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The Black Angels – Phosphene
Dream (BLUE HOrIzON)
“when i see a river of blood, i go kayaking, mister.”
– jim carrey
Symphony No. 10 in F#
(Unfinished) – ReComposed by
Matthew Herbert – Philharmonia
Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli (1987)
not only does herbert deconstruct, amplify, and
reinvent mahler’s tenth — he “filled the work
with ghosts,” taking field recordings in a coffin,
a crematorium, and mahler’s original composing
hut, among other deathly venues. brings to mind
pantha du prince’s im bann and johnny greenwood’s
there will be blood score. (bonus: watch
the five-minute video abstract of this project
narrated by herbert online.)
Erykah Badu
James
Blackshaw
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lEN
This Is England ’86 (2010) –
Directed by Shane Meadows
Fantastic TV mini-series sequel to the 2006
movie. Import DVD.
The Fall – Wonderful &
Frightening World Of The Fall
(Omnibus Edition) (BEggArS BANqUET)
Johnny Staccato (1959-1960)
– Directed by John Cassavetes
Finally released on DVD, the complete series
Johnny Staccato, starring John Cassavetes as the
jazz pianist/private eye.
The Ultimate Hammer
Collection (1960s-1970s)
A 21-disc collection of Hammer Studio films in
a nice box. Includes many bonus features and
lobby card reproductions. Import box set.
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The Specials 30th Anniversary
Tour Live! (2010)
The seminal English ska band reformed in 2009,
and this DVD is a result of a year of touring to
sold out venues around the world! Their concert
here at Club Nokia was outstanding!
The Avengers TV Series
Reissues (1961-1969)
reissued in the Uk, all seasons of the great ’60s
British Spy series are now available. Starring patrick
Macnee, Honor Blackman, Diana rigg, and
Linda Thorson, these new box sets include a
wealth of special bonus features. Import DVD
box sets.
j. MARK bEAVER
Sound of Siam: Leftfield Luk
Thung, Jazz & Molan From
Thailand 1964-1975 – Various
Artists (SOUNDWAY)
Over the years I’ve listened to a LOT of original
funk and rock collections from Nigeria and Laos
and Iran and India, etc. All of them have been
at least interesting, many with a track or two
of true funk or fuzzed-out true psychedelia, but
padded with a majority of standard pop mediocrity.
Sound of Siam went straight for the spine.
Slinky and groovy and perfectly alien all at the
same time, and the gems FAr outnumber the
clunkers. great cover art, too!
Yann Tiersen – Dust Lane (ANTI)
Most known for his soundtrack to the film
Amelie, Tiersen has shifted gears a bit, not only
to bring us an album completely in English, but
an album much darker in tone than what has
come before. It sounds to me as if Tiersen, having
come through the loss of a number of close
relationships, then decided to binge on Swans’
Children of God record for a while before applying
what he’d absorbed to his own release.
Slower, heavier rhythms, dense orchestrations
and layered chorus’ make for a deeply felt and
stark album. Could have as easily been released
on Michael gira’s Young god imprint.
Twin Shadow – Forget (TErrIBLE)
It’s hard for me to get my head around the fact
that Twin Shadow’s Forget was NOT recorded
in 1986. There are a few touches where it becomes
obvious that the electronica that bubbles
through the music could only be contemporary,
but this is a clear and wholly successful
throwback to the likes of The pale Fountains,
The Smiths and, in some ways, Tears For Fears.
There’s no mystery to why 4AD is the album’s
British label: strong, emotionally resonant songs
conveyed by the confident, romantic voice of
George Lewis, Jr., not too far afield from those
of Brendan perry (Dead Can Dance) or Mick
Head (pale Fountains/Shack). In any case, very
’80s, very well crafted, and completely infectious.
Junip – Fields (MUTE)
Junip marks the return of Swedish songsmith
José González, but this time flushed out with a
full band adding organ, synth, and drums to his
standard nylon-string guitar. The format is not
very different from what gonzález has lead us
to expect, though the keyboards and flourishes
of electronica succeed in lifting what could have
been merely pleasant folk songs into a much
stranger realm of reserved psychedelia.
Tip:
Can’t wait for the April debut of HBO’s game of Thrones
series based on George R. R. Martin’s Song of Ice and
Fire series of fantasy novels. These books have been like
crack to me! I ate them up and there’s still at least three
left to be written! Imagine Lord of the rings written by
the Sopranos writers! Deadly! Stars Sean Bean, Peter
Dinklage and a host (seriously) of others!
dj dOlEAK
I am a DJ and hip-hop producer.
Be on the look out for my hip-hop group
called Perennial Skills.
Sunny Rothmiller emceeing and
me on the production.
Peace and God Bless
Kanye West – My Beautiful
Dark Twisted Fantasy (DEF JAM)
I don’t care what people say about him. He
makes dope music.
Maxwell –
BLACKSummers’Night (COLUMBIA)
This album is a banger too. I got the CD and
vinyl because it is that good.
MARyANN
Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah
Dogs – God Willin’ & The Creek
Don’t Rise (rCA)
Junip – Fields (MUTE)
Tapes ’n Tapes – Outside
(IBID rECOrDS)
Zola Jesus – Valusia (SACrED BONES
rECOrDS)
Lissie – Catching A Tiger (FAT
pOSSUM)
Cropsey (2009) – Directed by
Barbara Brancaccio & Joshua
Zeman
Modern Family:
The Complete First Season
The Good Wife: The First
Season
Who Is Harry Nilsson? (And
Why Is Everybody Talkin’ About
Him?) (2010) – Directed by
John Scheinfeld
Tip:
Read Unbearable Lightness by Portia de Rossi, and visit
The Other Door in Noho.
MATT
White Fence – White Fence
(WOODIST/MAkE A MESS)
Lo-fi garage/pop bliss.
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti –
Before Today (4AD)
genius. Track down the 200+ recordings he
crafted previously.
The Growlers – Hot Tropics
(EVErLOVINg)
rain dance to summon a visit from these dudes.
Tropical grooves like no other.
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