This is how music discovery should work. I hear a great track by a well-established artist and it happens to feature a relative unknown with whom I begin to fall in love. Such a love story happened yesterday, when I posted Son Lux’s “No Fate Awaits Me” featuring vocals by Faux Fix. Well by golly!… Continue reading Faux Fix
Category: Film
[MP3] Son Lux: “No Fate Awaits Me” (feat. Faux Fix)
This is one doozy of a new song from Son Lux,Ā aka Ryan Lott, off the Original Score & Songs Inspired By The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby, for the movie which, if you can’t tell by the title of the album, Son Lux scored. So many commas. This track, “No Fate Awaits Me,” featuring Faux Fix,… Continue reading [MP3] Son Lux: “No Fate Awaits Me” (feat. Faux Fix)
“The Cure: In Orange”
I first caught a glimpse of a dewigged Robert Smith on a spotty VHS copy of “The Cure: In Orange,” a videotape a friend popped into his VCR and told me, then in 1998 when I first started playing the bass guitar, “man, look at Simon, you need to learn how to play like that.”… Continue reading “The Cure: In Orange”
Arcade Fire’s ‘Reflektor’ Lyric Video is Live!
There you have it, it’s live. We don’t usually post newsy news, but this one is…uniquely grand. After months of teaser videos and guerrilla marketing maneuvers that annoyed even their most die-hard fans; Arcade Fire’s fourth full-length studio album Reflektor is streaming on YouTube.Ā It’s live, and well, it’s a lyric video of epic proportions. [youtube]http://youtu.be/CBjqUEMlHTY[/youtube]… Continue reading Arcade Fire’s ‘Reflektor’ Lyric Video is Live!
[Abby’s Road] From the Ridiculous to a Little Less Ridiculous III: The Final Chapter
Or: Films I took Seriously Back in the Day ā a new AR series. This is the third and final installment. See the first two here. Writing about the movies of my youth has been a good time. From the beginning I knew the series would conclude with film #3. But which one? This was… Continue reading [Abby’s Road] From the Ridiculous to a Little Less Ridiculous III: The Final Chapter
[Abby’s Road] From the Ridiculous to a Little Less Ridiculous II
Or: Films I took Seriously Back in the Day ā a new AR series. See the first installment here. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times: 1990. The year I began what my father would later refer to as my āsmoking careerā and G.H.W. Bush was in the White House.… Continue reading [Abby’s Road] From the Ridiculous to a Little Less Ridiculous II
[Abby’s Road] From the Ridiculous to a Little Less Ridiculous
Or: Films I took Seriously Back in the Day – a new AR series. Firstly, excuse me for not showing up two weeks ago. My brain wasnāt allowing me to write. It happens. This year marks my 20th year out of high school. While Iām not celebrating it per se, I am thankful for everything… Continue reading [Abby’s Road] From the Ridiculous to a Little Less Ridiculous
Casey Shea offers new MP3, featured on “Mr. Rogers & Me” documentary
Casey Shea is a rising singer/songwriter, having plied his trade in the fertile music breeding grounds of Nashville, Tennessee and moving his way on up to New York City. His newest album, Love Is Here To Stay, (released on one of our favorite up-and-coming labels, Family Records) is available for a mere five bucks, and… Continue reading Casey Shea offers new MP3, featured on “Mr. Rogers & Me” documentary
The Smurfs teaser trailer because the art of film is ALIVE, you guys
I know it’s popular to be all “I hate Hollywood for taking my favorite childhood tv shows/cartoons/video games/board games/bubble gum mascots and turning them into dumb new movies,” but since The Smurfs was never a great part of my childhood, I feel unbiased in my look at this new teaser for the upcoming (in 3D!!)… Continue reading The Smurfs teaser trailer because the art of film is ALIVE, you guys
Trailer leaks for new J.J. Abrams/Spielberg movie “Super 8”
We all know that J.J. Abrams just LOVVVVES secret movie trailers and we all know that a new collaboration between him and Steven Spielberg is bound to get a lot of blood pumping. But after a lot of people were so let down by the actual movie Cloverfield turned out to be (myself not included),… Continue reading Trailer leaks for new J.J. Abrams/Spielberg movie “Super 8”