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Peaking Lights Present: Lucifer FM
new mixtape up on Lucifer.FM from @PeakingLights - it's a taster for their follow up to last year's 936 (decent stuff, came late to this party for some reason). full album out in June on Domino. pre-order the Special deluxe bundle and you get: album on coloured vinyl (complete with download codes), a stroboscopic vinyl slipmat, exclusive Lucifer woven patch and a limited edition Lucifer T shirt.
28th Mar 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
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Promo Promo: Heavy Blanket
Psychedelic album promo up for J Mascis' side project Heavy Blanket.
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23rd Mar 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
The Invisible - Rispah
The Invisible are back w a new album (Rispah, out in June) and a new label (Ninja Tune). Single Protection is available here
22nd Mar 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
AC/DC - Fine Rock, Finer Wines
Like us, you probably love rock. And you probably love wine. Wait! What if - I KNOW! - we could somehow combine them into one awesome package? Too late - AC/DC are one step ahead of you... I'll sure be chugging down some Back In Black Shiraz, Highway To Hell Cabernet Sauvignon and Hell’s Bells Sauvignon Blanc next time I'm headbanging in Napa. Available here in the UK
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20th Mar 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Promo Promo: The Horrors - Changing The Rain
wooooh trippy video from Peter "Monsterism" Fowler for The Horrors. Plus you can download wallpapers, and more usefully, some Horrors masks to cut out. Love it when people make a bit of an effort. Still listening to this album too
20th Mar 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: Prometheus (again)
Looks epic. Makes you realise no one has done good sci-fi with decent actors and a script for a while... Only downside so far is Luther's dodgy Texan accent.
Totally different vibe international trailer here. Another IMAX trailer here. Viral clue here. Ridley & Lindelof Q&A here.
Via AICN, who note the similarity to the original Alien trailer.
18th Mar 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Promo Promo: The Shoes vs Jake Gyllenhaal
Here's Jake Gyllenhaal killing hipsters with hammers.
Via @forksandtorches
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15th Mar 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
BBC's Downloads-To-Own Plan
The BBC has plans to let you purchase digital TV downloads to keep, just after broadcast - sounds like a decent solution
15th Mar 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: On The Road
Walter Salles' On The Road adaptation has a trailer. Doesn't look terrible, but I'll be reserving judgment for now. Sam Riley's throaty accent doen't fill me with confidence.
14th Mar 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Promo Promo: St Vincent - Cheerleader
good piece on Pitchfork interviewing Hiro Murai, the director of this video, who talks about using old Godzilla techniques
14th Mar 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Promo Promo: Grimes - Oblivion
video from the new 4AD signing, good album too
13th Mar 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Ari Going To Selfridge's?
Hug it out - in the Food Hall? Jeremy Piven in talks to play Mr Selfridge - the American playboy shopowner who set up the department store in the 1900s - in ITV's upcoming miniseries.
9th Mar 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
MPFree: Bobby Womack
Following on from their work with Gil Scott Heron, XL are releasing a new Bobby Womack album, with Damon Albarn and label boss Richard Russell here's a taster: Please Forgive My Heart
9th Mar 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: LCD Soundsystem - Shut Up And Play The Hits
"I blink twice more and I'm 50..." (ahem, got no idea what he's talking about)
9th Mar 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Hi Ho Silver!
First image up for the Lone Ranger reboot ...and it doesn't look terrible.
Via AICN
8th Mar 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
RIP: Ralph Mcquarrie
@StarWars artist Ralph McQuarrie has died aged 82. He's the guy who drew a lot of the original concept art for Star Wars, designing an entire world that is now a part of nearly everyone's culture.
George Lucas has praised the artist over on StarWars.com
Via BBC
4th Mar 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
fIREHOSE: lowFLOWS
Columbia are releasing an anthology of fIREHOSE music in tandem with the bands upcoming reunion shws. In this case, 'Anthology' means 'everything they put out on Columbia', plus a handful of outtakes etc. Not their best period, but still a pretty good place to start - especially as it contains the Live Totem Pole EP, which features a raft of awesome live covers, from Wire, Superchunk and Buttholes, to Public Enemy.
Via Pitchfork
2nd Mar 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Free @MatadorRecords 2012 Compilation
Intended Play 2012 has had it's price slashed ...to free. Malkmus, Lee Ranaldo, Fucked Up, Kurt Vile etc. Go.
1st Mar 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Ted 2023: Peter Weyland
Peter Weyland of Weyland-Yutani gives a speech at TED .....all in the name of promoting Ridley Scott's new Alien-esque movie Prometheus. Clever/Smug.
29th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
John's Phone
new mono-function phone (you can make calls on it) on sale at Colette
29th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
85 Films Martin Scorsese Thinks You Should See
Fast Company magazine has an interesting list of films mentioned by Martin Scosese as influentual to him. He's certainly consistent, as he's been talking a lot of these up since I was at film school - directly prompting me to check out Faces, Duel in the Sun, Gun Crazy, Kiss Me Deadly, The Leopard, A Matter of Life and Death, Peeping Tom and The Red Shoes ...amongst others. Pretty sure he put me onto Black Narcissus too - my favourite Powell & Presseburger movie.
27th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Oscars 1976
Fascinating video of Steven Spielberg watcing the live Oscar nomations in 1976, following the massive box office success of Jaws.
Via AICN
27th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Which Premier League Football Club Should You Support?
A helpful flow chart (above) to help you choose the appropriate club for you. I'm a new West Bromich Albion fan.
Via Salut Sunderland
25th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Promo Promo: Willis Earl Beal - Evening's Kiss
Best pencil pop video since Take On Me?
25th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Austin On The Hoof
Heading to SXSW this year? This new map from @herb_lester will point you in the direction of the best "Tex-Mex restaurants and German beer halls, honky-tonks and cemeteries, record shops and natural springs. And then there’s barbecue too."
24th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: The Raid
This month's "Most kills in a trailer" award goes to relentless Indonesian all-out martial arts cops n guns fest The Raid (@THERAIDMOVIE). Have heard bloody good things (well, it's bloody and it's good) from early reports - something of a tribute to early (ie pre-Hollywood) John Woo from Welsh director Gareth Evans by all accounts. Looks like they've borrowed The Wire's font too
24th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: Year Zero ...with added Black Mountain
Trailer up for the epic surf movie 'Year Zero' from Globe. The movie itself looks pretty tasty, shot around the world on 16mm film ....but the real reason to get excited is the Black Mountain soundtrack.
The album features a few old classics (including 'Tyrants' - featuring my all time favourite drum licks) and a handful of unreleased tracks such as 'Phosphorescent Waves', 'Embrace Euphoria', 'In Sequence' and 'Mary Lou' - which you can download over at Jagjaguwar and listen to below.
The album is out April 2nd in the UK, April 3rd elswhere.
Via Stereogum.
23rd Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Jacob Sutton: Glowing Man
Outstanding fashion film up from Jacob Sutton, following a man on a snowboard in an LED suit. Say no more.
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23rd Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Skate or die: GoPro
Skateboarding's probably pretty close to porn when it comes to using advances in film technology. Check out this quick how-to about mounting a mini GoPro HD camera under a skateboard, from @RideChannel's excellent In Focus series.
22nd Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Blind Date
Great short film up from Abigail Blackmore - Blind Date.
18th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: Beyond The Black Rainbow
about time someone picked up that Cronenberg video-terror / mad scientist ball and ran with it... (bonus points for the VHS poster here)
17th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: Cabin In The Woods
It was delayed for a few years due to the collapse of MGM, but this meta-horror from Drew "Cloverfield" Goddard and producer Joss Whedon is opening at SXSW this April
17th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
"Our local policeman was a sweet, nice man, and the idea of shouting, "Fuck the police!" at him seemed so totally absurd."
Matt Herbert plays 5-10-15-20 over at @Pitchforkmedia
17th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Wayne's World - Partying On for 20 Years
It's the 20th Anniversary of the Wayne's World movie. Ouch. Here's a then/now comparison of the cast. And while you're there, check out the cast of Dazed & Confused ....though Wooderson is cheating a bit thanks to that recent Black Widow promo.
16th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Vintage Movie Posters
Hold on to that old movie poster rolled up on top of your wardrobe, as in case you didn't already know these things can be worth a lot of money.
Love seeing the alternate marketing vision for some of these movies. The Alien teaser poster is a million miles from the graphic identity that pretty much shaped the whole series.
Via Vintage Seekers via Uncrate.
15th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Giorgio Moroder's Disco Battlestar Galactica
wish there was a whole show of this
14th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
World Press 2012 Photos of the Year
@Big_Picture has the deatils on their website.
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11th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Skate or die: Chris Pastras
Always been a big fan of Stereo, since way back before Jason Lee started popping up in the movies. Thanks to the newly launched Ride Channel, here we have a two part (1 / 2) interview with Pastras, discussing the history behind him and Jason Lee's Stereo Skates.
10th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: Iron Sky
New trailer for the "Nazis from the dark side of the moon" film that's been "coming soon" for ages. Looks a lot more Top Secret/Hot Shots! with that new President Palin character
10th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Gorillaz, James Murphy & Andre 3000 Want to sell you some shoes
Do Ya Thing coming 23 Feb
10th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
No Dude, "Scary Staring Guy" Is My Thing That I Do
Seven Psychopaths, starring Colin Farrell, Woody Harrelson, Christopher Walken and Sam Rockwell. It's about a dog thief
10th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: Lilyhammer
Sopranos/E Street star Steve "Silvio - wait - was it Sal?" Van Zandt is back in Lilyhammer. This time he's a gangster in witness protection who asks to be sent to Norway (big fan of the 1994 Winter Olympics). Culture-clash comedy action to follow. It's a Netflix-only show in the US, which could be a sign of things to come; in the UK it's on BBC4
9th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet