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The Gilded Palace’s Rock Noir Rebellion
When I first read a press release that described The Gilded Palace of Sin as “the kind of house band that would play on HBO’s Deadwood”, I was intrigued. For a band to be compared to such a wild and gritty TV series, one immediately assumes the band to be of a fairly dark nature [...]
Continue reading...Alice Minus Wonderland
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
My favorite books of all time are Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. I have always loved seeing their rich characters and fantastic world brought to the screen. I think I must have seen the Disney version about a hundred times. Disney is back with a live-action version of Alice, helmed by Tim [...]
Continue reading...MV & EE’s Psychedelic Supernova
Monday, March 8, 2010
With a musical collaboration as prolific as MV & EE, it’s somewhat strange not to have heard of them before now. This Vermont pair have worked with a number of artists to accumulate over 30 releases over the past decade, and now bring us their fourth major release Barn Nova under Thurston Moore’s Ecstatic Peace! label. Combining [...]
Continue reading...This Is No Substandard Fare
Monday, March 8, 2010
Standard Fare may be named after a sign spotted on a bus, but their effect is anything but pedestrian. Sounding like the perky younger siblings of the Arctic Monkeys, the power trio’s uncomplicated lyrics of life and infectious beats make for a rollicking good time, and now Emma Kupa, Danny How, and Andy Beswick are set [...]
Continue reading...Symphonic Serj Tankian
Monday, March 1, 2010
In mid-March 2009, a one-off special concert was performed at New Zealand’s majestic Auckland Town Hall. At this concert, System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian performed songs from his critically-acclaimed solo debut album Elect the Dead, along with some previously unreleased songs, accompanied by the well-regarded Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra. Thankfully for those unable to be part of [...]
Continue reading...From Paris With Love: Not As Bad As You Think
Monday, February 22, 2010
Admittedly from the trailer on, I was not expecting much from this film. In fact, I couldn’t find anyone who had seen the movie or even wanted to. Not being a big fan of Jonathan Rhys Meyers and finding Travolta’s one-liners laughable, this was on my black list. Well, by an odd coincidence, I ended [...]
Continue reading...Ong Bak 2 Wildly Assaults Audiences
Monday, February 22, 2010
It was just a couple of years ago when I found myself missing the Kung Fu movies from my childhood. I have always loved martial arts action flicks, but with Jackie Chan making kids movies, and Jet Li fleeing from American movies, there was a void in my movie-watching life. Then someone gave me a [...]
Continue reading...Not A Consolation Prize
Monday, February 22, 2010
Every now and then, one comes across an artist that truly reminds you how good simple music can be, and Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten is one of these artists. I came across her music in an odd moment of serendipity, and was immediately taken by the wonderfulness of her work. Recorded under the artist-centric [...]
Continue reading...Heavy Rain: First Impressions
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Heavy Rain is an upcoming single-player video game, developed by the French company Quantic Dream exclusively for the PlayStation 3. The game is a dark film noir thriller, featuring four protagonists being pulled individually into the search for the Origami Killer. Earlier this week, the demo was made publicly available, and I took the opportunity to try it for [...]
Continue reading...Journey to The Golden Archipelago
Monday, February 15, 2010
Shearwater make beautiful music, it cannot be denied. Their albums are critically acclaimed and invoke great passion in their fanbase. Their new album continues this fine tradition with the band’s most absorbing and accomplished work to date. The Golden Archipelago is the third panel of a triptych (preceded by Shearwater’s Palo Santo and Rook albums) [...]
Continue reading...Possible Transference Issues for Spoon
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Spoon for me has always been one of those bands that you often see mentioned in various places and mean to check out, but never actually get around to doing it. When Mike asked me to have a listen to Spoon’s new album, Transference, I was certainly keen to check them out. What [...]
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