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The Horrors on Bizarre American Touring Experiences and Their Fourth Album, “Luminous”

Aug 25, 2014 The Horrors

Somewhere there exists a John Denver song for the bizarre American life on the road that U.K. band The Horrors has experienced in their stateside tours over the course of nearly a decade. More

Michael Fassbender, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Lenny Abrahamson on Frank

Aug 22, 2014 Michael Fassbender

The black comedy Frank centers around an exceedingly eccentric musician named Frank (Michael Fassbender) and his struggle to record a debut album (and masterpiece) with his just-as-weird band, Soronprfbs. The film follows keyboardist Jon (Domhnall Gleeson) as he becomes the newest member to join the group and get sucked into their strange, reclusive world. More

Director Charlie McDowell Discusses ‘The One I Love’

Aug 22, 2014 Charlie McDowell

The One I Love is a mindbender of a romantic comedy, and to say much more about it than that would give too much away. In the film, Mark Duplass and Elisabeth Moss play a married couple whose relationship has totally fallen apart. A counselor sends them to a picturesque cottage retreat to reignite their romantic flame and, well, some truly crazy shit goes down. Mentioning anything that happens beyond the film’s first few minutes would spoil its many surprises; The One I Love is best experienced as a series of unexpected, blindsiding twists. More

Throwback Thursday: Twin Shadow Interview from 2010

Aug 21, 2014 Twin Shadow

For this Throwback Thursday we revisit our 2010 article on Twin Shadow, our first interview with George Lewis Jr. It was in honor of his debut album, Forget. The interview appeared in our Pleased to Meet You new artists section, but two years later Lewis appeared on our cover, for a special In-the-Studio 2012 section, appearing with Grizzly Bear’s Ed Droste and Dirty Projectors’ David Longstreth. Twin Shadow is working on his third album, the follow up to 2012’s Confess. Read on as George Lewis Jr. discusses the beginnings of Twin Shadow, the long distance relationship that inspired Forget, and his childhood musical tastes. More