that's due to its charming cast -- Emma Watson stars as a high school senior and Ezra Miller, Paul Rudd, Kate Walsh, Mae Whitman, Dylan McDermott and Logan Lerman are along for the ride -- but it seems like audiences are really champing at the bit for this one. (The film's currently enjoying a 98% audience anticipation rating on Rotten Tomatoes.)
And the soundtrack -- debuting exclusively on HuffPost Entertainment -- is sure to add to the excitement. "Over many years, I have collected songs," "Perks" author (the film is an adpatation), screenwriter and director Stephen Chbosky writes in the album’s liner notes. "I’ve shared them with friends. And they have shared their favorites with me. Some of the songs are popular. Some of them...
Perhaps that's due to its charming cast -- Emma Watson stars as a high school senior and Ezra Miller, Paul Rudd, Kate Walsh, Mae Whitman, Dylan McDermott and Logan Lerman are along for the ride -- but it seems like audiences are really champing at the bit for this one. (The film's currently enjoying a 98% audience anticipation rating on Rotten Tomatoes.)
And the soundtrack -- debuting exclusively on HuffPost Entertainment -- is sure to add to the excitement. "Over many years, I have collected songs," "Perks" author (the film is an adpatation), screenwriter and director Stephen Chbosky writes in the album’s liner notes. "I’ve shared them with friends. And they have shared their favorites with me. Some of the songs are popular. Some of them...
- 8/17/2012
- by Kia Makarechi
- Huffington Post
Brixton Academy; Camp Basement, London
Two men in hooded cloaks, their armed crossed like monks, walk on to a huge, spotlit stage. The capes are removed by a female roadie, revealing T-shirts pulled tightly across ample stomachs. Then they start singing about how their 2006 film "was a bomb", how critics had said that "the D was done". As they do, a 15ft inflatable blows up behind them; it has the face of a phoenix, which is oddly purple and veiny. It's unmistakably moulded – let's use Tenacious D lingo here – in the shape of a cock and balls. "We'll fucking rise again," sings Jack Black, who will turn 43 this summer.
Tenacious D – the comedy-rock side project of the Hollywood actor, alongside his shiny-pated sidekick, Kyle Gass – are on the comeback trail. Their 2006 rockumentary, The Pick of Destiny, flopped spectacularly at the box office, taking half of the money that it cost to make.
Two men in hooded cloaks, their armed crossed like monks, walk on to a huge, spotlit stage. The capes are removed by a female roadie, revealing T-shirts pulled tightly across ample stomachs. Then they start singing about how their 2006 film "was a bomb", how critics had said that "the D was done". As they do, a 15ft inflatable blows up behind them; it has the face of a phoenix, which is oddly purple and veiny. It's unmistakably moulded – let's use Tenacious D lingo here – in the shape of a cock and balls. "We'll fucking rise again," sings Jack Black, who will turn 43 this summer.
Tenacious D – the comedy-rock side project of the Hollywood actor, alongside his shiny-pated sidekick, Kyle Gass – are on the comeback trail. Their 2006 rockumentary, The Pick of Destiny, flopped spectacularly at the box office, taking half of the money that it cost to make.
- 6/9/2012
- by Jude Rogers
- The Guardian - Film News
The Penelopes have debuted the music video for their new single 'Sally in the Galaxy' exclusively on Digital Spy. The French duo - consisting of Axel Basquiat and Vincent T - unveiled the clip today, which sees a young girl partying with her childhood heroes, including Batman, Harry Potter, Power Rangers and Britney Spears. Discussing the song's dance and rock sounds, influenced by the likes of The Cocteau Twins and New Order, Basquiat admitted: "We felt more like a rock band using electronic tools." 'Sally in (more)...
- 3/20/2012
- by By Robert Copsey
- Digital Spy
From Tori Amos's dad chaperoning her at her first paid gig, to Don Letts DJing with only one deck, a host of stars recall the formative moments that kicked off their careers
The first time I was paid to play live Tori Amos
I'd been kicked out of the Peabody conservatory in Baltimore at the age of 11 and lost my scholarship because I wasn't Peabody stock any more. I had real issues that they weren't teaching contemporary composers. They said the Beatles would be gone and dead within 30 years, and no one would care. It was 1974, I was 11, and it was good to be right! My minister father was really distraught. He had these dreams of me being a concert pianist and then going into religious music. I just looked and him and said: "Dad, this music is just not moving me." He said: "Well, if you're going to go into that world,...
The first time I was paid to play live Tori Amos
I'd been kicked out of the Peabody conservatory in Baltimore at the age of 11 and lost my scholarship because I wasn't Peabody stock any more. I had real issues that they weren't teaching contemporary composers. They said the Beatles would be gone and dead within 30 years, and no one would care. It was 1974, I was 11, and it was good to be right! My minister father was really distraught. He had these dreams of me being a concert pianist and then going into religious music. I just looked and him and said: "Dad, this music is just not moving me." He said: "Well, if you're going to go into that world,...
- 1/13/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
Director of Mysterious Skin and Kaboom is keeping indie pop alive by featuring new music and remixes by his favourite bands
This week sees the DVD release of two films from the singular talent of Gregg Araki: 1993's Totally Fucked Up and Kaboom, his most recent. It's always tempting to look for patterns and themes in a director's work, but in Araki's case, there's little that connects them all. The disenfranchised gay teens of Totally Fucked Up don't share much common ground with the silly stoners of his later comedy Smiley Face; and it's hard to reconcile the serious, subtle Mysterious Skin with the knockabout thrills of Splendor and Kaboom.
But for all the hallucinatory imagery, ambisexual cavorting, drug taking, violence and other shocking facets of Araki's work, there's one element that runs through them all: the music. When he says that "Kaboom is my most autobiographical and personal...
This week sees the DVD release of two films from the singular talent of Gregg Araki: 1993's Totally Fucked Up and Kaboom, his most recent. It's always tempting to look for patterns and themes in a director's work, but in Araki's case, there's little that connects them all. The disenfranchised gay teens of Totally Fucked Up don't share much common ground with the silly stoners of his later comedy Smiley Face; and it's hard to reconcile the serious, subtle Mysterious Skin with the knockabout thrills of Splendor and Kaboom.
But for all the hallucinatory imagery, ambisexual cavorting, drug taking, violence and other shocking facets of Araki's work, there's one element that runs through them all: the music. When he says that "Kaboom is my most autobiographical and personal...
- 8/5/2011
- by Phelim O'Neill
- The Guardian - Film News
Pete Wentz is excited for Black Cards' Lolla debut this weekend.
By Gil Kaufman
Black Cards' Bebe Rexha and Pete Wentz
Photo: Getty Images
Before 1991, when and if it was used, the term "lollapalooza" was merely a way to describe something that was really, really awesome. Then Jane's Addiction frontman and modern shaman Perry Farrell wrapped his spindly arms around the anachronistic term and molded it into the modern definition of an American music festival.
When the gates open Friday (August 5) on this year's edition of Lollapalooza, all the names and faces will be different from that first touring edition of the granddaddy of American festivals, but one thing will remain unchanged: the music.
Asked if he ever imagined Lolla would still be around 20 years down the line (the first touring edition ran from 1991 to 2003 before being reborn as a destination event in Chicago in 2005), co-founder and Lolla partner Marc Geiger said,...
By Gil Kaufman
Black Cards' Bebe Rexha and Pete Wentz
Photo: Getty Images
Before 1991, when and if it was used, the term "lollapalooza" was merely a way to describe something that was really, really awesome. Then Jane's Addiction frontman and modern shaman Perry Farrell wrapped his spindly arms around the anachronistic term and molded it into the modern definition of an American music festival.
When the gates open Friday (August 5) on this year's edition of Lollapalooza, all the names and faces will be different from that first touring edition of the granddaddy of American festivals, but one thing will remain unchanged: the music.
Asked if he ever imagined Lolla would still be around 20 years down the line (the first touring edition ran from 1991 to 2003 before being reborn as a destination event in Chicago in 2005), co-founder and Lolla partner Marc Geiger said,...
- 8/5/2011
- MTV Music News
Getty Cee-Lo Green
The 12th annual Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival kicks off tomorrow at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, marking the beginning of the summer concert season in the U.S. This year’s three-day event features some 180 acts including headliners Arcade Fire, Kings of Leon, the Strokes and Kanye West. The complete schedule is here.
For many artists, Coachella is an opportunity to move from a cult following to a large audience. For example, in 2005 Arcade Fire...
The 12th annual Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival kicks off tomorrow at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, marking the beginning of the summer concert season in the U.S. This year’s three-day event features some 180 acts including headliners Arcade Fire, Kings of Leon, the Strokes and Kanye West. The complete schedule is here.
For many artists, Coachella is an opportunity to move from a cult following to a large audience. For example, in 2005 Arcade Fire...
- 4/14/2011
- by Jim Fusilli
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
The idiosyncratic director defies expectation once more by turning singer-songwriter
David Lynch: revered film-maker, avant-garde visionary, artist. But pop star? The suggestion is not as far-fetched as it may seem, as the legendary American director tomorrow makes an unexpected departure from his previous work and launches himself on an alternative career path as a writer and singer.
The creator of Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive is releasing two debut singles, Good Day Today and I Know, through a British independent label. After a film career spanning more than four decades, Lynch told the Guardian that music has become a powerful inspiration in his life.
"I've always loved sounds and so I built a studio where I can experiment with sound, and gradually I started experimenting with music. I'm not a musician, but I love to experiment and try to make music," he said, speaking from his home in La.
David Lynch: revered film-maker, avant-garde visionary, artist. But pop star? The suggestion is not as far-fetched as it may seem, as the legendary American director tomorrow makes an unexpected departure from his previous work and launches himself on an alternative career path as a writer and singer.
The creator of Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive is releasing two debut singles, Good Day Today and I Know, through a British independent label. After a film career spanning more than four decades, Lynch told the Guardian that music has become a powerful inspiration in his life.
"I've always loved sounds and so I built a studio where I can experiment with sound, and gradually I started experimenting with music. I'm not a musician, but I love to experiment and try to make music," he said, speaking from his home in La.
- 11/28/2010
- by Alexandra Topping
- The Guardian - Film News
Gabriella Cilmi has said that she would love to work with ex-Eurythmics star Annie Lennox. The 'On A Mission' singer praised several Scottish acts for their ability and integrity. Cilmi said: "There are so many great Scottish artists and they can all really sing. I obviously love Annie Lennox and Liz Fraser of the Cocteau Twins. "My bandmate is a massive Cocteau Twins fan and ever since then they've been really intriguing to watch. I also love KT Tunstall and I learned a lot (more)...
- 10/14/2010
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
KT Tunstall's new single "Fade Like a Shadow" got a music video treatment and it has been premiered for fans' viewing pleasure. The single is taken from her upcoming studio installment "Tiger Suit" which is set for September 28 U.S. release.
The song talks about a person who haunted Tunstall for many months. She told Music Remedy, "The person is still very much alive, but my interactions with them led to these weird, almost visitation-like feelings that I found difficult to shake off."
As for the album, she recalled the process, stating "I recorded out in Berlin at legendary studio Hansa with Jim Abbiss producing. I decided to tap into a diverse array of influences and we drew from some of our collectively favorite sounds; Leftfield, Eddie Cochran, The Cocteau Twins, Bow Wow Wow, Adam and the Ants, Ali Farke Toure...as you can imagine, it's a pretty different listen!
The song talks about a person who haunted Tunstall for many months. She told Music Remedy, "The person is still very much alive, but my interactions with them led to these weird, almost visitation-like feelings that I found difficult to shake off."
As for the album, she recalled the process, stating "I recorded out in Berlin at legendary studio Hansa with Jim Abbiss producing. I decided to tap into a diverse array of influences and we drew from some of our collectively favorite sounds; Leftfield, Eddie Cochran, The Cocteau Twins, Bow Wow Wow, Adam and the Ants, Ali Farke Toure...as you can imagine, it's a pretty different listen!
- 8/21/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Controversial Director Gregg Araki whose previous credits include ‘Mysterious Skin’ and ‘The Living End’ recently took time out to answer some questions regarding his latest project ‘Kaboom’ following its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.
Thomas Dekker stars in the science fiction tale centred on the sexual awakening of a group of college students.
What is the main storyline from Kaboom?
Ga: In one line I describe it as an omnisexual ‘Twin Peaks’ set in college.
How did you come up with the concept for the film?
I wanted to make an old-fashioned, creatively uninhibited cult movie that was totally uncompromised and free from worrying about the constraints of the current Indie film marketplace. The closest corollary I can come up with is the music of some of the Indie bands I’ve loved like the Cocteau Twins. They may not be for everyone and were never super popular or...
Thomas Dekker stars in the science fiction tale centred on the sexual awakening of a group of college students.
What is the main storyline from Kaboom?
Ga: In one line I describe it as an omnisexual ‘Twin Peaks’ set in college.
How did you come up with the concept for the film?
I wanted to make an old-fashioned, creatively uninhibited cult movie that was totally uncompromised and free from worrying about the constraints of the current Indie film marketplace. The closest corollary I can come up with is the music of some of the Indie bands I’ve loved like the Cocteau Twins. They may not be for everyone and were never super popular or...
- 5/25/2010
- by Paul Downey
- FilmShaft.com
Cocteau Twins The Cocteau Twins are the trio of extraordinary Scots founded by vocalist Elizabeth Fraser, guitarist/producer Robin Guthrie, and bassist Will Heggie. Simon Raymonde took on bass duties in 1983. The group has been graced by Ben Blakeman, Benny Di Massa, Lincoln Fong, Dave Palfreeman, and Mitsuo Tate. The Cocteau Twins have been making records since the early '80s and have over a score of original releases to date. Although the unit disbanded by 1998, a steady flow of reissues carries on its legacy with distinction. Remember "Alice," originally recorded in 1996, from their 2006 release Lullabies to Violaine, Vol. 2 (Remastered). Buy: Lala.com Genre: Alternative Artist: Cocteau Twins Song: Alice Album: Lullabies to Violaine, Vol. 2 (Remastered) Tim Buckley Psych-folk-rock-jazz singer/songwriter Tim Buckley came out of the '60s Orange County music scene as a gentle-voiced phenom. Born in postwar Washington, D.C., he relocated to California...
- 5/7/2010
- by Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin
- Huffington Post
So-called “Download Diva” continues musical exploration of the waking dream.
Suspend your disbelief for a moment and try to imagine the musical grayscale between Kate Bush’s Hounds of Love, Peter Gabriel’s late Genesis/early-solo era, the entirety of The Cocteau Twins’ catalog and Beth Orton’s Trailer Park. This almost approaches the casserole of sound on British singer/songwriter Imogen Heap’s third solo release, Ellipse.
Suspend your disbelief for a moment and try to imagine the musical grayscale between Kate Bush’s Hounds of Love, Peter Gabriel’s late Genesis/early-solo era, the entirety of The Cocteau Twins’ catalog and Beth Orton’s Trailer Park. This almost approaches the casserole of sound on British singer/songwriter Imogen Heap’s third solo release, Ellipse.
- 8/27/2009
- Pastemagazine.com
Brooding and layered, this Norwegian songstress' third album plumbs familiar but dramatic territory
Inevitably the elfin shadow of Björk is something that most female Scandinavian vocalists are forced to grapple with. On her last album, Hanne Hukkelberg attacked the issue head on with a Pixies cover and a moodier tone laced with found sounds and got a Norwegian Grammy and international acclaim for her efforts. Here, Hukkelberg’s impish charm is more contained, even if her ear for texture remains characteristically elegant. The album’s title track (and clear standout) shows a jazzier edge, though, and the limber vocals have a swing that points away from the icy angularity of many of her regional contemporaries. For all its synths and studio treatment, the music on Blood From A Stone feels warm, lived in and the slightest bit coy. While it lacks the propulsive edge of, say, the Knife, Hukkelberg’s...
Inevitably the elfin shadow of Björk is something that most female Scandinavian vocalists are forced to grapple with. On her last album, Hanne Hukkelberg attacked the issue head on with a Pixies cover and a moodier tone laced with found sounds and got a Norwegian Grammy and international acclaim for her efforts. Here, Hukkelberg’s impish charm is more contained, even if her ear for texture remains characteristically elegant. The album’s title track (and clear standout) shows a jazzier edge, though, and the limber vocals have a swing that points away from the icy angularity of many of her regional contemporaries. For all its synths and studio treatment, the music on Blood From A Stone feels warm, lived in and the slightest bit coy. While it lacks the propulsive edge of, say, the Knife, Hukkelberg’s...
- 5/26/2009
- Pastemagazine.com
Three years ago, Telepathe—the New York City duo of Busy Gangnes and Melissa Livaudais—released an Ep titled Farewell Forest that fit into the shaky, lo-fi mode of Animal Collective-style indie. Now they’ve put together an album that’s almost like the Ep’s exact opposite: a shimmering ode to ’80s electro and, in the case of “Can’t Stand It,” Cocteau Twins-style proto-shoegaze. Produced by David Andrew Sitek of TV On The Radio, Dance Mother has a few bright spots: the para-diddling drums at the beginning of “In Your Line” give it a real open-air sweep, the ...
- 3/17/2009
- avclub.com
Hometown: Brooklyn, N.Y.
Album Title: High Places
Band Members: Robert Barber (multi-instrumentalist) and Mary Pearson (vocals, bassoon)
For Fans Of: Cocteau Twins, Thrill Jockey Records, etchings.
Seventy years ago, a rakish gentleman’s come-on would’ve been to invite a lady up to ‘see his etchings.’ Today, fine-art major Robert Barber isn’t getting fresh when he utters the same phrase—he really has them. And he’s become so familiar with the bygone acid-engraving art that he wound up teaching a college course on it. “Etching, in the ’30s, was one of the main ways people met and produced art,” he explains. “And a lot of etchings from back then were pretty dramatic—like Otto Dix’s, whose stuff was all war imagery with people in gas masks crawling through trenches. And me being a weird punk-rock/art-school kid, I was always focusing on the dark stuff.”...
Album Title: High Places
Band Members: Robert Barber (multi-instrumentalist) and Mary Pearson (vocals, bassoon)
For Fans Of: Cocteau Twins, Thrill Jockey Records, etchings.
Seventy years ago, a rakish gentleman’s come-on would’ve been to invite a lady up to ‘see his etchings.’ Today, fine-art major Robert Barber isn’t getting fresh when he utters the same phrase—he really has them. And he’s become so familiar with the bygone acid-engraving art that he wound up teaching a college course on it. “Etching, in the ’30s, was one of the main ways people met and produced art,” he explains. “And a lot of etchings from back then were pretty dramatic—like Otto Dix’s, whose stuff was all war imagery with people in gas masks crawling through trenches. And me being a weird punk-rock/art-school kid, I was always focusing on the dark stuff.”...
- 10/27/2008
- Pastemagazine.com
Coldplay are newly crowned double winners at the 2008 Q Awards. The rock band were hailed Best Act in the World Today and their latest album "Viva la Vida" was given the honor as Best Album. "I don't think we're the best act in the room, let alone the world," Chris Martin, the band's frontman said.
The British event also saw winnings from Duffy, The Last Shadow Puppets, Keane, and Kaiser Chiefs. Duffy beat Adele and Santogold but she could not attend the event to receive the award. Puppets, which is a side project by Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner, picked up Best New Act. Turner appearing solo said, "Thank you very much. I understand it's voted by the readers so this means a lot of course. Unfortunately my partner couldn't be here because he had some trouble with the trains."
A tribute session was given to Pink Floyd's David Gilmour...
The British event also saw winnings from Duffy, The Last Shadow Puppets, Keane, and Kaiser Chiefs. Duffy beat Adele and Santogold but she could not attend the event to receive the award. Puppets, which is a side project by Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner, picked up Best New Act. Turner appearing solo said, "Thank you very much. I understand it's voted by the readers so this means a lot of course. Unfortunately my partner couldn't be here because he had some trouble with the trains."
A tribute session was given to Pink Floyd's David Gilmour...
- 10/7/2008
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
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