Jun 28, 2012
Right Away, Great Captain! – The Church Of The Good Thief (2012)
...O Captain, My Captain...Rarely does an album review require a spoiler alert. But the plotline of the finale of the Right Away, Great Captain! trilogy is potentially of more interest to some fans than the music. Manchester Orchestra majordomo Andy Hull first introduced the central character—a 17th century sailor who catches his wife in bed with his brother—in 2007’s minimalistic The Bitter End. The Church Of The Good Thief picks up after the implied murderous cliffhanger of 2008’s eclectic The Eventually Home, but that doesn’t mean you’ll be lost if this is your entry into the series.
Peaking Lights – Lucifer (2012)
Zen...Mantra...Zen...Mantra...Zen...Mantra...
Lucifer is the third full length album by Peaking Lights. The follow up to last year’s breakthrough ’936′, this eight track collection of songs is the duo’s most ambitious release to date in terms of approach and scope; touches of analogue electronic dance music, sound collage and straight up pop joining the dub, krautrock and minimal disco of past works in a mesmerisingly coherent fashion.
Essentially, Aaron Doyes and Indra Dunis – the most positive advert for inner-band marriage since Donny and Marie - have continued from where they left off on 936.
Jun 25, 2012
The Testament of Orpheus (1960) , Jean Cocteau
Jun 24, 2012
Jun 23, 2012
... And God Created Woman (1956) , Roger Vadim
Jun 22, 2012
The Devils (Ken Russell, 1971)
...Cudo od filma...Cardinal Richelieu and his power-hungry entourage seek to take control of seventeenth-century France, but need to destroy Father Grandier - the priest who runs the fortified town that prevents them from exerting total control. So they seek to destroy him by setting him up as a warlock in control of a devil-possessed nunnery, the mother superior of which is sexually obsessed by him. A mad witch-hunter is brought in to gather evidence against the priest, ready for the big trial.
After viewing the very first shot of the film, it should come as no surprise to learn that many critics questioned Ken Russell's sanity when 'The Devils' was released in 1971. The text at the very beginning tells us that "this film is based on historical fact", followed by a sequence portraying King Louis XIII as a transvestite sodomite performing a rendition of the Birth of Venus to an audience consisting of Cardinal Richilieu and hordes of homosexuals in drag. Needless to say, most critics did not take kindly to the joke.
Dos (Stathis Athanasiou, 2011)
...a love story, in reverse...Athens & Barcelona, two cities, two love stories, two languages, two realities, two couples that will never meet, two years anniversary... or is it all one?
Headhunters-Hodejegerne (Morten Tyldum,2011)
Roger Brown works as one of the most powerful headhunters in Norway. To support his extravagant lifestyle, he is also an art thief, which he does in cahoots with his friend, the gun toting Ove Kjikerud. They replace the originals with forgeries, which go undetected at least until the trail back to them goes cold. His outward bravado, based primarily on building upon reputation, masks his insecurities, especially in his short physical stature. He feels he needs that confident demeanor and wealth to get what he wants, including his trophy wife, art gallery owner Diana Brown. However, he almost seems to like the thought of what Diana represents more than Diana herself.Jun 20, 2012
Fiona Apple – The Idler Wheel is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw, and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do (2012)
...Zagonetno...Zavodljivo...Nezno...Bucno...LomljivoEvery interview Fiona Apple gives and every song she writes is like her personal social-networking feed: a candid, unfiltered reflection of what she's chosen to share publicly at that instant, without much in the way of forethought or consideration of repercussions. Indicative of this are Apple's statements about her latest album, The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw, and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do, which she has described without reservation as "the excrement of [her] life…the stuff that [she] really needed to get out." It's not a polished sentiment, but it's vintage Apple in that it speaks to a deep-seated, compulsive need to purge her subconscious, however messy the results may be.
Wymond Miles – Under the Pale Moon (2012)
... Prostranstva Nostalgije...Wymond’s previous EP, Earth Has Doors was about intangible and esoteric concepts; the music drifted beautifully in somewhat of an oceanic, boundless state. For the LP it was very important for him to make the songs be felt somatically. In his own words, “I wanted it to hit the body, I wanted it carnal.” Whereas the EP had been a drawn out labor of love he worked on and then shelved for several years, most songs on Under the Pale Moon developed quickly last winter. He describes them as being effortless to write, short songs with stripped down arrangements; recorded straight away as soon as they came to him. Feeling very raw and alive, he wrote the basic structure for most of the record within a few weeks.
Jun 18, 2012
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