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SPACE CHIMP LIVES

Via @HistoryInPics
A happy chimp holding a newspaper after surviving his trip to space, 1961.

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7th Aug 2015 - Add Comment - Tweet

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Promo Promo: The War On Drugs - Red Eyes

This album is on repeat all day in Chimp Towers at the moment. 

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20th Mar 2014 - Add Comment - Tweet

Kurt Vile Will Violate You Again in April

The new @TheRealKurtVile record "Wakin' On A Pretty Daze" is out April 8th. Check out the rocking 9m30s MP3 "Wakin' On A Pretty Day" here. And be prepared for some spelling issues with all these titles.

Cover art is by chimp favourite Espo (aka Steven Powers). Check that out above and in the video below.

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13th Feb 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet

Trailer Park: Upstream Color

Fuller trailer for the haunting Upstream Color, the highly recommended follow-up to Primer from writer/director Shane Carruth. Blew the Chimp team away at Sundance, can't wait to see it again.

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5th Feb 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet

12 For 2012

In alphabetical order, here's 12 things I enjoyed in 2012...

Argo
Ben Affleck turns in another great actor/director turn as a CIA agent heading to Iran to rescue hostages during the 1979 revolution with the flimsiest of bad cover stories: a fake Hollywood studio looking to shoot a Star Wars ripoff. Great beards, trenchcoats, 70s soundtrack - and it's all (pretty much) true. 

Breaking Bad S5
Magnetic, bitches! Can't wait for the second half. S4 was possibly tighter, but watching Walt's turn to the baaaad side was pretty compelling. 

Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
Fresh take on modern R&B, adding Sly Stone psych jams to the digital mix.

Game Of Thrones S2
Adding more families, more magic, more dastardly plots and more blood/guts/sexposition to an ever-expanding world.

Girls S1
Cue a stream of "new Sex And The City" / "they're so shocking" / "why is their NY so white?" articles - all interesting points, but it's easy to get sucked up in the phenomenon and lose sight of just how well written this is. Makes up for HBO canning How To Make It In America. Kind of.

Fables
Bill Willingham's ongoing Vertigo series is like Game Of Thrones for fairytales. A great graphic novel drama/thriller/comedy/soap opera.

The Killing III
Focused finale for Forbrydelsen, with Sarah Lund finding love in a hopeless place (another dark room in Denmark where the lights don't work but it's OK because she's got her torch. And Borch).

Lincoln
Total Oscar-bait, will be v surprised if anything manages to beat this when they're dishing them out. Spielberg back to his epic best, showing the mechanics of US government during the Civil War as Lincoln (Daniel Day Lewis) charms, cajoles and tricks his way to the abolition of slavery.

Tame Impala - Lonerism
Aussie psychedelia with bags of personality and tunes.

Toy - Toy
Two tracks pushing beyond the 7 min mark, tight Krautrock beats and Chameleons-style riffing - a promising, solid debut in a post-Horrors space that had multiple repeats at Chimp Towers.

The Walking Dead S3
Zombie action ramped up, more plots, more characters, less time to think "hey, what about..?"

Also CONSUMED & ENJOYED
Modern Family S4, Boardwalk Empire S3, Homeland S2, The Fear, Fresh Meat, Flying Lotus - Until The Quiet Comes, The US Office, Nurse Jackie S4 (another standout performance from Bobby Cannavale - almost as crazy as Gyp Rossetti), Skyfall.

THE STUPIDO DAMN YOU WHY WHY pile
Prometheus, The Dark Knight Rises

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17th Dec 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet

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Trailer Park: Upstream Color

Super abstract promo for the new one from Shane Carruths, the director of chimp-fave Primer

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5th Dec 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet

Undercity

Amazing film from Andrew Wonder exploring some of New York City's hidden architectural gems. More at Undercity. Thanks to Dr Chimp for digging this up

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12th Jul 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet

A Book Of Beards

"@justinarei ... Fighting cancer, one beard at a time."  We're no strangers to the joys of the beard here at Chimp HQ, but even our best mountain-ready full winter efforts look like Miami Vice trims compared to the dudes in this book by Justin James Muir. Inspired by a friend who had cancer, all profits go to the Leukemia and Lymphona Society

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13th Jun 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet

New Wedding Present Album: Valentina

Chimp heros The Wedding Present are back with a new album in March. Valentina will be released through the band's own Scopitones label in the UK on March 17th. Other labels around teh world in the days after that.

The band will be at SXSW to launch the album and then on tour in America, Europe, The World. Can't wait.

Via Scopitones.

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18th Jan 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet