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Upstream Color OST
Shane Carruth has released the soundtrack to his excellent Upstream Color on iTunes; download MPfree taster A Sullen Rush And Roar, or (up)stream the whole lot on Soundcloud
7th Mar 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
New Mudhoney: I Like It Small
Mark Arm is channeling his inner Iggy on the new Mudhoney track I Like It Small, from forthcoming album Vanishing Point, out April 1st. Check out the trailer for that below.
7th Mar 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
'New' Shuggie Otis
70s soul rocker / 00s revivalist Shuggie Otis has a 'new' record coming out featuring 14 previously unreleased tracks from 1975-2000 - wisely packaged with a reissue of Inspiration Information.
6th Mar 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
New Bibio Track
Download springy first track À tout à l'heure from Bibio's forthcoming album Silver WIlkinson
6th Mar 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
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Trailer Park: Average Party
From the home of Extremely Dark Knight
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5th Mar 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Promo Promo: John Grant - Pale Green Ghosts
First track from the new John Grant album; good beard, good songs, out Mar 11. Got to love the chorus for GMF: "I am the greatest motherfucker that you're ever going to meet"
4th Mar 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Michel Parbot Empire Strikes Back lost documentary excerpts
Love the car driving past the garage while Mark Hamill is blocking out a lightsaber duel. And who doesn't want to see a wampa falling in the snow? Empire gems from StarWarsArchive.com (via @aicn)
1st Mar 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Promo Promo: Steve Mason - Oh My Lord
New single from the ex-Beta Band/King Biscuit Time man. Album Monkey Minds In The Devil's Time out March 18
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Trailer Park: Pain + Gain
Wahlberg just needs to drop the action and do comedy full time. Sorry, been meaning to put this one up for ages.
28th Feb 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Promo Promo: Atoms For Peace - Ingenue
Thom Y getting to do his bleepdance in a Gilbert & George style, directed by Garth Jennings
28th Feb 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: Top Of The Lake
Jane Campion's forthcoming TV mini series, highly recommended. Kind of a New Zealand version of The Killing with better cinematography. Elisabeth Moss, Holly Hunter, Peter Mullan feature among a great cast.
27th Feb 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Mars: It's On
The world's first space tourist Dennis Tito wants to go to Mars next. Just to inspire Americans though.
27th Feb 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Short Attention Span Theatre: Frames - Greetings from Gary & Mike ft. Freddie Gibbs
Finger-lickin' good MJ episode of @Pitchfork's Frames series
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27th Feb 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Swissted: Swiss Modernism V Punk Rock
"swissted is an ongoing project by graphic designer mike joyce, owner of stereotype design in new york city. drawing from his love of punk rock and swiss modernism, two movements that have (almost) nothing to do with one another, mike has redesigned vintage punk, hardcore, new wave, and indie rock show flyers into international typographic style posters. each design is set in lowercase berthold akzidenz-grotesk medium (not helvetica). every single one of these shows actually happened. swissted book out march 5th on quirk books—get it here!"
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27th Feb 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Short Attention Span Theatre: Lego Dance
Brick MJ dancing...
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26th Feb 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Skate or Die: Marc Johnson
This guy is fast becoming one of my favourite skaters for his super smooth style and great choice in tunes. Check out his part in Pretty Sweet ...which is not on YouTube unfortunately. Here's a funny skit and a clip from Lakai's Fully Flared video instead. And here's a link to his part from Yeah Right!
25th Feb 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
RIP Bob Godfrey
The Roobarb animator has died; here's his Oscar-winning short about Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
Update: Axed by The Man.
Update 2: there are a few of his films available to buy on his site, although the Brunel one isn't there which is a shame, it's great (more on it here). This BBC doc is worth a look...
22nd Feb 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
The Great Time Machine Race
It's on... (Or will be.) (Or has been.) Take your pick between the Verdrehung Fan(TM) and the Space-Time Twisting By Light project.
Marshall Barnes, R&D Eng, is working on the Verdrehung Fan(TM) which involves effecting time with specially synthesized electromagnetic fields. Meanwhile, the plan from Ronald L. Mallett, PhD utilises a rotating ring laser generating a gravitational field that then twists space and time.
21st Feb 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Lichenstein At Tate Modern
Pop art pointillism returns to London:
Lichtenstein: A Retrospective
Tate Modern: Exhibition
21 February – 27 May 2013
£14, concessions available
The exhibition will be open to all for an advance open day on 20 February.
Open until 20.00 on Sundays, with last ticket sale at 19.00.
20th Feb 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: It's A Disaster
Good cast in this brunch at the end of the world comedy from Oscilloscope Labs: David Cross, Julia Stiles, America Ferrera. Follow @OscopeLabs for details of the whole thing showing on Vine (if watching a movie in 6 sec clips is your kind of thing)
20th Feb 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Short Attention Span Theatre: C (299,792 km/s)
Like the retromania science clips in this Kickstarter-funded short - reminiscent of Leonard Nimoy's finest work (In Search Of...). More details on the combination of digital cameras and old school non-CGI FX work in this Wired piece.
"C is the story of Lieutenant Commander Malleck, and her radical act of mutiny aboard the
KESTROS IV. With the help of her co-conspirators, she attempts to harness this weapon of mass destruction for a grand new purpose. But when a contingent of ground crew led by Second Lieutenant Kai threatens her master plan, Malleck must use the ship against them in order to succeed.
To build the future, we looked to the past. No CGI or greenscreen was used in the making of the film; all our sets and props were built by hand and filmed in-camera. Combining new advances in digital camera technology with traditional special effects, we sought to create a unique look through lighting design, camera tricks, miniature photography, split-screen, and stop-animation. We believe that this approach allowed us greater creative possibilities on a low-budget science-fiction film."
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19th Feb 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Short Attention Span Theatre: Head Over Heels
Oscar-nominated short from National Film & Television School graduates. Coincidentally similar to this Kirsten Dunst sci-fi, which just looks silly
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18th Feb 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: The Company You Keep
Good looking trailer up for Robert Redford's new thriller The Company You Keep, about 60s radicals The Weather Underground. It's star studded, but not to be confused with Raymond Pettibon's similarly star studded art flick The Whole World is Watching - Weathermen '69.
15th Feb 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
New Cave Singers Ahoy
New one from the solid beard band on the horizon: Naomi is out in March, DL available now if you pre-order the vinyl/CD which is sort of retro and modern of them all at the same time. Enjoyed the last three, looking fwd to this one
13th Feb 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Promo Promo: St Vincent - Bad Girls
St Vincent covers a song from Bob's Burgers
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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.
13th Feb 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: TPB - AWK
The Pirate Bay doc Pirate Bay - Away From Keyboard is up and, as you'd imagine streaming in full on YouTube, available as a torrent etc etc @tpb_afk
12th Feb 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Promo Promo: Beck - Sound + Vision
Beck covers the Bowie track with a 157-piece orchestra
11th Feb 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Promo Promo: William Adamson - Rings Of Saturn
Tasty Tom-Waitsy blues from the new Rob Gallagher-fronted posse, out on Brownswood Recordings in March
8th Feb 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Promo Promo: The Asphodells - Beglammered
Like the old-school stock footage feel to this video for Andrew Weatherall's new project
8th Feb 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: Computer Chess
Another favourite from this year's Sundance.
7th Feb 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Polish Film Posters
We might well have covered this 10 years ago, but check out these 50 amazing Polish film posters.
6th Feb 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Short Attention Span Theatre: Bear
More from the @BlueTongueFilms collective - this time it's Nash Edgerton in the driving seat. Via @shortoftheweek
Behind-the-scenes here.
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6th 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.
5th Feb 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Skate Or Die: Panoramic
Board life in China, via @Shanghaiist. Details here
5th Feb 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: The Place Beyond The Pines
"Ride like lightning, crash like thunder..." Another drive for Ryan Gosling - this time, he's staring into the distance on a motorbike. With Eva Mendes, Bradley Cooper and Ray Liotta.
4th Feb 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
The Walking Dead S3
The pirate chic trend continues as newly-wounded one-eyed-dude The Governer returns to keep Wilson Wilson from C4's Utopia company. Here's a new poster for the second half of The Walking Dead S3 - back on AMC in the US Feb 10; hopefully the UK transmission won't take too much longer to arrive on FOX
4th Feb 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
My Bloody Valentine - MBV
First new MBV album for 22 years is actually out, complete with authentic 90s lowercase font. The site seemed to be pretty overloaded last night, but working now. If you want a taster, their YouTube page has streams of the whole lot.
The album is available in three formats:
180 gram vinyl + CD + digital download of your choice £18
CD + digital download of your choice £13
digital download of your choice £9
The digital download will be available in the following file types:
16bit 44.1 K WAV file (cd quality)
320kbps MP3
24bit 96 K WAV file
3rd Feb 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Short Attention Span Theatre: Paperman
V cute meet-cute from Disney, playing with Wreck-It Ralph in cinemas. Interviews and more from director John Kars here. (Via @thefoxisblack)
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1st Feb 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Face Off: Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters V Hansel & Gretel Get Baked
Hollywood loves doing the same thing twice: Capote v Infamous; Antz v A Bug's Life; Snow White And The Huntsman v Mirror Mirror; Lincoln v Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Now here's two takes on the perils of eating candy in a house made of sweets: you've probably seen Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton getting all medieval badass - but have you seen Lara Flynn Boyle as a stoner witch with a serious case of the munchies? Asylum Films have knocked one out too (starring Dee Wallace - aka Elliott's mum in ET).
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1st Feb 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Short Attention Span Theatre: They Are The Last
@Vimeo's team have picked up on this short from @kaurimultimedia
"34 degrees 24 minutes 19 seconds South,

53 degrees, 46 minutes 40 seconds West.
Leonardo Da Costa is a lighthouse keeper stationed in Cabo Polonio, a remote cape in a stretch of Uruguayan coastline rich in shipwrecks and sunken treasures.
Cabo Polonio’s light has been guiding ships since 1881, and Da Costa is the latest in a long line of watchmen who have operated the tower with care and attention. He leads an unassuming life, the tranquility of the almost intact landscape keeping him company. Serenity and silence merge with the daily tasks and chores he carries out. Da Costa represents a rare profession that still survives in a few countries.
Take some time to appreciate a gentle and enlightening way of life, for once it is gone, it will be missed.
*Music by Volt Heist: voltheist.com"
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1st Feb 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: Downloaded
While you're waiting for Bill & Ted 3, here's a longer trailer for Alex Winter's Napster doc
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31st Jan 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Promo Promo: Animal Collective x @LindseyWixson x Gasper Noe x Paul Sharitz
Gaspar Noé has directed the latest Animal Collective promo, for the track 'Applesauce'. The video stars model Lindsey Wixson and is intended to be watched in the dark - primarily to make use of Paul Sharits' film-as-film classic N.O.T.H.I.N.G. Trippy.
30th Jan 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: Kon Tiki
Looks like they need a bigger boat... Biopic about Norwegian explorer Thor Heyderdhal who sailed the Pacific in 1947 on a balsa wood raft.
28th Jan 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: Inside Llewyn Davis
The Coens go folk for their latest, with Oscar Isaac as the titular singer, plus John Goodman and Carey Mulligan hanging out in Greenwich Village in the early 60s
28th Jan 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: The East
Promising trailer for The East - the follow up to the excellent Sound of My Voice from Zal Batmanglij and Brit Marling. Looks like they're stepping things up, with a cast that includes Alexander Skarsgård, Ellen Page, Julia Ormond and Patricia Clarkson
25th Jan 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Short Attention Span Theatre: Noon
Another interesting sci-fi short that packs a high concept set-up into 12 mins. Noon is by writer/director Kasra Farahini. More at io9.com
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18th Jan 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet