Sep 29, 2012

Hidden Orchestra – Archipelago (2012)


Joe Banfi – Iron EP (2012)


Footnote (2011) , Joseph Cedar

An anti-establishment professor and his approval-seeking son enter into a heated competition against one another when their roles are suddenly reversed. Rising up through the ranks, Uriel always relied on recognition to fuel his sense of self-worth. His father, on the other hand, always shunned the spotlight. But when his father learns he is about to receive the highest honor rewarded in his field, the older man's vanity is revealed for all to see. Meanwhile, Uriel's intense jealousy drives him to consider the unthinkable.

Jagjaguwar Welcomes Newest Signee – Unknown Mortal Orchestra

The glammed-up, psychedelic, soulful, punked-out Unknown Mortal Orchestra is the brainchild of Oregon (via New Zealand) resident Ruban Nielson, a former Mint Chicks guitarist who mentions Captain Beefheart, Sly Stone, and RZA in the same breath. UMO’s self-titled debut full-length sounds like funkier Ween tackling Elephant 6, blending New Age ’70s recording techniques with that recent lava lamp/black-lit bedroom aesthetic (see Ariel Pink). It makes sense Nielson and his live band’s playing shows with Fat Possum labelmates Smith Westerns, sure. At the same time, you’ll think he might want to find a time machine and do a gig or two with Syd Barrett, the Kinks, or some private-press loner dude destined to be reissued and distributed via Forced Exposure. The music’s playful, but accomplished; familiar, but ambitiously charting its own collaged course.

Sep 28, 2012

Sep 27, 2012

Sera Cahoone – Deer Creek Canyon (2012)


Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson, 2012)

...f a n t a s s s t i c c c n o o o...

“Moonrise Kingdom” sees Wes Anderson return to live-action filmmaking after a break of five years since the underwhelming “The Darjeeling Limited.” Thankfully, Anderson’s new picture is a return to form and his best film since “The Royal Tenenbaums.”
In his career, which now spans 10 years, Wes Anderson has managed to create a distinct style, which is shared in all of his films, and “Moonrise Kingdom” perfectly demonstrates Anderson’s recognizable visual and thematic blueprint. Like almost all of his films, “Moonrise Kingdom” features a vibrant color palette, a dysfunctional family and a hilarious show-stealing performance from Bill Murray.
The cast, which Anderson has assembled, is probably the most accomplished and diverse he has ever worked with, featuring Frances McDormand, Harvey Keitel and Tilda Swinton.

Sep 26, 2012

Bird – Shadows EP (2012)

Three piece Liverpool band Bird is the creation of Adele Emmas (singer, songwriter) Sian Williams (guitar, harmonies) and Alexis Samata (drums) Together they create dark, haunting, atmospheric music which will entice you in to their magical, other worldly universe. With beautiful, siren-esque vocals, tribal, hypnotic drum beats and spellbinding guitar work, Bird are refreshingly unlike anything that's currently on the music scene.
After bumping in to each other at a local gig one evening, Adele and Sian bonded over their mutual love for artists such as Leonard Cohen, Kate Bush, The Cocteau Twins, Warpaint, and Fleetwood Mac. The girls decided to swap numbers and soon after songwriter Adele and drummer Alexis invited Sian along for a 'jam' where they realized together they had something very special to give.

Mumford & Sons – Babel (2012)

Following on from their 2009 debut Sigh No More, which went platinum four times in the UK, three times in Australia and twice in the United States, Babel captures the ferocious live energy of the four-piece, and is not without its tender moments.
Written in Nashville, south London and Somerset, several songs on Babel were also recorded live. "When you're in a room with headphones and microphones and no one else, you play it quite differently to how you play it live", says Marcus Mumford, the band's lead vocalist, drummer and guitarist.
Alongside band mates Ben Lovett (keys, accordion, drums), Ted Dwane (string bass, drums, guitar) and Winston Marshall (banjo, dobro, guitar), Mumford & Sons have spent the best part of the last three years touring feverishly, and show no signs of slowing down.

A.R. Kane

A.R. Kane
Complete Singles Collection (One Little Indian,2012)















The band, active in the 1980s and early 90s, have fallen out of fashion in the last two decades, and their name now means little to most people under the age of 30 – but, as Simon Reynolds argues in his accompanying notes for the OLI release, it would be inaccurate to describe them as a “lost” or overlooked band. Despite being considered the equals of My Bloody Valentine and the Pixies at the time, A.R. Kane – at its core a duo comprising Alex Ayuli and Rudy Tambala – have been somewhat written out of history.

Sep 23, 2012

Nedelja Vece...


Nedelja popodne...

Stranded horse

Blago Novom Sadu...




Calexico – Algiers (2012)


Story of Women (1988) ,Claude Chabrol

The women in this story are the customers of amateur abortionist Isabelle Huppert. The time is 1941, and the place is a Nazi-occupied French town. Struggling to survive, Huppert turns to illegally terminating unwanted pregnancies for a hefty fee. As her income increases, Huppert moves her family from their grimy surroundings to a posh apartment, sharing her digs with her new friend, prostitute Marie Trintignant. Completely seduced by her affluent lifestyle, Huppert ignores her shell-shocked husband Francois Cluzet, preferring to dally with Nazi collaborator Nils Tavernier. Things take a disastrous turn after one of Huppert's "customers" dies and her disgruntled husband turns her over to the authorities. Story of Women was inspired by the real-life tale of Marie-Louise Girard, who in 1943 was executed by the Vichy Government, who'd declared abortion as a Crime Against the State because it diminished the number of potential soldiers.

The Hatter's Ghost (1982) ,Claude Chabrol

In this murder mystery, a homicidal maniac goes on a killing spree beginning with his wife. He then kills six of her friends and is preparing to murder a seventh when the intended victim dies naturally. As a substitute, he murders his favorite hooker, leading the police right to him.

Mysterious Creatures (2006),David Evans


Sep 20, 2012

A Band of Buriers – Filth (2012)

...Famous Blue Raincoat  Za Novu Jesen...

A Band Of Buriers are an alternative folk band with a rare blend of hypnotic spoken word and haunting melodies. The combination of folk, classical arrangements and vocal harmonies with Beatnik-esque spoken word and poetry creates a sound that is likened as much to Leonard Cohen or Nick Cave as it is Allan Ginsberg or Saul Williams. Their intimate live performance is now firmly cemented as one of the finest shows to catch on the UK folk circuit.

Sep 17, 2012

Hayden Calnin – City EP (2012)

Twenty two year old singer songwriter and producer Hayden Calnin has be spending the past few months knuckled down in his home studio recording his debut EP ‘City’ that was released on July 20th.
Calnin’s music described as progressive folk, comparable to Bon Iver and James Blake, Calnin’s self-produced, ‘City’ is a musical documentation of his life experiences after leaving his hometown in Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula to live in inner city Melbourne. Showcasing intricate layers of ‘folktronic’ production, honest storytelling and vocals that swing between tip toeing falsettos and warm, husky tones, the EP features Hayden’s latest single, ‘For My Help’ and will be available digitally worldwide with limited physical copies available at shows.

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion"Meat & Bone" Trailer




Bird Courage – A Promising Flee (2012)


Lisa Bozikovic – This is How We Swim (2012)


Sep 16, 2012

Nedelja Vece...


One more day like today and I'll kill you
A desire for flesh and real blood
I'm gonna watch you drown in the shower
Push my life through your open eyes
I wanna fight this sickness, find a cure I must fight this sickness

Nedelja popodne...



















Sep 15, 2012

Seamus Fogarty – God Damn You Mountain (2012)


Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)

The recipient of the prized Palme d'Or at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, director Apichatpong Weerasethakul's hypnotic drama tells the haunting story of a Thai man suffering from kidney failure who retreats to the countryside to die in the company of his loved ones. As Uncle Boonmee nears the end of his life, the spirit of his late wife returns to guide him into the unknown, and his estranged son reappears in the form of a jungle spirit. Later, the ailing man leads his family on a journey to a hilltop cave where he first came into this world.

Parenthetical Girls – Privilege, Pt. V: Portrait of a Reputation [EP] (2012)


Wovenhand – The Laughing Stalk (2012)


Balmorhea – Stranger (2012)


Sep 13, 2012

Jason Molina – Autumn Bird Songs (2012)

...Najtuzniji album godine...

Magnolia Electric Co.’s Jason Molina is on the mend from health issues, undergoing treatment in West Virginia despite a struggle to cover medical bills. His family launched a donation drive for Molina, the result of which, he says, “has been better than I could have ever imagined.”
In addition to funds collected by direct donation, 10% of proceeds from a new art book and record are going to the cause, as well. Titled From Black Sheep Boys To Bill Collectors, the hardcover collection features artwork by William Schaff, whose work we’ve seen covering albums by Okkervil River, Molina’s Songs: Ohia project, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, and others. Included is an introduction written by the Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle with other contributions penned by Will Sheff and Darren Jackson of Kid Dakota. Molina also recorded 8 solo songs specifically for the project a few years ago, which will arrive bundled with the book on 10″ vinyl as Autumn Bird Songs.

Bill Fay - Life Is People(2012)

...Najnezniji album godine...

Bill Fay's two exquisite, early-1970s folk-jazz-rock albums – particularly 1971's Time of the Last Persecution – became cult artefacts decades later thanks to the enthusiastic patronage of some famous fans (notable among them Wilco's Jeff Tweedy – indeed, Fay covers Wilco on this album, and Tweedy sings on one song) and long-overdue reissues. A host of archive material and home demos have emerged recently, but Life Is People is Fay's first all-new studio album in 40 years. It's a more traditional affair than those classics (his new band doesn't quite match the rootsy, freewheeling swing of the early albums) but Fay is still in fine voice, singing stately, hymnal songs imbued with a kind of cosmic and religious rapture, sometimes spooky and awed, sometimes sun-through-the-clouds, everything's-gonna-be-OK hopeful. It's not without a few syrupy moments, and it would be a push to recommend it over the old records, but there are some fine songs here.

Sep 12, 2012

Bob Dylan-Tempest(2012)

...Ma, ALBUM OF THE MONTH...

Bob Dylan’s “Tempest” is no doubt the best album you’ll ever hear from a 71-year-old.
If that sounds like damning Bob Dylan with faint praise, rest assured this is one of the best discs you’ll hear by anyone this year, at any age. Rather, the point is made to marvel at the vitality of a man who’s been making albums for 50 years and still manages to be relevant.
Bob Dylan has led his fans, and the entire music community, on many journeys over a half century, even a few dead ends.
After a detour with 2009’s largely unsatisfying “Together Through Life,” the new “Tempest” continues the improbable late-career renaissance of America’s greatest living songwriter.

Chinese Take-Out (Sebastián Borensztein, 2011)

In Buenos Aires, the bitter and methodic Roberto is a lonely man and the owner of a hardware store. Roberto collects bizarre worldwide news in an album as a hobby and his acquaintance Mari has an unrequited love for him, but Roberto is always evasive. One day, Roberto sees a Chinese named Jun being expelled from a taxi while he is watching the landing of airplanes in the airport and he helps the man to stand up. Jun does not speak Spanish and shows a tattoo with an address on his arm. Roberto heads to the spot with Jun and discover that the place belonged to Jun's uncle that sold it three and half years ago. Roberto goes with Jun to the police station, to the China's embassy and to a Chinese neighborhood to seek out his uncle but it is a fruitless search. Roberto lodges Jun in his house and after a series of incidents, he finds a delivery boy to translate Jun and he learns the dramatic story of his life.

Sep 11, 2012

The Forest for the Trees (2003), Maren Ade

A recent college graduate on her first teaching assignment finds her initial optimism quickly dashed due to the indifference of her students and the bitter cynicism of her fellow educators. Melanie (Eva Löbau) is a fresh-faced teacher who's eager to get in the classroom and share her enthusiasm for learning, but in order to get her career off the ground she'll first have to leave all of her loved ones in the country and establish herself in the city. Despite being exceptionally well-read on all the latest educational theory, however, Melanie quickly finds herself caught up in a hopeless wave of loneliness after arriving at the high school and getting a harsh dose of reality; not only are her students more unruly than she could have ever imagined, but the worn-down staffers seem intent on ensuring that she is dragged directly down to their level of misery and general malaise. Later, Melanie attempts to strike up a relationship with her neighbor Tina (Daniela Holtz), only to find herself unable to abide by the strict social codes of her strange new surroundings.

Band of Horses – Mirage Rock (2012)


Chelsea Wolfe – Unknown Rooms: A Collection of Acoustic Songs (2012)


Sep 10, 2012

Touchez Pas au Grisbi (Jacques Becker, 1954)

Jean Gabin is at his most wearily romantic as aging gangster Max le Menteur in the Jacques Becker gem Touchez pas au grisbi (Hands Off the Loot!). Having pulled off the heist of a lifetime, Max looks forward to spending his remaining days relaxing with his beautiful young girlfriend. But when Riton (René Dary), Max’s hapless partner and best friend, lets word of the loot slip to loose-lipped, two-timing Josy (Jeanne Moreau), Max is reluctantly drawn back into the underworld. A touchstone of the gangster-film genre, Touchez pas au grisbi is also pure Becker—understated, elegant, evocative.

Sep 9, 2012

Nedelja Vece...


Nedelja popodne...



















Chamberlin – Look What I’ve Become (2012)


Seapony – Falling (2012)


Le Beau Serge (1958) ,Claude Chabrol

Le Beau Serge was the first film of French critic-turned-director Claude Chabrol. Though not a murder melodrama, the film is heavily influenced by the works of Chabrol's idol Alfred Hitchcock, Shadow of a Doubt in particular. Ailing city dweller Francois (Jean-Claude Brialy) makes a therapeutic return visit to his home town in the country. Here he visits childhood friend Serge (Gerard Blain), and is appalled to find how far Serge has plummeted into alcoholism and self-pity. The two protagonists indulge in a transference of personal guilt, then an "exchange of redemption" (to quote Chabrol chronicler Charles Derry). Highly influential in the French New Wave movement of the 1950s, Le Beau Serge has something very special to say about the care and nurturing of friendship, especially one that has dimmed with distance and time. Both male stars, as well as leading lady Bernadette Lafont, would continue working with director Chabrol for the remainder of his career.

Sep 7, 2012

Two Gallants – The Bloom and the Blight (2012)

...Najbolji do sada...


It’s been awhile since we’ve heard from folk-punks Two Gallants, but the San Francisco duo have announced the imminent release of their fourth album. The Bloom And The Blight will be out September 4 on ATO Records.
Reportedly, Adam Stephens and Tyson Vogel hadn’t played together for three years before recording the new album. The Bloom And The Blight was produced by John Congleton (St. Vincent, the Walkmen, Explosions In The Sky), and it’s Two Gallants’ first record in five years.

Swans – The Seer (2012)

...Sjebano & Neodoljivo...
In music, “lengthy” doesn’t necessarily equal “epic.” But in the case of The Seer, the 12th studio album from experimental post-punk act Swans, the two terms are basically interchangeable.
Michael Gira, the veteran band’s frontman and guiding visionary, told the Quietus this album “took 30 years to make,” and based on the album’s jaw-dropping length alone (clocking in at just under two full hours), it’s tempting to interpret that quote literally. But The Seer is equally ambitious from a sonic standpoint: blending disgruntled noise-rock, fragile acoustic balladry, terrifying post-rock grooves and strange experimentation—more or less every sound Swans have previously attempted over the past 30 years—into one of the year’s most divisive (and unique) listening experiences.

Robert Pollard – Jack Sells The Cow (2012)


The Raveonettes – Observator (2012)


Jonny Greenwood – The Master OST (2012)


Best Coast


Murmur of the Heart (1971) , Louis Malle

Told with fondness and precision, and set in France at the time of the IndoChina War (which later became an American problem known as the Vietnam War), this controversial feature handles teen coming-of-age, sexuality and even incest with a gentleness that disappointed the prurient and shocked the conservative. This is one of director Louis Malle's finest films: others include The Fire Within and Au Revoir Les Enfants. Laurent (Benoit Ferreux) is 14 years old and anxious to lose his virginity. However, he has a very close family circle, and, between the family and school, he is too closely watched to get anywhere. He makes the most of an opportunity to neck with the girls at his older brothers' party and later almost gets to lose his virginity in a bordello, but his boisterously drunken brothers interrupt him. His real opportunity arises while his mother takes him for a rest-cure for his heart murmur at a very conventional spa.