Feb 26, 2013

David Bowie - The Stars (Are Out Tonight)



Remek-delo...

Jacco Gardner – Cabinet Of Curiosities (2013)

...Strawberry Fields Forever...

The 12 tracks that make up the debut album "Cabinet of Curiosities" from Dutch multi-instrumentalist and producer Jacco Gardner deftly explore this territory in a far more accomplished and mature way than you would expect from a 24 year old, fulfilling the promises made by his first two singles.
Jacco's melodic palette colors music with a more U.K.-sensibility, where minor chords & plush harmonies brush up against strings, mellotrons, harpsichords & an occasional squeezebox. The overall feel is more Zombies than Left Banke and more Nirvana & Billy Nicholls than Beach Boys & Van Dyke Parks. The title track "Cabinet of Curiosities" is an instrumental reminiscent of the best of Curt Boettcher's projects like The Millennium and Sagittarius with its playful baroque arrangements.

Feb 22, 2013

The Cave Singers – Naomi (2013)


MV & EE – Fuzzweed (2013)

Mary and Max (2009), Adam Elliot

Academy Award-winning Harvie Krumpet director Adam Elliot returns to the world of clay animation with this simple tale of the innocent correspondence between a portly eight year old girl from the suburbs of Melbourne and a morbidly obese, middle-aged Jewish New Yorker suffering from Asperger's Syndrome. On the surface it would seem that Mary (Toni Collette) and Max (Philip Seymour Hoffman) would have little in common, but over the course of twenty years, the unlikely pen pals exchange letters discussing everything from taxidermy, trust, pets, religion, obesity, autism, agoraphobia, alcoholism, and just about any other topic that comes to mind as they sit down and put pen to paper. Barry Humphries and Eric Bana provide additional voices.

Feb 18, 2013

Johnny Marr – The Messenger (2013)

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Mutually admired by fellow guitarists and critics alike, Johnny Marr hasn’t rushed his first solo album since The Smiths’ demise – a split from which some fans are still recovering, unlike Marr himself, who has barely looked back.
From successfully varied collaborations with Electronic, Modest Mouse and The Cribs, Marr has also (amongst others) provided valuable contributions to Pet Shop Boys, Pretenders and The The.
He also fronted 2003’s Healers album, effectively a solo effort and a set of fairly underwhelming plod-rock. Fans will be hoping that The Messenger marks a return to his rare musical open-mindedness, not to mention way with a tune


Unknown Mortal Orchestra-So Good At Being In Trouble


JARBOLI

Sasvim svejedno

Bas tako...

Feb 16, 2013

Heart of Glass (1976), Werner Herzog

Heart of Glass (Herz aus Glas) is essentially a treatise by Werner Herzog on the power and importance of art. Director Herzog was known to put his actors through the wringer to get the results he wanted. In this film, Herzog decided that the best way to get his people to dance to the crack of his whip was to actually put them under hypnosis! The dazed, zombie-like performances certainly fit the subject matter. This is the story of an 18th-century Bavarian glassblower who by virtue of his delicate work virtually casts a spell over his neighbors.

Feb 15, 2013

Joaquin Phoenix Is Drowning !



Actor Joaquin Phoenix thrashes underwater in a video that asks people to try to relate to frightened and panicked fish who die a painful death after being pulled from the water. Fish don't want to suffocate on land any more than we want to drown in water
 Take the pledge: http://peta.org/joaquindrowns

Palma Violets-180(2013)





Feb 14, 2013

Steve Kilbey – The Idyllist (2013)


Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros "That's What's Up"

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros "That's What's Up" from Austin City Limits on Vimeo.

Pina (2011), Wim Wenders

Pina Bausch was one of Europe's most celebrated choreographers, fusing the discipline of ballet with the freedom of modern dance and approaching her material in a bold, innovative and emotionally compelling manner. Bausch made the acquaintance of German filmmaker Wim Wenders, and he began making a documentary about her life and work. The focus of Wenders' film shifted dramatically in 2009, when Bausch was diagnosed with cancer and died only a few days later.

Ray (2004), Taylor Hackford

Directed by Taylor Hackford, this biopic profiles the life of legendary musician Ray Charles. Despite humble beginnings and the loss of his eyesight due to glaucoma at the age of six, Charles, depicted by Jamie Foxx, would nonetheless become an icon in both the music industry and the civil rights era. While the film delves into his problems with drugs and women, the bulk of the story details his career; among the highlights of that career are 12 Grammy awards and 11 R&B chart-toppers, such as "Unchain My Heart," "Hit the Road, Jack," "Georgia," "Doin' the Mess Around," and "Hallelujah I Just Love Her So."

Feb 13, 2013

Richard Thompson – Electric (2013)

Richard Thompson’s latest album, Electric, produced by Buddy Miller, comes in what is arguably his most creatively productive period in a career that stretches back some 45 years, back to his emergence as a teen guitarist and songwriter with the groundbreaking Fairport Convention—the band that essentially invented the term “English folk-rock.” And that’s saying a lot, with his dozens of albums consistently high on critics polls and guitar skills that have earned him a Top 20 spot on Rolling Stone’s list of Best Guitarists of All Time.

Loft (Erik Van Looy, 2008)

Five men share a secret that has deadly consequences in this thriller from Belgium. When Filip (Matthias Schoenaerts), a playboy with a wild streak, finally settles down and gets married, his good friend Vincent (Filip Peeters) presents him and three of his friends with a special gift. Vincent is an architect, and after supervising the renovation of a apartment block, he installed a luxurious penthouse flat for the use of himself and his married pals, where they can enjoy liaisons with other women without their spouses becoming any the wiser. 

Feb 11, 2013

The Master (2012), Paul Thomas Anderson

Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master stars Joaquin Phoenix as a psychologically damaged war veteran who finds himself working for Lancaster Dodd (Philip Seymour Hoffman), a charismatic figure building his own religion. As the alcoholic, self-destructive former soldier becomes more deeply involved with the leader of this cult-like organization, his natural instincts keep him from embracing his new position as strongly as others in the group would hope. The Master screened at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival.

Hayden -- Us Alone (2013)


Mark Eitzel -- Glory (2013)


Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Push The Sky Away (2013)

...Najintimniji...
...Album of the month...
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds release their fifteenth studio album PUSH THE SKY AWAY on 18 February 2013
“Well, if I were to use that threadbare metaphor of albums being like children, then Push The Sky Away is the ghost-baby in the incubator and Warren’s loops are its tiny, trembling heart-beat.”
Nick Cave

Feb 9, 2013

My Blody Valentine - m b v









remek...







Pere Ubu - Lady from Shanghai

Pere Ubu
Lady from Shanghai (Fire,2013)


















35 years since their seminal debut 'The Modern Dance', Pere Ubu's 'Lady From Shanghai' is arguably their best record since that early '80s post-punk heyday. David Thomas is beguiling and compelling as ever as the wryly observant and visionary frontman - Cleveland, Ohio's answer to Manchester's Mark E. Smith. widescreen feature combining traces of their youthful best - sci-fi synth tones, unstable concrète dynamics, lean krautrock rhythms, uniquely expressive guitar and, of course, those inimitable, influential vocals - with an eternal maturity and that experimental, borderline surreal or psychedelic streak cultishly adored by so many.

Knjiga o Bitlsima

Za sajam knjiga, skoro neprimetno je kod nas izašao prevod argumentovano najbolje knjige o Bitlsima ikada, „Revolucija u glavi“ Ijana MakDonalda koja je napisana u vreme sveopšteg rivajvla najvećeg benda na svetu, sredinom devedesetih godina prošlog veka.
Tvrd povez, više od 800 strana teksta i ekspertiza vredna svačije pažnje. Makdonald je secirao kako svaku pesmu Bitlsa (muzikološki, sociološki, fenomenološki...), tako i berićetne šezdesete, a na samom kraju stoji sveobuhvatna hronologija šezdesetih skoro pa kroz svaku nedelju.
Ovo je kapitalna enciklopedija o najveličanstvenoj dekadi dvadesetog veka ovaploćena kroz diverzivnu muziku Bitlsa. Sve pohvale prevodiocu Pavlu Bobiću i izdavačkoj kući Clio.


















REBEL STAR DAN...

...tako je, tako je, veruj mi tako je...!!!

Feb 7, 2013

Nils Bech – Look Inside (2013)

Look Inside is the second album from Norwegian artist Nils Bech. His first critically acclaimed album Look Back, released in 2010, catapulted him onto the world stage. His music is indefinable by any one genre. It is the coming together of art, performance and music, giving birth to the hauntingly beautiful, concept that Nils Bech brings to life.
Look Inside is not merely an album, but a musical journey of mind, body and a soul, a love story that is best understood when watched alongside the visual videos. The lyrics, are dark, heart-wrenching and desperate, questioning every part of his own humanity. However, the melodies and gorgeous strings that accompany these tortured lyrics are often joyful and inspiring. There is no doubt in my mind that Nils Bech is a very talented composer, songwriter and performer.

Feb 6, 2013

Alice Russell – To Dust (2013)

New York, I Love You (2008)

Some of the world's most-respected directors align forces to pay tribute to the city of the New York in this unconventional omnibus sister film to 2006's Paris, Je T'Aime. Broken into short segments, New York, I Love You is comprised of ten films, most choosing to take a down-to-earth approach to the stories of the countless lives lived in the city on a given day.

Pulp - After You

The Jonathan Ross Show Aired 02 Feb 2013
Pulp. First time on TV for ten years?

The Knife - Full Of Fire


Beach House

In making their short film Forever Still, the members of Beach House spent a night traveling to a bunch of different breathtaking locations in Texas to perform four different songs from their 2012 album Bloom. The 27-minute mini-movie looks absolutely gorgeous, with the band convincingly showing just how larger-than-life these songs are.

Feb 5, 2013

Grouper

Grouper
The Man Who Died In His Boat (Kranky, 2013)

















Liz Harris seems to have settled with Kranky who are re-releasing her classic Type album 'Dragging a Dead Deer..' and this new album of previously unreleased material drawn from the same period: 'The Man Who Died In His Boat'. It's not so hard to believe but we'll say this straight away - the material on this new set is just jaw-dropping, a worthy companion piece to 'Dragging a Dead Deer' - once again finding Harris delivering material edging ever so slightly towards more traditional 'songs' but executed with so much introspection and mystery that she really sounds unlike anyone, or anything, you'll have ever heard before.

Stuart Warwick – The Butcher’s Voice (2013)

...Perfume Genius za ovu godinu...

Stuart Warwick – returns this year to showcase his new project and his second record under this guise, ‘The Butcher’s Voice’. Where Jacob’s Stories was pleasantly pretty and twinkly, The Butcher’s Voice is dark, bare, fragile and sometimes bordering on sinister. Although recognisable, this is a whole other kettle of fish.
Stuart Warwick has been likened to Perfume Genius and yes – there are elements of Perfume Genius’ earnest tones, subject matter and beauty….although The Butcher’s Voice would be more akin to a Perfume Genius record, if Perfume Genius hooked up with Keaton Henson and Thom Yorke and had babies….severely depressed babies….and the depressed babies made the Perfume Genius record.

The Imposter (Bart Layton, 2012)

Nicholas was 13 the day he disappeared (June 13, 1994). He would have been 16 and 8 months when he was reported found in Spain (October 7, 1997)... In 1994 a 13-year-old boy disappears without a trace from San Antonio, Texas. Three and a half years later he is found alive, thousands of miles away in a village in southern Spain with a story of kidnap and torture. His family is overjoyed to bring him home. But all is not quite as it seems. The boy bears many of the same distinguishing marks he always had, but why does he now have a strange accent? Why does he look so different? And why doesn't the family seem to notice these glaring inconsistencies? It's only when an investigator starts asking questions that this strange tale takes an even stranger turn.

Feb 4, 2013

KONCERT ZA PAMCENJE



The Woman in the Window (1944), Fritz Lang

Edward G. Robinson stars as a happily married psychology professor whose wife and child are away on summer vacation. After discussing with his friends the likelihood that any man can be driven to murder, Robinson strolls by a shop window, where stands a full-length portrait of a beautiful woman. He turns to find the selfsame woman (Joan Bennett) standing beside him...and before the night is over, he has killed the woman's lover in self-defense. Thus begins weaving an increasing tangled web involving Robinson, the woman, and a seedy blackmailer (Dan Duryea). Based on J.H. Wallis' novel Once Off Guard, The Woman in the Window gives us our money's worth with not one but two logical and satisfying surprise twists at the end.

Anaïs Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer – Child Ballads (2013)


Feb 1, 2013

Villagers – {Awayland} (2013)

Villagers is basically Dublin folk singer-songwriter Conor J O’Brien, and this follow-up to the Mercury-nominated 2010 debut Becoming A Jackal has firmly shunned any fear of the ‘difficult second album’. {Awayland} certainly showcases a more confident sound, with bigger, standout tracks that could ultimately be more commercially popular. O’Brien seems to have experimented with an unlikely techno style particularly in the impressive track ‘The Waves’, while the anthemic chorus of ‘Earthly Pleasure’ is one any stadium-worthy rock band would be proud of. Despite evidently moving his sound forward, certain aspects remain, showing that Villagers are still doing everything they did right on the debut.

The Men "Electric"