Breaking Records! - Tapes 'n Tapes - Walk It Off

2005's indie rock sensation Tapes 'n Tapes has a new album coming out April 8th, the follow-up to the acclaimed hit The Loon. This time around they are being produced by producer extraordinaire David Fridmann (Mercury Rev, The Flaming Lips). This first track is called "Hang Them All".

New CD Releases- 2008.02.19

New CD Releases
2008.02.19

Pick Of The Week


Roky Erickson - Halloween (Live 1979-1981)


While I haven't heard this specific CD, (although I may have heard a bootleg version of this same concert), I have heard almost all of the releases below, and I feel confident that this CD is better than all of them. Roky is my favorite living songwriter, and he basically can do no wrong.

American Music Club - The Golden Age



Apes - Ghost Games



Atlas Sound - Let The Blind Lead Those Tho Can See But Cannot Feel



Bell X1 - Flock



Ray Davies - Working Man's Cafe



Mike Doughty - Golden Delicious



Grand Archives - ST



Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago



Gary Louris - Vagabonds



KRS-ONE - Adventures in Emceein



Kula Shaker - Strange Folk



Allison Moorer - Mockingbird


Probably a 2nd place here. This is a full record of covers. I definitely liked the first 3 tracks, including a cover of Dancing Barefoot.

Morcheeba - Dive Deep



Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride



Raveonettes - Lust Lust Lust



Marc Ribot - Excercises in Frustration


I'm a big Marc Ribot fan, and I'm really looking forward to hearing this.

Steve Smith - This Town



Throw Me The Statue - Moonbeams

New DVD Releases - 2008.02.19

New DVD Releases
2008.02.19

Pick Of The Week:

In The Valley Of Elah




Plenty of decent movies coming out this week, and a couple good looking films I haven't seen yet. I thought this was a pretty good mystery/drama that obviously had some great acting. Definitely worth a watch.


American Gangster


It is an OK film. Nothing too spectacular, but this continues the trend of Ridley Scott being the most over-rated director of the modern age.

Crime Fiction


I Netflixed this one right away. Chicago area production that premiered at Slamdance.

Kurt Cobain - About a Son


I really just couldn't get into this one at all, and I'm a huge Nirvana fan.

Lust, Caution



Margot At The Wedding


I'd like to see this, although I still have yet to see the Squid and the Whale.

Michael Clayton


Pretty underwhelming. Not Best Picture material.

Redacted


I need to see this also.

Rendition


Actually somewhat more interesting that it looked.

Music DVD

Burn To Shine 5: Seattle


Volume 5 features Benjamin Gibbard (Death Cab For Cutie), Minus The Bear and Eddie Vedder. Watch bands set up in a house, play a song, leave, and then watch the house burn down. Great concept.

Breaking Records! - R.E.M. - Accelerate

R.E.M. is getting ready to release their 14th album (and first since 2004's Against The Sun) on April 1st. This is apparently a more rocking effort than their recent releases.
The first single, "Supernatural Superserious" has just been released.

Trailer Park - The Pineapple Express.

Now this is exciting. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg follow up their screenplay to Superbad with Pineapple Express. Of course it's produced by Judd Apatow, and stars regulars Seth Rogen, Bill Hader and the return of James Franco, who hasn't been in an Apatow production (or anything funny) since Freaks and Geeks.

But, without a doubt the most exciting/interesting aspect of this is the inclusion of director David Gordon Green (George Washington, All The Real Girls).

Check out the red band trailer below.

Lake County Film Festival - 2008 Short Film Trailers.

I thought there would be more trailers for short films than there were. Oh well.

Clean Freak



The Double



Fish Kill Flea



Moviebonics



Sunlit Shadows



Three-Fifty



Kid's Program

Lake County Film Festival - 2008 Narrative Features Trailers

A Thousand Hills



Bad For Business



The Chemistry Of Dating



The Half Life Of Mason Lake



Last Stop For Paul



One Night With You



Road To Victory



Shut-Eye



White Out



Wristcutters: A Love Story

New CD Release - 2008.02.12

Ryan Adams - Everybody Knows



Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded (Deluxe)



Classic album loaded to the gills with bonus material. This is a the Scott La Rock Megamix.


British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music



City and Colour - Bring Me Your Love



Dirtbombs - We Have You Surrounded



I like the Dirtbombs, but after a few listens, this hasn't really done anything for me, unfortunately.

Dread Zeppelin - Bar Coda



Flat Duo Jets - Two Headed Cow



Apparently this is the soundtrack to a documentary about Flat Duo Jets.

Michael Jackson - Thriller (25th Anniversary Edition)



Even Kanye West can't do anything with this.


Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Medium Rare



Robert Pollard - Superman Was a Rocker



Smashing Pumpkins - American Gothic



VA-Bippp: French Synth Wave 1979-85



This looks really cool.

VA-Carolina Funk: First In Funk



I haven't heard this yet, but the other two in the series are very good.

Widespread Panic - Free Somehow

Lake County Film Festival - 2008 Documentary Features Trailers

I'm happy to present the first in a series of posts that detail all of the trailers available for films playing at the Lake County Film Festival, which starts at the end of the month. For more info: http://www.lakecountyfilmfest.com


Lake County Film Festival - 2008
Documentary Features


An Alternative To Slitting Your Wrist


Beyond The Call


Break-Up, Date


FEMA City


Fish Kill Flea


Golden Days


Indestructible


Kamp Katrina


King In Chicago


River Ways


A Soldier's Peace


Urban Explorers: Into The Darkness


Weiner Takes All

New DVD Releases - 2008.02.11

New DVD Releases
2008.02.11

Pick of the Week:

Gone Baby Gone



While nothing too exceptional, this is just as good as you've heard. Good acting and direction and some very nice twists.

Amateurs



This is a really good little movie. Basically The Dude (Jeff Bridges) decides that he should stop being a shiftless layabout and decides on the perfect get rich scheme. Make a porno movie. Obviously plenty of laughs ensue, and it's a no-brainer if you like movies about movies, but this one has some real heart in the end. It's been written off by many, but I think it's worth a look.

Becoming Jane



Blue State



Breckin Meyer makes a vow that is George Bush wins the 2004 election, he will move to Canada. He travels with Anna Paquin. This movie had some solid laughs and some plot developments that were very interesting.

Dedication



Furnace



Someone I know from the internet wrote this movie, although his name isn't on it. It looks like a total piece of shit, even though it has great actors like Ja Rule and Paul Wall in it.

In The Shadow Of The Moon



This is really the type of film I'm supposed to get geeked up for, but I really just couldn't. It's somewhat interesting, but it's retreading a lot of things that you have probably already seen/heard.

Introducing the Dwights



I guess I would consider myself a sucker for indie comedies like that. I'm going to Netflix it.

Martian Child



Not nearly as bad or cloying as critics said, but also not nearly as good as a John Cusack movie should be.

No Reservations



Romance & Cigarettes



Tell Me You Love Me - Season 1



We watched the first episode, and thought it was interesting, but haven't had time to watch more. Here's hoping that writer's strike continues!

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