Mar 17, 2015
Music
Modest Mouse
Modest Mouse return from years of silence with maturity and sophistication, but maintain their established patterns of building worlds within their songs. Strangers to Ourselves is an album noticeably moodier than their groundbreaking ‘00s output.
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Studio: Factory 25
Written and Directed by Andrew T. Betzer
Mar 16, 2015
Cinema
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The film centers on two brothers on the run after accidentally killing a teenaged girl.
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Mar 16, 2015
Music
Twin Shadow
Almost a year ago, Twin Shadow (aka George Lewis, Jr.) released “To the Top,” a sonically massive, emotionally direct ballad that foretold a new direction for his in-progress third album.
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Studio: Amplify
Directed by Bert Marcus
Mar 13, 2015
Cinema
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Champs turns its lens on the world of boxing by showcasing three of the sport’s biggest names: Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, and Bernard Hopkins.
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Mar 13, 2015
Music
Tobias Jesso Jr.
Perhaps 2015 is the year that Dad Rock becomes officially cool as opposed to a running gag. Steely Dan is a featured band at Coachella, Billy Joel is headlining Bonnaroo, and Kanye West has fallen hopelessly in love with the melodic charms of Paul McCartney.
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Mar 12, 2015
Music
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Yannik Ilunga aka Petite Noir may have grown up in Cape Town, but the musical inklings on his debut EP, The King of Anxiety, reveal roots spanning across the globe.
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Studio: Radius-TWC
Directed by David Robert Mitchell
Mar 11, 2015
Cinema
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It may be someone you know. It may be a stranger in a crowd. It moves slowly. It always walks. Don’t let it touch you. It Follows.
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Mar 11, 2015
Music
Purity Ring
Purity Ring‘s debut was one of 2012’s most lauded releases. A sublime future-pop gem, Shrines combined astral beats, ethereal electro, and deceptively dark lyrics; surviving the tsunami of hype that surrounded it, by turning out to be a genuinely great record.
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Mar 10, 2015
Live
Dan Deacon
The following is from a real transcript I found in a back alley in Van Nuys behind Happy Hug Liquor.
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