Apr 29, 2014
Music
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Wye Oak fans who were on board with Jenn Wasner’s Dungeonesse project from last year—on which she tackled ‘80s and ‘90s R&B and pop tropes with a clear love for the form—may not have realized its prescience.
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Apr 28, 2014
TV
Game of Thrones
The problem with Game of Thrones mid-season is that so many things are going on that there’s not enough room in a single episode to really let anything happen. Given that dilemma, “Oathkeeper” managed to progress a few stories that were growing kind of stale, and as a natural result, it suffers a case of road-weariness.
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Apr 28, 2014
Music
Damon Albarn
It’s hard to believe 20 years have passed since Britpop turned the U.K.‘s music scene on its head. In the following two decades, many of the movement’s mainstays have either accepted defeat and returned to their day jobs or tried to rekindle their burned-out careers through shambolic reunions.
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Studio: Millennium Entertainment
Written and Directed by John Turturro
Apr 28, 2014
Cinema
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Though not a Woody Allen picture, it’s clear Fading Gigolo is heavily influenced by the work of its supporting actor, who plays a neurotic pimp.
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Studio: Radius-TWC
Directed by Jeremy Saulnier
Apr 25, 2014
Cinema
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After hearing that the man who murdered his parents has been released from prison, Dwight Evans abandons his pitiful life as a beach bum and returns to his hometown, reigniting a violent feud that had begun decades earlier.
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Apr 25, 2014
Music
Fear of Men
Fear of Men‘s proper debut comes on the heels of last year’s singles collection, Early Fragments. Judging by Loom‘s militant drum loops, lusciously layered vocals and rippling, backward guitar textures, the gloom pop quartet has been taking notes on Loveless’ obscure passages.
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Studio: A24
Written and Directed by Steven Knight
Apr 24, 2014
Cinema
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For a movie set entirely inside a car, Locke is an impressive and engaging feat.
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Apr 24, 2014
Music
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If past releases from Canada’s indie rock class clown Mac DeMarco proved anything, it’s that he’s not shy about playing the fool or writing songs—and even entire EPs—about nothing much in particular.
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Studio: Sundance Selects
Directed by Francois Ozon
Apr 23, 2014
Cinema
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Francois Ozon’s quiet sexual drama raises more questions than it answers and perhaps that was the intent, for better or worse.
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Apr 23, 2014
Music
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It has been only a year since The Mary Onettes released its last album, Hit the Waves, and the Swedish four-piece is back with the brand new mini-album, Portico:.
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