Oct 21, 2014
Music
Scott Walker + Sunn O)))
Scott Walker began to spread his eclectic compositional wings by poaching the studio orchestra hired for the “square” recordings of his day gig in The Walker Brothers. In his biographical documentary 30 Century Man, one of his arrangers demonstrates an abstract chord Walker presented to the orchestra, a complex dissonance one note shy of terror and one note in excess of tranquility.
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Oct 20, 2014
Music
Pharmakon
On the eve of her first European tour, Margaret “Pharmakon” Chardiet was admitted to hospital where she had a cyst removed that had collapsed one of her organs. This harrowing experience formed the mind-versus-body concept of her new record Bestial Burden.
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Studio: Dark Sky Films
Directed by Onur Tukel
Oct 20, 2014
Cinema
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Indie vampire film Summer of Blood bares baby teeth instead of fangs.
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Oct 20, 2014
TV
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Pee-wee’s Playhouse was a show for kids, by (overgrown) kids.
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Studio: Roadside Attractions
Directed by Justin Simien
Oct 17, 2014
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However successful Dear White People may be at capturing hearts and minds when it comes to social and political issues, it has the early indicators of being a small-scale cult classic.
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Oct 17, 2014
DVDs
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Sex Pistols - The TV Tapes serves as a visual timeline of the seminal UK punk act.
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Oct 17, 2014
Music
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Describing Kindness‘s debut album was no easy task. Was it hip-hop? Was it R&B? Was it dance? Nobody really quite knew. But World, You Need a Change of Mind was such an intriguing record that it didn’t matter. Its creator, Adam Bainbridge, was undeniably a star in the making.
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Studio: Cohen Media Group
Directed by Alberto Arvelo
Oct 17, 2014
Cinema
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Surely, history was nowhere as simple as The Liberator makes it.
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Studio: GKIDS
Directed by Isao Takahata
Oct 16, 2014
Cinema
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Based on a Japanese folk tale, the most striking element of this new feature from Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata (Grave of the Fireflies, My Neighbor the Yamadas) is its art style.
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Oct 16, 2014
Music
Aphex Twin
Each genre has its gods. Rock has the Stones, pop has The Beatles, but when it comes to electronic music there are few who could rival Aphex Twin‘s truly individual and pioneering production.
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