Sep 05, 2014
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Gorgeously shot and carefully paced, Weir’s Hanging Rock has a dreamlike quality that sets it apart even among his fellow Australian New Wavers.
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Sep 05, 2014
Music
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Opening to the sound of a gong on “I’m a Vampire,” this Glasgow trio settles in with a spare guitar/bass/drum vamp built to drive on singer/guitarist Dale Barclay, who sounds utterly, violently obsessed by his lyrical concerns.
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Sep 04, 2014
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Most of us presumed that Karen O could do quite well solo. Even without the heroic backing of her poppy neo-no-wave cohorts in Yeah Yeah Yeahs, she’s always been a figure unto herself with her magnetic stage presence and insouciant personality.
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Sep 04, 2014
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The first 10 seconds of Strange Friend is all you need to realize that listening through it is going to be—if nothing else—fun.
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Studio: Amplify
Directed by Stuart Murdoch
Sep 04, 2014
Cinema
God Help the Girl
The sheer earnestness and unassuming glee of the film manage to pull off what contemporary musicals have been unable to do lately: evoke pure joy and enthrallment.
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Sep 04, 2014
Music
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Peter Murphy first made his name as the frontman for Bauhaus, the prototypical goth rock band. All these years later, Murphy still sings like David Bowie’s evil twin and can erect a cemetery of darkened synths, guitars, and drums like nobody’s business.
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Sep 03, 2014
Music
Cold Specks
What singer/songwriter Al Spx refers to as her “doom soul” is a sound that, had early gospel and blues styles come together in a contemporary setting, colliding freely and comfortably (with little spiritual chafing), might resemble the songs of Neuroplasticity.
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Sep 03, 2014
Music
Total Control
When bands give a genre a much needed shot in the arm, they usually do so by borrowing from one band in particular who made said genre great.
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Studio: Tribeca Film
Directed by David Mackenzie
Sep 03, 2014
Cinema
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Teenage Eric Love has just been transferred to an adult penitentiary. One long-time prisoner instantly lays down the law, brusquely and begrudgingly trying to show Eric the ropes and keep him out of trouble: Neville Love is Eric’s father, and tensions between the two men build as they navigate their rocky relationship while imprisoned on the same cellblock.
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Sep 03, 2014
Music
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On first listen to Honeyblood‘s infectious self-titled debut, you’d never guess this Glasgow-based group was only a two-piece.
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