Nov 27, 2014
Nov 25, 2014
Ought – Once More With Feeling EP (2014)
"A four-track EP that runs for the best part of 25 minutes and possesses more depth, more intrigue, than most full-lengths running to twice as long... [Ought's music] sounds like it could fall apart at any time, that every second of its existence is a precarious balancing act between raw passion and remarkable poise. “Hear me, now, that I am dead inside.” Yet this band is everything but, and an easy sell indeed given even cursory exposure. We should all be feeling this together, now."
Viet Cong – Viet Cong (2015)
It takes less than sixty seconds of album opener “Newspaper Spoons” for you to decide that Viet Cong is a winter record. The album has barely begun, and the guitar doesn’t snarl until the end of that opening minute, but it still presents a palpable iciness in just a few short moments. It’s bitter. It stings. But once you’re in it, and you’re bracing yourself and charging ahead, “Newspaper Spoons” moves from a punishing, almost militarized drumbeat to a melody that’s still menacing but also delicate, almost celestial.
That instinct for humanizing a stone-cold song is Viet Cong’s greatest gift and sharpest weapon. It’s harsh, but exhilarating. Themes of deconstruction and disintegration, of hardening and crumbling seem to come from every direction.
Nov 23, 2014
Nov 19, 2014
Parkay Quarts – Content Nausea (2014)
Violet Woods – Violet Woods (2014)
Nov 16, 2014
Nov 15, 2014
The Tribe
najbolje sa Slobodne zone 2014..
Director: Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy
2014 (Ukraine)
A deaf mute teenager struggles to fit into the boarding school system - deaf-school drama is shocking, violent and unique. A new student is inducted into a secret world of teenage gangs and crime in this compelling and explicit film – which unfolds without subtitles, in eerie near-silence
The Salt of the Earth
Directed by : Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
In his documentary about legendary Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado, Wim Wenders teamed up to work with Salgado's son Juliano. Together they made something unique
In his documentary about legendary Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado, Wim Wenders teamed up to work with Salgado's son Juliano. Together they made something unique
Nov 11, 2014
Ignatz & De Stervende Honden – Teenage Boys (2014)
“In the past 10 or so years Ignatz has explored all visible cracks and overlapping layers between (or underneath) folk music, blues, singer- songwriter and psychedelia. It is a pleasure to see him take this beauty to yet another level by unleashing 2 dying dogs to join him as a backing band, pushing his tunes into directions Les Rallizes Dénudés took a left and forgot their mountain of distortion, to end up in a dessert where Teenage Boys dance their first slow. …
Nov 10, 2014
Dean Blunt - Black Metal (Rough Trade,2014)
The mercurial Mr. Blunt keeps everyone guessing with the 'Black Metal' follow-up to his widely acclaimed LP, 'The Redeemer' (2013). Let's get it out of the way: it's not black metal, in the cold, Northerly sense, at least. Musically, its palette actually bears more resemblance to early Factory or Rough Trade records by The Durutti Column or Scritti Politti - or even Serge Gainsbourg - than anything remotely connected to Bathory or Burzum.
Nov 5, 2014
EMBASSYLIGHTS – Embassylights (2014)
Reykjavik+Calgary = Nema greske!
Featuring the collaborative prowess of four
of Calgary’s finest indie musicians working in tandem with two of
Reykjavik’s most intriguing up-and-comers, EMBASSYLIGHTS captures a
talent exchange unlike any experienced by either city before.
EMBASSYLIGHTS is a new collaborative project from Woodpigeon’s Mark Andrew Hamilton alongside fellow Calgary natives Samantha Savage Smith, Clinton St. John, and Laura Leif, paired with two of Reykjavik’s most intriguing songsmiths Benni Hemm Hemm and Prins Póló.
Bored Nothing – Some Songs (2014)
The Melbourne based songwriter is precocious, seeming to complete a fresh EP almost every other week. Listening to his material, though, there's so much more here than initially meets the eye.
Surreally poetic yet with an engaging wit, the Australian artist's Bored Nothing project is rapidly evolving into something quite unique.Bedsit indie rock with just a touch of Lou Barlow in its self-deprecating world view, 'Ice Cream Dreams' seems to embrace the limits of lo-fi technology to craft something hazy, dream-like.
Nov 2, 2014
Nov 1, 2014
Mourn – Mourn (2014)
Jazz (18), Carla (18), Leia (15) and Antonio (18) came together to present these tracks with authenticity and self-awareness beyond their age. With the confidence only residing in youth, the Mourn debut was recorded live in the studio in two days, proof of which is in their live-in-the-studio videos for singles “Otitis” and “Your Brain is Made of Candy.”Born from the friendship of Jazz Rodríguez Bueno and Carla Pérez Vas – who later recruited drummer Antonio Postius and bassist Leia Rodríguez – Mourn is a foursome of self-proclaimed “Nerds playing music and shit at the doors of hell.”
Joseph Coward – The World Famous Joseph Coward (2014)
His take on atmospheric post punk casts chiming shadows through an Echo & The Bunnymen shaped prism of multi-layered guitars and low-fi loops to impressive effect. With a voice reminiscent of obscure late 80’s indie troubadour Bill Pritchard, fragile yet attractive, he also channels the sound of Smiths-era underground British guitar pop, whilst an unfussy backbeat breaks the song up and down with weary panache.
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