Jan 31, 2011

Distractions – Dark Green Sea (2011)



















Distractions plays an intense style of pop that’s dark and brooding. Amidst ringing guitars and synths is front-man Tom Owens’ deep tenor vocals. They would seem to dominate Dark Green Sea, but they do not; instead they complement and occasionally contrast with the instrumentation that accompany them. If anything, Distractions’ sound is a nod to Scott Walker’s weirdness, with the epic greatness of Phil Spectre’s early work, all while enclosing it in an 80s post-punk sound.

Lemmy (Greg Olliver, Wes Orshoski, 2010)



















Opasan dokumentarac, Mr. R'N'R licno, a pored svih gostiju, a retko ko se ne pojavljuje, o njemu govore Jarvis Cocker i Peter Hook...toliko o Lemmiju.

Jarboli - Uslovna sloboda

Jan 30, 2011

Nedelja Vece...




















Nedelja popodne...

Devotchka – 100 Lovers (2011)

Denver based group DeVotchKa is set to release their new album 100 Lovers via Anti- Records on March 1st. For this, their fifth record, the band again headed to the vastness of the Arizona desert with producer Craig Schumacher (Calexico, Neko Case). The resulting work is as epic as the landscape in which it was recorded, the 15 new songs offering an emotionally charged sonic expansiveness while retaining all the heartfelt romance and celebratory energy for which the group is known. The record features guest percussions from Mauro Refosco of Thom Yorke’s band Atoms For Peace, and members of Calexico.

Jan 29, 2011

Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – Here We Rest (2011)


After spending six years with the genre-defying roots rock ensemble Drive-By Truckers, singer/guitarist Jason Isbell amicably left the group in 2007 to pursue a solo career. Isbell had already displayed his songwriting prowess during his tenure with the Truckers, and he funneled those talents into Sirens of the Ditch, a bluesy, punk-infused lesson in guitar tones and Southern swagger that marked his solo debut in summer 2007. Backed by a band dubbed the 400 Unit, Isbell took his songs on the road and soon began penning another album, which he recorded with the 400 Unit in 2008. Released the following year, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit found the songwriter ruminating on issues of love, youth, and war. – James Christopher Monger
Here We Rest, the new album from Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit, is set for an April 12 release on Lightning Rod Records. Here We Rest is the second album from Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, and Isbell’s third. Along with Isbell, the album features keyboardist Derry deBorja, guitarist Browan Lollar, drummer Chad Gamble and bassist Jimbo Hart.
Here We Rest was produced by Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit and recorded at the legendary Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL and at The NuttHouse in Sheffield, AL.

Jan 28, 2011

The Jayhawks – Hollywood Town Hall [Expanded Edition] (2011)




















The Jayhawks' breakthrough album is a roots rock classic. "Like folk music, but really loud," is how guitarist Gary Louris liked to describe the Jayhawks, but the reality is more complex--try the country-rock sound of the Flying Burrito Brothers, Neil Young, or the Band married to white-boy soul, bar band rawness, and a slight alternative edge.
Hollywood Town Hall is a masterpiece of American songwriting, blending irresistible melodies, ringing guitars, and Louris and Olson's gorgeous harmonies with moody, imagery-rich lyrics.

True Grit, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen (2010)

Fourteen-year-old Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld) joins an aging U.S. marshal (Jeff Bridges) and another lawman (Matt Damon) in tracking her father's killer into hostile Indian territory in Joel and Ethan Coen's adaptation of Charles Portis' original novel. Sticking more closely to the source material than the 1969 feature adaptation starring Western icon John Wayne, the Coens' True Grit tells the story from the young girl's perspective, and re-teams the celebrated filmmaking duo with their No Country for Old Men producing partner Scott Rudin. Josh Brolin and Barry Pepper co-star.

Frank Zappa-Hot Rats(1969)



















Odavno nisam slusao album koji mesa toliko muzickih zanrova, svega+svacega, a zvuci toliko dobro kao celina, da se neprestano slusanje(iskljucivo glasno) namece, iako muzicke kutije zahtevaju odmor...njega nema, krivi su vreli pacovi!!!



Jan 27, 2011

The Dears

The Dears
Degeneration Street
[Dangerbird,2011]


















Crni "Morrissey" je opet odusevio nasu redakciju...Pevali su da nema vise gradova, samo bande gubitnika, a sada je  propadanje istinski pocelo. Sto rece BadSeed, ono nesto posebno je opet tu...Ovo je lament za nas degenerisani grad. Amin.

The Deserted Station (Alireza Raisian, 2002)





Po kratkoj prici Abbasa Kiarostamija...









On a pilgrimage to Mashad from Tehran, a couple's transportation breaks down, far from any major town. The husband, a photographer, seeks help at a nearby village and encounters a teacher who offers to help. Whilst the husband and teacher go off to find a spare part, the wife, who used to be a teacher, takes over the teaching lessons in the village. It is clear that the children live there, in this strange deserted place, without any men, save the teacher and an old signal guard. As the day draws on, the children help to bring a new hope and life into the wife's heart.

Jan 26, 2011

Songs That Saved Your Life


Trois Huit, Philippe Le Guay (2001)

One man's desire to better himself and improve his family's station in life has dire and unexpected consequences in this realistic thriller. Pierre (Gerald Laroche) is a worker in a glass factory whose small stature and quiet demeanor do not disguise the fact that he wants his wife Carole (Luce Mouchel) and son Victor (Bastien Le Roy) to have the good things in life, and he's not afraid to work hard to get them. When Pierre learns that a position is open on the plant's night shift that would pay better, he requests to be transferred, but he soon discovers that the late-shift staff is a different breed than the co-workers he's used to -- especially Fred (Marc Barbe), a large and arrogant man who alternately glad-hands Pierre for his friendship and treats him with contempt.Pierre takes great pains to be civil with Fred, but when Pierre gets a promotion and Fred does not, Fred explodes with rage, and the two find themselves in a vicious argument that stops just short of a fist fight. Before long, Pierre finds himself back in Fred's good graces, and the other workers are friendlier with him, even offering to help Pierre with a home improvement project. But in time Pierre discovers that what looks like friendship is actually part of a sinister and carefully orchestrated attempt on Fred's part to get revenge.

Private Fears in Public Places,Alain Resnais (2006)

A handful of characters struggle to hold on to relationships with the people they care for in this collaboration between playwright Alan Ayckbourn and filmmaker Alain Resnais. Dan (Lambert Wilson) has recently finished up a hitch in the Army, but rather than deal with his emotional issues, Dan prefers to get drunk. While he barely communicates with his girlfriend, Nicole (Laura Morante), she's convinced they will still marry and opts to ignore his obvious problems. Lionel (Pierre Arditi) is a bartender who has become increasingly isolated and cut off from his friends as he looks after his father, Arthur. Arthur, however, is in failing health and has little appreciation of his son's sacrifices. Thierry (André Dussollier) is a real-estate salesman who has fallen for one of his co-workers, Charlotte (Sabine Azéma); however, Charlotte's mild-mannered exterior hides a personality that thrives on emotional gamesmanship. And Gaëlle (Isabelle Carré), Thierry's sister, is lonely and looking for a relationship, but her efforts bring her neither joy nor companionship. Coeurs (aka Petites Peurs Partagées) received its world premiere at the 2006 Venice Film Festival.

Jan 25, 2011

The Who - Live at Leeds - 40th Anniversary Edition [4 CD] (2010)






Cepanje...















Mala Noche (Gus Van Sant, 1986)



















Based on the Walt Curtis autobiographical novel of the same name, Mala Noche is a story of amour fou. Walt (Tim Streeter) is madly in love/lust with a young illegal Mexican immigrant. However, the object of his unrequited affection doesn't even speak any English and finds Walt really strange and undesirable.

Jan 24, 2011

Mravi

Mravi
"Na Travi..."
 [1998]



Jedan od najboljih albuma devedesetih, naravno "izgubljen" u svemiru...

Somewhere (Sofia Coppola, 2010)



















Hollywood actor Johnny Marco, nested in his luxury hotel of choice, is a stimulated man. Drinking, parties and women keep a creeping boredom under wraps in between jobs. He is the occasional father of a bright girl, Cleo, who may be spoiled but doesn't act it. When Cleo's mother drops her off and leaves town, Johnny brings her along for the ride, but can he fit an 11-year-old girl into his privileged lifestyle?

Jan 23, 2011

Nedelja Vece...



















Nedelja popodne...

The Temptation of St Tony - Veiko Ŏunpuu

The Temptation of St. Tony
aka: Püha Tõnu Kiusamine | Estonia
Dir : Veiko Õunpuu [2009]
 

















Veiko Ŏunpuu's dazzling, hypnotic second feature is the kind of film from which cults are born. The Temptation of St. Tony is dense in references that are literary (including Dante and Kafka), biblical (allusions to the Stations of the Cross) and cinematic (Buñuel and Pasolini are mentioned in the credits of the film), and has been read as a critique of capitalism as it tightens its grip on contemporary Estonia. It's also riotously hilarious and inventive, as funny as it is dark, full of strange, disconcerting and alluring images, incidents and sounds. It's beautifully shot in black-and-white, and Taavi Eelmaa is mesmerising as the eponymous Tony, a middle manager hitting middle age and facing the accompanying crisis.
 

Jan 22, 2011

Shoegaze memories

Lush
"For Love"
Spooky [4AD,1992]



Heart Throbs
"Dreamtime"
Cleopatra's Grip [One Little Indian,1990]

Le Vent de la Nuit, Philippe Garrel (1999)

French superstar Catherine Deneuve stars in this downbeat drama about the fine line between love and need. Deneuve plays Hélène, an attractive but aging housewife who keeps a lover, a young artist named Paul (Xavier Beauvois). Hélène is strongly attracted to Paul, but isn't sure if he's interested in her mind, her body, or merely her checkbook. Paul, on the other hand, is attracted to Hélène, but finds her too clingy and possessive; he wants to get away, and sometimes uses heroin as a means of escape. One day, Paul meets Serge (Daniel Duval), a well-known artist Paul would like to work for some day. Paul learns Serge's story is a troubled one; he took part in the student uprisings of the May '68 General Strike, ended up in a mental hospital, and lost a wife to suicide. Le Vent de la Nuit (Night Wind) features an original score by John Cale, a founding member of the ground-breaking rock band the Velvet Underground.

Elle a Passe Tant d'Heures Sous les Sunlights , Philippe Garrel (1984)

Too many hours under the sun, artificial or not, might have warped this experimental work by Philippe Garrel. A young film director is turning a movie with his friend Christa (reminds us of the real-life relationship between Garrel and Nico). In the film-within-the-film there are two couples, one real, one imagined , and the film - told through five dreams - is as much the story of a film on-production, as the birth of a child. Soon director Garrel himself is in front of the camera, as the story turns into a film within a film, and other directors are brought in to salvage it: Chantal Ackerman and Jacques Doillon.

Jan 21, 2011

Red House Painters



John Grant & Midlake - Where Dreams Go To Die

Empty (Veiko Õunpuu, 2006)




















A young intellectual, Mati, engineers himself into a situation where he has to spend a weekend with his wife Helina and her lover Eduard. The trio goes to Eduard's summer house, surrounded by the majestic scenery of big forests and an empty beach. Mati, either out of jealousy or pride, has decided to win back his wife and will do anything his introverted and inert mind can come up with. What is love? Who can believe in such a thing? Is there anything at all to believe in? It can in its own minimalist way be a very funny experience and also a sad one to be dragged into this world.

Iron and Wine – Kiss Each Other Clean (2011)



















Priznajem, tek na 15-to slusanje sam shvatio
da je ovo jedan opasan album, melodije+orkestracija+glas, pa makar na 45'
uspevaju da te odvedu iz ove doline suza...



Portishead - EXIT Festival 2011 !!!

Jan 19, 2011

White Fence – White Fence Is Growing Faith (2011)


Pitchfork Review:
Tim Presley comes from a growing faction of hard-working throwback rock’n'roll artists who share both a love of vaguely garage and punk music but also display a pertinacious work ethic. Seemingly dissatisfied with the “one album every 18 months” approach of some of his peers, Presley serves as frontman for neo-psych group Darker My Love, guitarist for garage-poppers the Strange Boys, and still found time to release the self-titled debut of his solo project, White Fence, late last year.
All in all, White Fence played like many solo bows: It was a solid-but-sometimes-unfocused tour through the artist’s mental Rolodex of influences and flights of fancy. In Presley’s case that happens to be the sort of 1960s and 70s folk-rock that emits a vapor trail of psychedelia behind it. Is Growing Faith, the second White Fence album in under a year, finds Presley trimming the fat and applying stringent focus on improving as a songwriter without discarding his dealer’s phone number.

Wild Grass, Alain Resnais (2008)

Alain Resnais, one of the towering figures of the French New Wave, demonstrates he still has plenty to say in this drama based on a novel by Christian Gailly. Marguerite (Sabine Azéma) is a successful dentist with a busy practice and an offbeat hobby, flying small airplanes. One day, while running errands, Marguerite loses her wallet, and it's found by Georges (André Dussollier), a seemingly happy man with a wife, Suzanne (Anne Consigny), and two children (Vladimir Consigny and Sara Forestier). As Georges looks through the wallet and examines the photos of Marguerite, he finds he's fascinated with her and her life, and soon his curiosity about her becomes an obsession. Georges' attempts to integrate himself into Marguerite's life begin to alarm her, and she hires a private security team (Mathieu Amalric and Michel Vuillermoz) to keep him away, but Georges is determined that his new love for her will not be denied. Les Herbes Folles (aka Wild Grass) received its world premiere at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.

The Kids Are All Right, Lisa Cholodenko (2010)

The son of a same-sex couple seeks out the sperm donor who made his birth possible in this comedy from writer/director Lisa Cholodenko. The committed parents of two teenage children, Nic (Annette Bening) and Jules (Julianne Moore), are about to send their daughter, Joni (Mia Wasikowska), off to college when her younger brother, Laser (Josh Hutcherson), asks for her help in tracking down his biological father. Reluctantly inquiring with the sperm bank, Joni leaves her number so the office can pass it along to Laser's father. Enthusiastic at the thought of meeting his long lost offspring, Paul (Mark Ruffalo) musters the courage to reach out, and the family tree grows a new branch.

Jan 18, 2011

Violette Nozière (Claude Chabrol, 1978)
















Claude Chabrol’s Violette was based on the true story of 19-year-old Violette Noziere, who in the 1930s was tried and convicted for the poisoning of her father and the attempted murder of her mother. As played by Isabelle Huppert (who won several awards for her performance), Violette is a thrill-seeking girl who falls for a no-good slug from the slums of Paris.

La teta i la lluna (Bigas Luna, 1994)



















A child does not stand the idea of having a new brother and dreams about drinking milk from the breasts of his mother again. The child asks the moon to bring him a tit only for him.

Jan 15, 2011

The Strokes...uskoro

A Room with a View (James Ivory, 1985)



















When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperone Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting the Emersons could change Lucy's life forever but, once back in England, how will her experiences in Tuscany affect her marriage plans?


Broadcast

Jan 14, 2011

R.I.P. Trish Keenan



Babyshambles - 8 Dead Boys

Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers – Teenage and Torture (2011)


“This song is inspired by my shaver. I wanted it to sound like pain in slow motion as well as something you could sing along to when you’re taking a shower,” says Shilpa Ray about her latest single ‘Venus Shaver’. Unquestionably, the obscenely talented New York-based blues rocker has achieved her goal with this track, the first to be lifted from her eagerly awaited second album Teenage & Torture, released in North America on January 18. The simple tune weasels its way into your head, but it’s Ray’s incredible voice which carries this track as she dissects questions of body image and perceptions of beauty with devastating emotional impact.

Jan 13, 2011

Thank You – Golden Worry (2011)






















Sand Snowman – Nostalgia Ever After (2010)


All new studio album to be issued as a first edition of 500 copies in a deluxe gatefold CD case. Q: How do you build a Wooden Horse? A: Trees. Sand Snowman’s sound hearkens back to a time when people used the word “hearkens.” It is possible that this faerie acid folk is made by actual faeries, with the beautiful lilting harmonies and subtle progressive diversions that only small, winged beasties can perform properly. Gentle, with an edge; sitting atop the same cloud as the more mystical Bunyan, Perhacs, or even Bob Trimble compositions. Quiet, but lush with crisp acoustics leading hand percussion and other exotic instrumentation to the sea shore. This is truly an incredible string band, whose jaw-droppingly beautiful album will hopefully have new initiates seeking out the group’s several previous releases.

Edie Brickell & New Bohemians - Mama Help Me

Jan 12, 2011

Esben and the Witch – Violet Cries (2011)













Since forming in Brighton in 2008, Esben and the Witch have forged a sound that springs forth from minds soaked in influences far from any standard set of musical touchstones. The trio eschews the everyday for inspiration drawn from sources weird and wonderful — nature and literature, art and science, history and the unknown – as well as the occasional Scott Walker and PJ Harvey record.

Puro Instinct

First single from upcoming Puro Instinct full length.



 

Puro Instinct’s tasty first single “STILYAGI,”  it features the helping hand of none other than fan and mate Ariel Pink, who took the group on tour last year supporting Haunted Graffiti. Here, Mr. Pink adds background vocals behind Piper’s dreamy voice. Headbangers In Ecstasy is out 22/2, via Mexican Summer.

Braids

Braids
"Native Speakers" [Kanine,2011]



















This freewheeling Canadian quartet make experimental dream-pop delivered through a shoegaze haze.
Braids plays knotty, pop songs that feel like reimaginings of Cocteau Twins songs spruced up with shimmering female vocals. But oh, those vocals! They make a busy, bustling, almost baroque but always buoyant sound, heavy on depth, texture and intricacy yet somehow light, even poppy – even when their exploratory jams extend to nine minutes.

Cowboy Junkies – Demons: The Nomad Series, Volume 2 (2011)


There is no doubt about it, Vic Chestnutt was a nomad….a nomad of the spirit and soul and a nomad of the road. He never stopped searching for meaning. His songs, right up to the end, were filled with internal wanderings and a determination to never settle down, to never be complacent, to never be satisfied with whatever meager offerings his journey unearthed. His wanderings in the real world were also well documented in his songs. One of the most common settings in his work are hotel rooms, unfamiliar spaces which he finds himself trapped in and screaming to escape. For anyone who has spent a lot of time on the road his settings are all too recognizable. The brilliance of Vic’s writing is the way he takes these external spaces and uses them to reflect the inner turmoil and sense of alienation that he was forever kicking against.

Persecution

Persecution
Dir : Patrice Chéreau [2009]


















Persécution is an ice-cold and, on occasion, punishingly verbose Parisian drama about the rapidly dissolving love affair between a pair of thirtysomething malcontents played by Romain Duris and Charlotte Gainsbourg. 

Jan 11, 2011

Rabbit Hole,John Cameron Mitchell (2010)

Adapted for the screen by David Lindsay-Abaire from his own Pulitzer Prize-winning play, director John Cameron Mitchell's Rabbit Hole stars Oscar winner Nicole Kidman and Golden Globe-nominated Aaron Eckhart as a married couple who find their relationship on life support following the devastating loss of their young child. The further their relationship deteriorates, the harder the grieving parents fight to keep it alive.

127 Hours, Danny Boyle (2010)

Filmmaker Danny Boyle adapts the true-life story of Aron Ralston with this Fox Searchlight production detailing the hiker's harrowing quest for survival after losing an arm to a fallen rock and the grueling five-day ordeal that finally ended with his rescue. James Franco steps into the role of the unfortunate climber.

Jan 8, 2011

John Vanderslice – White Wilderness (2011)










White Wilderness promises a new kind of magic from the pop perfectionist known for submitting tracks to endless tweaking in his San Francisco studio, Tiny Telephone. John Vanderslice teamed with 19 members of the Bay Area’s Magik*Magik Orchestra, directed by Minna Choi, to record this entire album live in just three days. Choi’s orchestral arrangements are brisk but warmly enveloping, an intoxicating backdrop to Vanderslice’s compelling, sincere songwriting. The onus of producing the album was handed over to John Congleton.

Jan 7, 2011

Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan – Live At The Barbican London 2010







Lanegan za najradosniji pravoslavni praznik...











Live CD recorded at the Barbican Theater in London on September 10th, 2010 and sold during their October/November 2010 North American and European tours.