Hot magma to get a party going. Santigold and Mr. Lexx are on vocals. LehtMoJoe’s remix splices Toto’s classic song to awesome effect. Major Lazer is like a real Jamaican commando or something. Look it up. But DL this first: here
Dante 01 Review April 23, 2009
I’m a sucker for symbolism and/or allegory, especially in the science fiction and horror genres. I honestly haven’t been this floored by a film since Martyrs (the French strike again!!). This is theosophical science-fiction that William Burroughs might have enjoyed. There’s heavy allusions to Dante’s Inferno, but I think the important allegory here is the myth of St. Georges and the Dragon. DON’T wiki that just yet. Absorb the movie and then start piecing together the pieces. Then let’s talk about that final shot…
Rating: 8.5/10
Forget it, don’t watch the trailer. Go in knowing zilch.
Fab Feb 15 (Best of the Blogs) April 21, 2009
1. Bat For Lashes – Daniel
If you don’t know know ya know: Bat For Lashes are this year’s Feist and Lykke Li. Singer Natasha Khan’s voice is more Sarah McLachlan with shades of Bjork though, and that’s part of the reason for all the fuss. The album Two Suns has universal appeal.
2. Desire – Under Your Spell / Mirror Mirror
These are demos apparently, and you can tell with some big production sheen these could be classic.
3. Little Boots – New in Town (The Golden Filter mix)
Best Little Boots remix ever? Conjures up emotions of that 80’s electronic sky, yeah…
4. Franz Ferdinand – No You Girls (a.Rogue Element rmx) + (b. Dances with White Girls rmx)
Combine these two for the ultimate ‘No You Girls’ remix experience!
5. Snoop Dogg – Pump Pump (Aniki edit)
Gangsta rap makes me wanna shoop and I like this Snoop track more than ever.
6. Dre Skull – Gone Too Far (Baraka Som Sistema Remix)
Philip Glass style chords give way too som dizzy electro beats with ragga vocal stylings by Sizzla.
7. TI – Whatever You Like (Discotech rmx)
Download everything by Discotech if you DJ and your crowds will thank you.
This is the track with the video below that goes from about 65 bpm to 195 bpm in the span of 5 minutes. Tim Exile’s new album is stunningly creative.
9. the Amplid – Geography (Xenobi remix)
Hi-nrg disco roller. Wooo!
10. Cellophane – Music Colors (pt. 3)
Real italo-disco from 1984. You could throw this in a mix and people would think you’re a DJ pirate with a wealth of booty.
11. Dusty Kid – Lynchesque
Ok, so I’m partial to all things Lynch, but I had this blaring at a drive-thru the other day, and the lady looked at me like I crawled out of a meteor.
12. Don Diablo – Too Cool for School (Trevor Loveys vs. In Flagranti Rmx)
B-more beats that brings fun back to the dancefloor.
13. Foreigner – Urgent (Myrone Aiden rmx)
If you’re looking for a slightly more danceable version of this essential tune then here ya go.
14. U2 – Sexy Boots (Justice remix)
Justice meets U2 and the results are predictably simmering.
15. The Glimmers – Galactic Prism
This is a glue track in the mix does exactly what its awesome title suggests.
House Review April 20, 2009
Christian horror? Is it possible?
The end of this movie does have a Christian message if you follow the symbolism/allusions to Christ and Satan, and the battleground that is The House, which is exactly as stated: a place for weary souls. The film starts very strong and gets major brownie points for inducing the southern gothic. The actors are great, and you gotta love Michael Madsen and Bill Moseley in their small roles. Eventually developments in The House start to become too slap-dash and repetitive. And the main climax is an overdose of fairy-dust. Yet the final resolution becomes emotional given all the symbolism going on.
Rating: 7/10
Catch the trailer.
Moby + David Lynch: Shot in the Back of the Head April 17, 2009
How am I not going to post this collaboration? Sounds like Moby may be back the right track with his forthcoming album.. Best of the Blogs music chart and a review of the Christian horror film House will appear Sunday.
Best DVDs of the month April 14, 2009
My top picks. What did I miss?
1. Synecdoche, New York - This movie is either the most pretentious or most brilliant thing I’ve seen in a long time. So either way it gets the top spot for starting that conversation. Rating: 8/10
2. Tokyo Zombie – Ridiculously goofy Japanese zombie movie about some guys who put their jinjitsu moves on some zombies. I might have chortled, whatever that means. Rating: 8/10
3. The Changeling – Clint Eastwood just doesn’t make bad movies. Rating: 8/10
4. Elegy - Sir Ben Kingsley and Penelope Cruz put on acting fireworks in this. Makes me wonder if Academy voters saw this before voting for HER HOTNESS. However, if you read or are planning to read Philip Roth’s novel (The Dying Animal), then I hear this pales in comparison. Rating: 7.5/10
5. Brigham City – A low-budget Mormon murder-mystery that really captures the small-town dynamic, and can certainly compete with the big boys. Rating: 7/10
6. Cthulthu – See below. Rating: 7/10
7. Vinyan – A couple lose their son in the Tsunami, and they continue to become more lost as they search the third-world heart of darkness. The last shot is outrageously beguiling. Rating: 7/10
8. Happy-Go-Lucky – I’m not crazy about the whole movie, but the scenes with Sally Hawkins and her driving instructor, Eddie Marsan, are some of the funniest and most heartbreaking of the year. I really want to watch just those scenes again. Watch out for Eddie Marsan. He’ll be in Sherlock Holmes, and is on the rise. Rating: 7/10
Tiga – Shoes April 10, 2009
Tiga’s new single-. The acting in this cracks me up. Not sure where I’d play this track though, hmmm…
Cthulhu Review April 5, 2009
The best Lovecraftian (more inspired by, then an adaptation of) movie yet; albeit a creepy, well-shot, but artsy, and low-budget, so no-monsters film. I really wanted to like this movie more and the set-up is fantastic, but there is really no pay-off, except for some stylistic and frenetic scene jumps and ‘discoveries’. Tori Spelling has a small role and is quite good playing the sultry, evil vixen. Then there are these incredible, mind-blowing shots, one with a swimming polar bear, and the other with some sort of dimension portal (I think). Overall, I found the material to be a worthy diversion, but it helps if you are familiar with HP Lovecraft and the Cthulhu story-line.
Rating: 7/10
LOLLLLLL April 2, 2009
Put a twang in it! SNL has nothing on Petey Greene. I surely must now watch Talk to Me, the movie about Petey Greene starring Don Cheadle. (Thx Adam-)
