Apr 20, 2016
Comic Books
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I’m not sure if there’s ever been such a contrast between the beauty of a work’s cartooning and the cringe-inducing depravity of its characters as in Simon Hanselmann’s Megg & Mogg comics.
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Apr 20, 2016
Music
The Coathangers
Ten years and five full-lengths in, The Coathangers play midsized clubs, but their snotty denim-punk would still feel at home in your city’s finest DIY basements and other assorted ne’er-do-well hangouts.
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Studio: Gravitas Ventures
Directed by Victor Zarcoff
Apr 20, 2016
Cinema
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13 Cameras is a frequently tense, often creepy voyeuristic thriller.
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Apr 20, 2016
Music
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Only a few months after releasing an album with his world music collective Fool’s Gold, lead singer Luke Top‘s is back with his solo debut Suspect Highs, a surprising step back from the vibrant howls of his best-known project.
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AMC, Tuesdays 10/9 Central
Apr 19, 2016
TV
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The Night Manager, adapted from a 1993 John le Carré novel, arrives with a not insignificant obstacle before it: all the best le Carré novels have already been adapted for the screen, some of them multiple times.
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Apr 19, 2016
Music
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The emergence of Teleman in 2014 felt like something to get excited about. The U.K. quartet’s stream of infectious early singles—including the sublime “Cristina”— pointed to something very special. Yet, while good, debut LP Breakfast was never able to capitalize on this early promise. In truth, it felt like a holding statement for something else.
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Apr 19, 2016
Music
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There’s greater beauty in imagination than there is in information, and Cate Le Bon knows it. “Crab Day is an old holiday. Crab Day is a new holiday.
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Studio: Marvista Entertainment
Directed by Justin Paul Miller
Apr 19, 2016
Cinema
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Sooner or later there comes a time when everyone working in the sound recording business is going to get dragged into a criminal investigation.
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Apr 19, 2016
Music
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There is dream pop and then there is Starwalker. As you would expect from a band with that name—as you would expect from a collaboration between Bang Gang’s Barði Jóhannsson and Air’s Jean-Benoît Dunckel—this is music that seems to float on an elevated plane.
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Apr 18, 2016
Books
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Few bands have enjoyed the level of fan devotion directed at XTC, and Complicated Game certainly speaks directly to those people. But thanks to the tone of its author, XTC founder/singer/songwriter/guitarist Andy Partridge (along with Todd Bernhardt), those with even a casual interest in the band will still find themselves entertained.
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