Sep 11, 2015
Music
Issue #54 - August/September 2015 - CHVRCHES
Telekinesis’ Michael Benjamin Lerner pieced together their last record, Dormarion, with a vibrant mix of all the musical ideas that came before it. The result was a sonic collage of possibilities, whereas Ad Infinitum feels like an exploration of just one of many. Most of the punk rock energy and guitars are left behind for rich synths, and rhythm parts are almost exclusively limited to throbbing basslines and drum loops.
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Sep 11, 2015
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A fun, underrated feature from the late horror maestro, Wes Craven.
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Sep 11, 2015
Music
Datura4
Dom Mariani has played the role of Australian power pop god for many years. For Datura4, Mariani pairs with Greg Hitchcock for a completely different kind of power, ‘70s blues-based hard rock.
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Sep 10, 2015
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Perhaps all Craig Finn needed was a slight change-of-scenery—his latest solo album is his best work since The Hold Steady’s Stay Positive. Instead of chugging bar rock and singalongs, this album is filled with quiet moments and character studies.
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Studio: Samuel Goldwyn Films
Directed by Morgan Matthews
Sep 10, 2015
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Nathan (Asa Butterfield) is on the autism spectrum. The only language he seems to fully engage with is mathematics.
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Sep 09, 2015
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I understand that The Bee Gees and Under the Radar might not be perfect bedfellows, so to speak.
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Sep 09, 2015
Music
Issue #54 - August/September 2015 - CHVRCHES
The 24-year-old Cape Town, South Africa artist Yannick Ilunga’s music isn’t little and it isn’t dark. Sure, the music he’s released as Petite Noir is full of miniature percussive cheers and ominous bass, but Ilunga is more about titular contradictions than he is straightforward parallelism.
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Sep 08, 2015
Music
Issue #54 - August/September 2015 - CHVRCHES
Mimi Parker and Alan Sparhawk and their bassist (Steve Garrington has served in the role since 2011) have long been making only two kinds of records; completely essential, passionate, cohesive and cogent statements, or those that are merely excellent and serve as a nice collection of tunes.
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Sep 08, 2015
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Brian De Palma’s 1980 film Dressed to Kill is C-grade exploitation executed in A-plus form.
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