Sharing this year because the Oscar nominations stink especially bad:
- The Stranger
- Tár
- Emily the Criminal
- Hellbender
- The Outfit
- The Innocents
- X
- Moonage Spacedream
- Barbarian
- Happening
Dez Dare is up to something. Scratch that: psych/punk/garage vet Dez Dare is always up to something.
Starting on the first day of this year, the indefatigable U.K.-based punk-rock vet posted five cryptic Instagram posts piquing fans’ interest. Each post alluded to a big announcement that Dez — a.k.a. Darren Smallman — plans to make imminently.
Dez promises “records a plenty + weird videos + odd touring + a slick new website” in the posts.
Continue readingHop over to New Noise to check out our favorite new releases that just dropped.
9.2.22
Ancient North – Gates
Blind Guardian – God Machine
Bring Me the Horizon – Post Human II EP
Creature Canyon – Remarks
Ensaguinate – Eldritch Anatomy
Epica – Consign to Oblivion, Phantom Agony and Score reissues
Front Bottoms – Theresa EP
Hu – Rumble of Thunder
John McCutcheon – Leap!
King’s X – Three Sides of One
Kris Kristofferson – Live at Gilley’s
Max Gowan – Glossolalia
Megadeth – Sick, Dying … Dead!
Parker Gispert (Whigs) – Golden Years
Rina Sawayama – Hold the Girl
Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra – Popular Culture (Community Music, Vol. 2)
Tom Chaplin – Midpoint
Trial – Feed the Fire
Yungblud – s/t
Continue reading1. “Empty Bottle“: The hit song that broke the band like a broken lantern. That dared us to check out life on the dark side but then stuffed us with everything good and light. With this timeless and unparalleled gem, Tim, Axiom and Manuel drained us of everything — and filled us up again.
2. “Empty Bottle (Acoustic)“
3. “Empty Bottle (1.5 Remastered Edition)“
7.1: Cloak, Bewitcher, Brain Tourniquet, Hummingbird of Death at Shredder
7.2: Badflower, Royal Bliss at Expo Idaho Grandstands
7.5: Ween at Outlaw Field
7.6: Caleb Nichols, Strange Pilgrim at Neurolux
7.6: Suffers, McKenna Esteb at Grove Plaza (free)
7.9: Floater at Knitting Factory
1. “Mailin’ It!“: “A lighthearted look into the history, innovation, and inner workings of the United States Postal Service.” Recommended episode: “Stamps, an American Obsession“
Continue readingOn Tuesday, we presented you, dear reader, with an exceptionally (and probably unnecessarily) long examination of Bob Odenkirk’s recently released Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama: A Memoir. The post included a list of facts and details likely unbeknownst to even the most devout fans of the actor/writer/director/sketch-comedy icon.
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