Italian director Paolo Sorrentino knows his contemporary indie music, and even in a movie like “The Great Beauty,” filled with sonorous opera, vocal ensemble, and classical music, he still manages to sneak in some Esg, Damien Jurado, Decoder Ring, and Gui Boratto’s Kompact Records version of “Take My Breath Away.” The director also clearly has affection for classic post-punk influenced music. His 2011 film, “This Must Be the Place” (named after a Talking Heads song), featured Sean Penn in a role that appeared to be a thin disguise for The Cure’s Robert Smith, and its soundtrack featured artists like David Byrne, Will Oldham, Jonsi from Sigur Ros, Iggy Pop, and more. His latest film, “Youth,” which just premiered at the Cannes Film Festival (read our review here), has its own hip score. The film features Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz, and Paul Dano and centers on two aging friends,...
- 5/21/2015
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
There has to be some background for this column, or at least a little bit of story, just so readers can understand why I would be so excited about a particular book that I finally found in my favorite used bookstore a couple of weeks ago.
This whole thing really starts back when I was a tiny little starry-eyed sprocket. My mom and dad took me to dinner at a restaurant that just happened to have those square gumball machines that had a glass panel in the front and those plastic capsules with little toys or pieces of jewelry or other gewgaws sure to attract the attention of small children and make them beg endlessly to get something and relieve their parents of the horrible burden of all that change in their pockets. The machine that I was eying had a shiny holographic printed card in the front with stars...
This whole thing really starts back when I was a tiny little starry-eyed sprocket. My mom and dad took me to dinner at a restaurant that just happened to have those square gumball machines that had a glass panel in the front and those plastic capsules with little toys or pieces of jewelry or other gewgaws sure to attract the attention of small children and make them beg endlessly to get something and relieve their parents of the horrible burden of all that change in their pockets. The machine that I was eying had a shiny holographic printed card in the front with stars...
- 7/20/2011
- by dragonwomant
- Boomtron
There are plenty of bands catering to the old-school sensibilities of nostalgia-hungry indie rock fans, but nobody does it better than the Hold Steady. In honor of their new album Heaven Is Whenever (which drops today), the group celebrated Record Store Day by releasing a limited-edition clear vinyl version that became an instant collector's item among aficionados. But even if you don't pick up the album on wax, the CD version is just as rewarding, as the artwork is a thing of beauty.
The album cover depicts a simple shot of a hand raised up toward the sky. "It seems elated, right?" frontman Craig Finn says. But then when you open up the CD case, there's a darker reveal. "It turns out it's a drowning hand — or at least someone submerged in water." For Finn, it ties into the lyrical themes of the album. "To me, the record is about struggle and reward,...
The album cover depicts a simple shot of a hand raised up toward the sky. "It seems elated, right?" frontman Craig Finn says. But then when you open up the CD case, there's a darker reveal. "It turns out it's a drowning hand — or at least someone submerged in water." For Finn, it ties into the lyrical themes of the album. "To me, the record is about struggle and reward,...
- 5/4/2010
- by Kyle Anderson
- MTV Newsroom
First Look Studios dropped us a line today with info on two new Suicide Girls DVDs hitting the market on March 16th: SuicideGirls: Guide to Living and SuicideGirls: Italian Villa. While they're not strictly horror related, we know the Girls have plenty of fans so thought we'd share the news with our readers.
SuicideGirls: Guide to Living, which will be available on both DVD and Blu-ray as well as in a box set, includes thirteen "how to" segments showing how the provocative Suicide Girls handle life’s challenges such as How to Kill a Vampire. The discs feature music by Miss Derringer, Her Space Holiday, The A.K.A.S., Pigface, Brute Chorus, Rice Twins, Thavius Beck, Volntary Butler Scheme, Fight Light Apes, Rbrbr, The Flies, One Star City, Ten City Nation, Go Brag, Chiba-Ken, City Light, Lost Levels, Goldshack Guerillas, and Holy Hail. The box set includes a T-shirt,...
SuicideGirls: Guide to Living, which will be available on both DVD and Blu-ray as well as in a box set, includes thirteen "how to" segments showing how the provocative Suicide Girls handle life’s challenges such as How to Kill a Vampire. The discs feature music by Miss Derringer, Her Space Holiday, The A.K.A.S., Pigface, Brute Chorus, Rice Twins, Thavius Beck, Volntary Butler Scheme, Fight Light Apes, Rbrbr, The Flies, One Star City, Ten City Nation, Go Brag, Chiba-Ken, City Light, Lost Levels, Goldshack Guerillas, and Holy Hail. The box set includes a T-shirt,...
- 3/10/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
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