By now, fans of Dua Lipa know that her new album is psychedelia-inspired with contributions from Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker. In a new interview with Rolling Stone, the pop star dug deeper into the influences of her upcoming third studio LP, including the UK acts Primal Scream and Massive Attack.
In the profile, Rs staff writer Brittany Spanos reports that Lipa described the album as a “psychedelic-pop-infused tribute to UK rave culture” drawing heavy inspiration from Primal Scream and Massive Attack. Lipa named Primal Scream’s 1991 breakout album, Screamadelica, as a particular influence.
Other inspirations for the album include Britpop legends like Oasis and Blur, as well as ’90s rock and electronic acts like Moby and Gorillaz.
“This record feels a bit more raw,” Lipa explained in the interview. “I want to capture the essence of youth and freedom and having fun and just letting things happen, whether it’s good or bad.
In the profile, Rs staff writer Brittany Spanos reports that Lipa described the album as a “psychedelic-pop-infused tribute to UK rave culture” drawing heavy inspiration from Primal Scream and Massive Attack. Lipa named Primal Scream’s 1991 breakout album, Screamadelica, as a particular influence.
Other inspirations for the album include Britpop legends like Oasis and Blur, as well as ’90s rock and electronic acts like Moby and Gorillaz.
“This record feels a bit more raw,” Lipa explained in the interview. “I want to capture the essence of youth and freedom and having fun and just letting things happen, whether it’s good or bad.
- 1/16/2024
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
In the 15 years between the 1981 release of the Gun Club’s first album and their frontman’s death in 1996, the bleached-blond rock & roll typhoon known as Jeffrey Lee Pierce touched the lives of Nick Cave, Blondie’s Debbie Harry, Depeche Mode’s Dave Gahan, filmmaker Jim Jarmusch, Lydia Lunch, and countless others. His music could be invigorating and/or mysterious, sometimes at the same time. With the Gun Club and as a solo artist (sometimes billing himself cheekily as Ramblin’ Jeffrey Lee), he recorded revved-up punk, Delta-style blues, brooding folk,...
- 10/5/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
The Beach Boys will tell their story in their own words in the first-ever official book from the surf-rock legends.
The Beach Boys by The Beach Boys compiles exclusive interviews from band members Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, and Bruce Johnston — as well as archival text from late members Carl Wilson and Dennis Wilson — to form the autobiography, which spans the beginnings of the band and signing their Capitol Records contract up through their famed 1980 Independence Day concert at the National Mall in Washington D.C.
In addition to the interviews,...
The Beach Boys by The Beach Boys compiles exclusive interviews from band members Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, and Bruce Johnston — as well as archival text from late members Carl Wilson and Dennis Wilson — to form the autobiography, which spans the beginnings of the band and signing their Capitol Records contract up through their famed 1980 Independence Day concert at the National Mall in Washington D.C.
In addition to the interviews,...
- 7/13/2023
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Martin Duffy, who played keyboard in Primal Scream, Felt, and Charlatans, died late last year at the age of 55 from injuries he sustained after falling in his home. Now, Duffy’s 19-year-old son, Louie, has accused his father’s former Primal Scream bandmates Bobby Gillespie and Andrew Innes of financial impropriety that left his father in financial ruin.
Louie Duffy made the allegations in a witness statement submitted to the West Sussex, Brighton and Hove Coroner as part of their inquest into his father’s death. Louie claimed that though Martin was initially an equal member of Primal Scream in the early 1990s, “he was gradually cut out from getting any songwriting credits, then touring and merchandise profits, eventually just being paid per gig.” Louie said that his father earned around £40k a year for playing with Primal Scream.
“Dad said the money only really started coming in when Primal...
Louie Duffy made the allegations in a witness statement submitted to the West Sussex, Brighton and Hove Coroner as part of their inquest into his father’s death. Louie claimed that though Martin was initially an equal member of Primal Scream in the early 1990s, “he was gradually cut out from getting any songwriting credits, then touring and merchandise profits, eventually just being paid per gig.” Louie said that his father earned around £40k a year for playing with Primal Scream.
“Dad said the money only really started coming in when Primal...
- 6/8/2023
- by Scoop Harrison
- Consequence - Music
Primal Scream’s keyboardist Martin Duffy has died at age 55.
The band’s Instagram account revealed the sad news on Tuesday, confirming the musician had passed away on Sunday after suffering a brain injury due to a fall at his home in Brighton, U.K.
The post, written by frontman Bobby Gillespie, began, “Hard to write this. We never know how to speak around death other than polite platidudes.”
It continued, “We in Primal Scream are all so sad. I’ve known Martin since he was a teenager in Felt. He played keyboards on every album of ours from the first to the last. Finally joining the band in 1991. Martin was a very special character. He had a love and understanding of music on a deep spiritual level.
“Music meant everything to him. He loved literature and was well read and erudite. An autodidact. A deep thinker, curious about the world and other cultures.
The band’s Instagram account revealed the sad news on Tuesday, confirming the musician had passed away on Sunday after suffering a brain injury due to a fall at his home in Brighton, U.K.
The post, written by frontman Bobby Gillespie, began, “Hard to write this. We never know how to speak around death other than polite platidudes.”
It continued, “We in Primal Scream are all so sad. I’ve known Martin since he was a teenager in Felt. He played keyboards on every album of ours from the first to the last. Finally joining the band in 1991. Martin was a very special character. He had a love and understanding of music on a deep spiritual level.
“Music meant everything to him. He loved literature and was well read and erudite. An autodidact. A deep thinker, curious about the world and other cultures.
- 12/20/2022
- by Becca Longmire
- ET Canada
Sky Ferreira fans were starting to give up hope that the punky pop star would ever release new music again, but the day is finally here. The singer-songwriter has returned with the stellar anthem “Don’t Forget.”
The star’s new single is a dreamy return to the synth-rock of her 2013 debut album, Night Time, My Time. On the track, she embraces darkness and a desire to neither forgive nor forget. “It’s such a raw deal world/I don’t need to deceive you/I am the real bad girl,...
The star’s new single is a dreamy return to the synth-rock of her 2013 debut album, Night Time, My Time. On the track, she embraces darkness and a desire to neither forgive nor forget. “It’s such a raw deal world/I don’t need to deceive you/I am the real bad girl,...
- 5/25/2022
- by Brittany Spanos
- Rollingstone.com
Lorde offered a full breakdown of her long-awaited new single, “Solar Power,” during an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music One Friday, June 11th.
The track, Lorde said, was borne during a summer on Martha’s Vineyard, when she came back from a long day of swimming and began playing around with a Yamaha Dx keyboard. She said the melody reminded her of Robby Williams’ song “Rock DJ,” and when she later took the song’s skeleton to producer Jack Antonoff, she set about capturing a distinct summer vibe.
The track, Lorde said, was borne during a summer on Martha’s Vineyard, when she came back from a long day of swimming and began playing around with a Yamaha Dx keyboard. She said the melody reminded her of Robby Williams’ song “Rock DJ,” and when she later took the song’s skeleton to producer Jack Antonoff, she set about capturing a distinct summer vibe.
- 6/11/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
The film-maker on his new documentary about the former Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan, Johnny Depp’s role in it, and why he’s still hungry to create
When film-maker Julien Temple met Shane MacGowan to discuss making a documentary about his life, the 62-year-old, hard-living former Pogues frontman was watching a David Attenborough programme about snow leopards. The image has stayed with Temple: many times, while making Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowan, he found himself feeling like a naturalist stalking an elusive species. The film, though, is a hugely entertaining and revealing one. While MacGowan wouldn’t sit still for Temple, he would for friends and fans such as Johnny Depp, Gerry Adams and Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie. Temple has made acclaimed documentaries on the Sex Pistols and the Clash, as well as the cult feature film Absolute Beginners. He’s 67 and lives in Somerset.
When film-maker Julien Temple met Shane MacGowan to discuss making a documentary about his life, the 62-year-old, hard-living former Pogues frontman was watching a David Attenborough programme about snow leopards. The image has stayed with Temple: many times, while making Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowan, he found himself feeling like a naturalist stalking an elusive species. The film, though, is a hugely entertaining and revealing one. While MacGowan wouldn’t sit still for Temple, he would for friends and fans such as Johnny Depp, Gerry Adams and Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie. Temple has made acclaimed documentaries on the Sex Pistols and the Clash, as well as the cult feature film Absolute Beginners. He’s 67 and lives in Somerset.
- 11/29/2020
- by Tim Lewis
- The Guardian - Film News
Did ex-Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan and the late London jazz club impresario Ronnie Scott ever cross paths? As key figures of the last century of music, it is certainly possible. And based on the documentaries Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowan and Ronnie’s, it is enticing to ponder the conversation that might ensue between the ragged Irish eccentric (MacGowan) and the witty tenor sax man turned club owner (Scott). The gobsmackingly entertaining Crock of Gold and well-made if less enthralling Ronnie’s make a strong case that both figures have left an indelible mark on music. And while director Julien Temple’s Gold is far more memorable than Oliver Murray’s Ronnie’s, both films deserve attention. Crock of Gold is making its North American premiere at the Doc NYC festival, while Ronnie’s is making its international premiere.
It should come as no surprise that...
It should come as no surprise that...
- 11/12/2020
- by Christopher Schobert
- The Film Stage
Tony Sokol Jun 1, 2019
The 13th Floor Elevators' Roky Erickson gave his mind and his band to psychedelics, and musicians in Texas and Beyond want more.
"You're gonna miss me when I'm gone," Roky Erickson sang on his band's biggest hit. The lead vocalist, guitarist and songwriter for the pioneering psychedelic rock band The 13th Floor Elevators was prescient. Musicians in his home state of Texas, and far beyond, are mourning a major inspiration. Erickson died in Austin, Texas, on Friday, May 31, according to Variety. The cause of death was not disclosed. Erickson was 71.
“Erickson had a visionary zeal rarely seen in 1965 when he co-founded the 13th Floor Elevators,” his management said in a statement. “The band’s original songs, many written with lyricist Tommy Hall, coupled with Erickson’s super-charged vocals and guitar, sparked the psychedelic music revolution in the mid-1960s, and led to a new role of what rock could be.
The 13th Floor Elevators' Roky Erickson gave his mind and his band to psychedelics, and musicians in Texas and Beyond want more.
"You're gonna miss me when I'm gone," Roky Erickson sang on his band's biggest hit. The lead vocalist, guitarist and songwriter for the pioneering psychedelic rock band The 13th Floor Elevators was prescient. Musicians in his home state of Texas, and far beyond, are mourning a major inspiration. Erickson died in Austin, Texas, on Friday, May 31, according to Variety. The cause of death was not disclosed. Erickson was 71.
“Erickson had a visionary zeal rarely seen in 1965 when he co-founded the 13th Floor Elevators,” his management said in a statement. “The band’s original songs, many written with lyricist Tommy Hall, coupled with Erickson’s super-charged vocals and guitar, sparked the psychedelic music revolution in the mid-1960s, and led to a new role of what rock could be.
- 6/1/2019
- Den of Geek
13th Floor Elevators frontman Roky Erickson, a psychedelic rock icon whose career was cut short due to debilitating mental illness and years spent in a Texas mental hospital, has died of unknown causes at age 71.
“Roky Erickson, an heroic icon of modern rock & roll and one of the best friends the music ever had, died in Austin, Texas today,” Erickson’s rep confirmed to Rolling Stone.
“Born there on July 15, 1947, Erickson had a visionary zeal rarely seen in 1965 when he co-founded the 13th Floor Elevators. The band’s original songs,...
“Roky Erickson, an heroic icon of modern rock & roll and one of the best friends the music ever had, died in Austin, Texas today,” Erickson’s rep confirmed to Rolling Stone.
“Born there on July 15, 1947, Erickson had a visionary zeal rarely seen in 1965 when he co-founded the 13th Floor Elevators. The band’s original songs,...
- 5/31/2019
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
In the early 2000s, the Manchester music scene — and its most scene-connected label, Factory Records — became the basis of one of pop’s most unexpectedly beguiling feature films, 24 Hour Party People. This summer, Creation Stories, a quasi-companion piece to that movie, plans to start shooting in London.
The film focuses on the life and musical discoveries of Alan McGee, the Scottish head of Creation Records — the U.K. indie label that, throughout the Eighties and Nineties, rolled out Oasis, the Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine, Teenage Fanclub...
The film focuses on the life and musical discoveries of Alan McGee, the Scottish head of Creation Records — the U.K. indie label that, throughout the Eighties and Nineties, rolled out Oasis, the Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine, Teenage Fanclub...
- 5/2/2019
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
Danny Boyle’s next film is the upcoming Beatles musical “Yesterday,” but the director is set to executive produce another music biopic about the record label executive who ushered in the band Oasis, a group that once declared themselves bigger than The Beatles.
Boyle will executive produce “Creation Stories,” a biopic based on the life of music mogul Alan McGee, whose Creation Records also launched other iconic bands like Primal Scream and The Jesus & Mary Chain, Burning Wheel Productions announced Tuesday.
Boyle is reuniting with “Trainspotting” author Irvine Welsh on the project, who is writing the screenplay based on McGee’s autobiography “The Creation Records Story: Riots, Raves and Running a Label.”
Ewen Bremner, who is best known as “Spud” in Boyle’s “Trainspotting,” stars in the project as McGee, and the cast also includes Rupert Everett, Suki Waterhouse and Jason Fleming.
Boyle will executive produce “Creation Stories,” a biopic based on the life of music mogul Alan McGee, whose Creation Records also launched other iconic bands like Primal Scream and The Jesus & Mary Chain, Burning Wheel Productions announced Tuesday.
Boyle is reuniting with “Trainspotting” author Irvine Welsh on the project, who is writing the screenplay based on McGee’s autobiography “The Creation Records Story: Riots, Raves and Running a Label.”
Ewen Bremner, who is best known as “Spud” in Boyle’s “Trainspotting,” stars in the project as McGee, and the cast also includes Rupert Everett, Suki Waterhouse and Jason Fleming.
- 4/16/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Watching a film by Olivier Assayas is a little like wandering into the bedroom of a teenager, taking in the aesthetic décor that clings to his or her walls and bookshelves—posters, pop records, hastily cut-out collages of idols, and literature—and being left to draw a logical conclusion based on these ephemeral scraps. This idea of collage, assembling or reinventing an identity, has always been a concept inherent to punk and youth culture: British punk historian Jon Savage coined the term “living collage” to describe European teenagers in the 1970s who tore apart thrifted vintage clothing at the seams to fuse and repurpose them with safety pins. Assayas’ work is essentially the filmic equivalent of that same idea: he populates his frames with torrents of ideas and surfaces and lets loose cinematographers Yorick Le Saux and Eric Gautier to pan wildly, struggling to encapsulate everything into their widescreen, handheld compositions.
- 5/8/2015
- by Mark Lukenbill
- MUBI
Slightly overshadowed by the Oscar nominations early this morning, the 2014 New Music Express Awards unveiled their list of hopefuls today (January 16).
In an interesting twist, the NME’s category for Villain of the Year included nominees like Russell Brand, Robin Thicke, Harry Styles, Miley Cyrus, David Cameron and Vladimir Putin.
Furthermore, the Worst Band contenders are 30 Seconds to Mars, The 1975, Muse, Imagine Dragons, One Direction and The Wanted.
Of course, there are also plenty of positive categories such as Hero of the Year, with nominees like Alex Turner, David Bowie, Pussy Riot, Lou Reed, Este Haim, and Russell Brand.
The 2014 NME Awards nominees are:
Best British Band
Arctic Monkeys
Biffy Clyro
Disclosure
Foals
Palma Violets
Two Door Cinema Club
Best International Band supported by Austin, Texas
Arcade Fire
Haim
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Phoenix
Vampire Weekend
Queens Of The Stone Age
Best Solo Artist
David Bowie
Jake Bugg
Kanye West...
In an interesting twist, the NME’s category for Villain of the Year included nominees like Russell Brand, Robin Thicke, Harry Styles, Miley Cyrus, David Cameron and Vladimir Putin.
Furthermore, the Worst Band contenders are 30 Seconds to Mars, The 1975, Muse, Imagine Dragons, One Direction and The Wanted.
Of course, there are also plenty of positive categories such as Hero of the Year, with nominees like Alex Turner, David Bowie, Pussy Riot, Lou Reed, Este Haim, and Russell Brand.
The 2014 NME Awards nominees are:
Best British Band
Arctic Monkeys
Biffy Clyro
Disclosure
Foals
Palma Violets
Two Door Cinema Club
Best International Band supported by Austin, Texas
Arcade Fire
Haim
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Phoenix
Vampire Weekend
Queens Of The Stone Age
Best Solo Artist
David Bowie
Jake Bugg
Kanye West...
- 1/17/2014
- GossipCenter
Frankie Cocozza has hit out at Tulisa Contostavlos's comments on last week's X Factor. The Brighton singer was criticised by the N-Dubz star after he gave a raunchy rendition of Primal Scream's indie classic 'Rocks'. Contostavlos claimed that Cocozza had 'lost his innocence' with the more outrageous performance style. In his latest video diary, the 18-year-old responded to her remarks on the Saturday live show. "I was really happy with my performance on a Saturday night. I really enjoyed myself on stage. I wasn't too impressed with (more)...
- 10/27/2011
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
X Factor judge Gary Barlow has admitted that he expected Frankie Cocozza to be in the bottom two after tonight's public vote. Cocozza, who was in the sing-off with Nu Vibe last week, was saved by viewers after his performance of Primal Scream's 'Rocks' yesterday. However, Barlow said on The Xtra Factor that tonight's bottom two - Kitty Brucknell and eliminee Sami Brookes - was a "big shock" for him. "Me and Frankie were backstage honestly holding each other," he admitted. "I was convinced Frankie would be in the bottom. "Because of last week, it was such a big shock. And he's been so nervous this weekend, so we were both preparing ourselves for it. So it was a massive shock (more)...
- 10/23/2011
- by By Catriona Wightman
- Digital Spy
X Factor judge Gary Barlow has admitted that he expected Frankie Cocozza to be in the bottom two after tonight's public vote. Cocozza, who was in the sing-off with Nu Vibe last week, was saved by viewers after his performance of Primal Scream's 'Rocks' yesterday. However, Barlow said on The Xtra Factor that tonight's bottom two - Kitty Brucknell and eliminee Sami Brookes - was a "big shock" for him. "Me and Frankie were backstage honestly holding each other," he admitted. "I was convinced Frankie would be in the bottom. "Because of last week, it was such a big shock. And he's been so nervous this weekend, so we were both preparing ourselves for it. So it was a massive shock (more)...
- 10/23/2011
- by By Catriona Wightman
- Digital Spy
According to the ever reliable Sun newspaper, Manchester based indie legends The Stone Roses are set to announce they will be reforming for two hometown gigs 15 years after they split up in 1996. The full original line-up of Ian Brown, John Squire, Mani and Reni have reportedly signed up for the comeback concerts and an official press conference has been organised by a major record company for this coming Tuesday at 9am to make an announcement in London.
Formed in 1983 before hitting the big time in 1989 with their incomparable self titled debut album it was another 5 years before they released The Second Coming to a decidedly mixed reaction from fans and critics alike, leading eventually to their split two years later after a shambolic appearance at the Reading Festival. Ian Brown went on to a successful solo career releasing six solo albums, John Squire also continued a career in music with...
Formed in 1983 before hitting the big time in 1989 with their incomparable self titled debut album it was another 5 years before they released The Second Coming to a decidedly mixed reaction from fans and critics alike, leading eventually to their split two years later after a shambolic appearance at the Reading Festival. Ian Brown went on to a successful solo career releasing six solo albums, John Squire also continued a career in music with...
- 10/15/2011
- by Chris Wright
- Obsessed with Film
What began as a Primal Scream problem has been turned over to The Dandy Warhols.
The trouble began earlier this week, when UK Home Secretary Theresa May used a song at a Conservative party conference that was thought to be Primal Scream's 1994 song "Rocks." Apparently, someone at the conference wrongly informed Labour MP Kerry McCarthy that it was the Primal Scream song, and McCarthy had what is the knee-jerk reaction nowadays -- took to Twitter to post a link to the lyrics, which begin like so: "Dealers keep dealing'/Thieves keep thieving'/Whores keep whorin'/Junkies keep scorn'/Trade is on the meat rack/Strip joints full of hunchbacks/Bitches keep bitchin'/Clap keeps itching'."
Why he wanted everyone to associate these lyrics with the Tory Party is another confusing twist. Long story short, this traveled down the Twitter-vine to Primal Scream themselves, who, what do you know, also...
The trouble began earlier this week, when UK Home Secretary Theresa May used a song at a Conservative party conference that was thought to be Primal Scream's 1994 song "Rocks." Apparently, someone at the conference wrongly informed Labour MP Kerry McCarthy that it was the Primal Scream song, and McCarthy had what is the knee-jerk reaction nowadays -- took to Twitter to post a link to the lyrics, which begin like so: "Dealers keep dealing'/Thieves keep thieving'/Whores keep whorin'/Junkies keep scorn'/Trade is on the meat rack/Strip joints full of hunchbacks/Bitches keep bitchin'/Clap keeps itching'."
Why he wanted everyone to associate these lyrics with the Tory Party is another confusing twist. Long story short, this traveled down the Twitter-vine to Primal Scream themselves, who, what do you know, also...
- 10/7/2011
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
The lead singer of the Dandy Warhols has hit out at the Conservative party after they used one of the band's tracks at a political event. It was originally reported that Home Secretary Theresa May walked offstage to Primal Scream track 'Rocks' at a party conference, after which the group said that they were "disgusted" that she had used their music despite having different political beliefs. It then emerged that the song used was actually The Dandy Warhols's 'Bohemian Like You', which caused frontman Courtney Taylor-Taylor to launch a tirade of his own. Taylor-Taylor wrote on the band's official website: "Wtf? Where do I bitch about this? I'll tear their fuggin heads off. Well maybe not but this happened to us in an Arkansas gubernatorial race and it makes me super angry. And then I wanna puke.
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- 10/6/2011
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
Update: It has since emerged that Theresa May in fact walked offstage to The Dandy Warhols' 'Bohemian Like You', rather than Primal Scream's 'Rocks' - The incident occurs 2 hours 17 minutes into the BBC coverage of the Conservative Party conference. Primal Scream have criticised the Conservative Party after Home Secretary Theresa May used their single 'Rocks' as her walking-off music at the Tory party conference yesterday. The band said that it was inappropriate for May to use the 1994 Give Out But Don't Give Up track because of her political differences from the band. "Primal Scream are totally disgusted that the Home Secretary Theresa May ended her speech at the Tory Party conference with our song 'Rocks'," a band statement to Q magazine read. "How inappropriate. (more)...
- 10/5/2011
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
As bands go, Britain’s Kasabian is a tough nut to crack. They’re musically eclectic and ambitious, yet they tend to over-rely on their many influences — most prominently The Rolling Stones, The Stone Roses, Primal Scream and, of course, Oasis, with whom they share a similar level of loudmouthed pretension. Unquestionably overrated by NME but not nearly as bad as some of their detractors would like you to believe, they’re also a tough band to assess completely free of bias, having been heavily hyped since their 2004 self-titled debut and spent their years since trying to live up to it.
- 9/20/2011
- Pastemagazine.com
With the 20th anniversary of Nirvana's Nevermind just around the corner, the mythology machine has been kicked into high gear, churning out oral histories, round-table retrospectives and vault-clearing reissues with a force comparable to the opening riff of "Smells Like Teen Spirit."
And justifiably so; after all, Nevermind was the album that changed everything, bringing the underground to the forefront and making an unwilling icon out of Kurt Cobain (also, it was the reason the Melvins got signed to Atlantic). Twenty years after its release, we're still trying to come to grips with its influence, a fact that's just about as telling as any oral history could ever be.
Of course, we've been talking about the anniversary for a while here in the MTV Newsroom (there were meetings and everything). And a funny thing kept happening during all those discussions; we couldn't help but reminisce about just how amazing that...
And justifiably so; after all, Nevermind was the album that changed everything, bringing the underground to the forefront and making an unwilling icon out of Kurt Cobain (also, it was the reason the Melvins got signed to Atlantic). Twenty years after its release, we're still trying to come to grips with its influence, a fact that's just about as telling as any oral history could ever be.
Of course, we've been talking about the anniversary for a while here in the MTV Newsroom (there were meetings and everything). And a funny thing kept happening during all those discussions; we couldn't help but reminisce about just how amazing that...
- 9/14/2011
- by James Montgomery
- MTV Newsroom
The last, and undoubtedly most diverse, British festival of the summer is Bestival. Created by DJ and producer Rob da Bank in 2004, this carnival of colour and excitement continues to grow from a small boutique of choice music picks into a full scale alternate reality.
A four day phantasmagoria situated on the Isle of Wight, Bestival is typified by world class music acts such as this year’s headliners ‘The Cure’, ‘Primal Scream’ and ‘Björk’; all the while wrapped in a warm electric bubble of vibrancy that is bigger than the music itself.
The inflatable church, erected to let you marry a beautiful stranger; the poky ‘polka’ dance tent; an all day roller disco; transcendental meditation in the ambient forest; the freestyle skating ramp; the Wi tent; Shisha by Bollywood, Club Tropicana; The ‘Wishing Tree’ club in enclosed in bark and then so, so much more .The reason Bestival continues...
A four day phantasmagoria situated on the Isle of Wight, Bestival is typified by world class music acts such as this year’s headliners ‘The Cure’, ‘Primal Scream’ and ‘Björk’; all the while wrapped in a warm electric bubble of vibrancy that is bigger than the music itself.
The inflatable church, erected to let you marry a beautiful stranger; the poky ‘polka’ dance tent; an all day roller disco; transcendental meditation in the ambient forest; the freestyle skating ramp; the Wi tent; Shisha by Bollywood, Club Tropicana; The ‘Wishing Tree’ club in enclosed in bark and then so, so much more .The reason Bestival continues...
- 9/13/2011
- by Jim Cross
- Obsessed with Film
Primal Scream have revealed plans to release a new album in 2012. The band's last studio record was 2008's Beautiful Future. They released Screamadelica Live! earlier this year. Singer Bobby Gillespie told NME: "We've recorded some new music, quite a lot of new music actually and written a lot of new music. But we've been touring this Screamadelica show for such a long time. "We'll continue working on [the new material] until the end of October (more)...
- 9/12/2011
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Primal Scream have been announced as the headliners of this year's Hogmany Concert in the Gardens in Edinburgh. The band will play Screamadelica in its entirety for the last time at the show in the run-up to midnight, and will open the New Year with a second, greatest hits set. Primal Scream have been touring their 1991 album since November 2010 and this year released the Screamadelica Live DVD and CD. Tickets for the Edinburgh Hogmany Concert in the Gardens and The Keilidh go on sale this Thursday, September 1 at 9am. Primal Scream frontman Bobby Gillespie (more)...
- 8/30/2011
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
One Day
Directed by Lone Scherfig
Written by David Nichols
Based on his book
2011, USA
Around the time of its release, Ricky wrote a wonderful column on Super 8 called “8 Reasons to Love or Hate Super 8“, instead of writing an official review for the film. Rick loved the film but he also thought there were significant flaws. He argued both sides for why he loved Super 8 and why another critic would justifiably hate the film. I have decided to do a similar thing with One Day, the latest film by Lone Scherfig and her first since 2009′s An Education, my favorite film of that year. I was greatly anticipating this film due to my love for An Education and despite the meh trailers, I still went in hopeful. I guess I have to acknowledge the ridiculousness of this column. One Day is a film that received mostly terrible...
Directed by Lone Scherfig
Written by David Nichols
Based on his book
2011, USA
Around the time of its release, Ricky wrote a wonderful column on Super 8 called “8 Reasons to Love or Hate Super 8“, instead of writing an official review for the film. Rick loved the film but he also thought there were significant flaws. He argued both sides for why he loved Super 8 and why another critic would justifiably hate the film. I have decided to do a similar thing with One Day, the latest film by Lone Scherfig and her first since 2009′s An Education, my favorite film of that year. I was greatly anticipating this film due to my love for An Education and despite the meh trailers, I still went in hopeful. I guess I have to acknowledge the ridiculousness of this column. One Day is a film that received mostly terrible...
- 8/29/2011
- by Josh Youngerman
- SoundOnSight
Css is a tricky band. As easily likeable for its punchy dance-rock as it is dismissible for its lyrical detachment, the Brazilian act does little to shift that acuity on the new La Liberación. The album opens warmly enough: “I Love You” is the cutesy Css from 2006’s Cansei De Ser Sexy, punctuated with noncommittal lines like “The rain is falling on my head / Bringing thoughts it never had / Like love and shit.” Following that, the dancehall-inflected “Hits Me Like A Rock” is a cushy out-the-gate hit (and first single) that makes good use of Primal Scream’s ...
- 8/23/2011
- avclub.com
Critics may be tripping over themselves thinking of new pejorative words to describe "One Day," but eternal optimists can at least look to the film's soundtrack for a glimmer of quality.
Adapted from David Nicholls' best-selling 2009 book of the same name, Lone Scherfig's romance follows Dexter (Jim Sturgess) and Emma (Anne Hathaway) over the course of 20 years, starting with the pair meeting as university students in 1988 and checking up on them every subsequent anniversary of the day they met.
You'd think following two people over two decades would necessitate a time-spanning soundtrack. But despite the inclusion of artists ranging from Primal Scream to Robbie Williams to Ronan Keating, the album focuses on mid-late 1990s productions, either from one-hit wonders (Black Grape, Corona) or artists primarily tied to that decade (Fatboy Slim).
Given that the film's protagonists are British, it's no surprise that much of the soundtrack comprises UK artists.
Adapted from David Nicholls' best-selling 2009 book of the same name, Lone Scherfig's romance follows Dexter (Jim Sturgess) and Emma (Anne Hathaway) over the course of 20 years, starting with the pair meeting as university students in 1988 and checking up on them every subsequent anniversary of the day they met.
You'd think following two people over two decades would necessitate a time-spanning soundtrack. But despite the inclusion of artists ranging from Primal Scream to Robbie Williams to Ronan Keating, the album focuses on mid-late 1990s productions, either from one-hit wonders (Black Grape, Corona) or artists primarily tied to that decade (Fatboy Slim).
Given that the film's protagonists are British, it's no surprise that much of the soundtrack comprises UK artists.
- 8/22/2011
- by Jason Newman
- NextMovie
Bestival organisers have confirmed that all of this year's tickets have now been sold. The festival is due to run between September 8 to September 11 at Robin Hill Country Park on the Isle Of Wight. The event will take place across 18 stages and play host to a number of acts including Bjork, Primal Scream and Pendulum. Other artists on the bill include Santigold, Beach Boys star Brian Wilson, (more)...
- 8/19/2011
- by By Lewis Corner
- Digital Spy
The One Day soundtrack. David Nicholls’ debut novel Starter For Ten was adapted into an uninspired rom com vehicle for James McAvoy back in 2006, before his third novel One Day became an enormous and ubiquitous best seller. Nicholls, a former actor who only found success when he turned to writing, is set for life now, having turned himself into a bona fide institution, the new go-to guy for populist comedic romances, like Nick Hornby without the dark honesty (and, therefore, the deeper relevance and credibility). Lone Scherfig, director of the Hornby scripted An Education, is the woman charged with turning this mainstream lit hit into cinema gold, though you suspect that unlike An Education this project is aimed more towards profitability than quality (hence Hollywood starlet Ann Hathaway taking the Carey Mulligan role).
The soundtrack combines an eclectic mix of emblematic British hits of a mostly pop-orientated style from (roughly...
The soundtrack combines an eclectic mix of emblematic British hits of a mostly pop-orientated style from (roughly...
- 8/15/2011
- by Chris Neilan
- Movie-moron.com
Director of Mysterious Skin and Kaboom is keeping indie pop alive by featuring new music and remixes by his favourite bands
This week sees the DVD release of two films from the singular talent of Gregg Araki: 1993's Totally Fucked Up and Kaboom, his most recent. It's always tempting to look for patterns and themes in a director's work, but in Araki's case, there's little that connects them all. The disenfranchised gay teens of Totally Fucked Up don't share much common ground with the silly stoners of his later comedy Smiley Face; and it's hard to reconcile the serious, subtle Mysterious Skin with the knockabout thrills of Splendor and Kaboom.
But for all the hallucinatory imagery, ambisexual cavorting, drug taking, violence and other shocking facets of Araki's work, there's one element that runs through them all: the music. When he says that "Kaboom is my most autobiographical and personal...
This week sees the DVD release of two films from the singular talent of Gregg Araki: 1993's Totally Fucked Up and Kaboom, his most recent. It's always tempting to look for patterns and themes in a director's work, but in Araki's case, there's little that connects them all. The disenfranchised gay teens of Totally Fucked Up don't share much common ground with the silly stoners of his later comedy Smiley Face; and it's hard to reconcile the serious, subtle Mysterious Skin with the knockabout thrills of Splendor and Kaboom.
But for all the hallucinatory imagery, ambisexual cavorting, drug taking, violence and other shocking facets of Araki's work, there's one element that runs through them all: the music. When he says that "Kaboom is my most autobiographical and personal...
- 8/5/2011
- by Phelim O'Neill
- The Guardian - Film News
Yes, this is a decades spanning love story set in Britain, so we're not surprised the forthcoming soundtrack to Lone Scherfig's "One Day" reflects that, but man, we definitely had a time warp/flashback when we saw James was on this thing. It has been a long time since we heard those guys. Anyway, spanning seventeen tracks--with four dedicated to Rachel Portman's score--the forthcoming soundtrack to the Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess vehicle is appropriately dated to a certain time and place. Tears For Fears ("Sowing The Seeds Of Love"! Total guilty pleasure), Black Grape (remember those dudes?), Primal Scream, Fatboy…...
- 8/1/2011
- The Playlist
Universal-Island Records has announced the soundtrack album for the upcoming romance One Day. The album features four tracks from the score by Oscar-winning composer Rachel Portman, as well as a number of songs from the movie by artists including Elvis Costello, Del Amitri, Tricky, Fatboy Slim, Primal Scream, Robbie Williams, Ronan Keating, Corona and Tears for Fears. The soundtrack will be released on August 23, 2011. Check back on this page for audio clips. One Day based on the bestselling novel by David Nicholls is directed by Lorne Scherfig and stars Anne Hathaway, Jim Sturgess and Patricia Clarkson. The movie is set to be released on August 19 by Focus Features. For more information on the film, visit the official movie website.
Here’s the album track list:
1. Sparkling Day – Elvis Costello
2. Roll To Me – Del Amitri
3. Aftermath – Tricky
4. Reverend Black Grape – Black Grape
5. Born Of Frustration – James
6. Rocks – Primal Scream
7. Praise You...
Here’s the album track list:
1. Sparkling Day – Elvis Costello
2. Roll To Me – Del Amitri
3. Aftermath – Tricky
4. Reverend Black Grape – Black Grape
5. Born Of Frustration – James
6. Rocks – Primal Scream
7. Praise You...
- 7/30/2011
- by filmmusicreporter
- Film Music Reporter
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- 7/14/2011
- by Michelle Wray
- Monsters and Critics
Kate Moss has reportedly closed off two Cotswold towns ahead of her wedding to Jamie Hince today. According to The Sun, all guests must present a special permit to gain access to the wedding venues. "Kate hopes closing the towns will ensure there's no unwanted intrusion on her big day," a source claimed. "Guests will have to flash permits to security who will be lining the roads leading into the town. Locals have also received permits so they can come and go as they please." The couple are marrying today at a church in the village of Southrop in front of 400 guests, including Primal Scream bassist Gary (more)...
- 7/1/2011
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Credit: Gil Kaufman, MTV News
Cincinnati – Always about as subtle as a flaming, spiked sledgehammer to the sternum, Mötley Crüe mince no words with the title of their current summer tour: "30 Years of Crüe … F**k You."
And because I somehow missed out on seeing the band in their heyday, I felt it was my duty to celebrate three decades of decadence with the boys on Sunday night at the packed Riverbend Amphitheater, because, well, you never know.
Though I didn't pack a handy flask of Jim Beam in the boot of my jeans to bust out at just the right moment (that would be during "Dr. Feelgood," Fyi) and I was not sporting a full back tat of the Shout at the Devil album cover (I spotted three, in addition to countless massive Theatre of Pain inkings), I dutifully took my place among the masses tossing up the horns for 90 minutes of pyro-fueled mayhem.
Cincinnati – Always about as subtle as a flaming, spiked sledgehammer to the sternum, Mötley Crüe mince no words with the title of their current summer tour: "30 Years of Crüe … F**k You."
And because I somehow missed out on seeing the band in their heyday, I felt it was my duty to celebrate three decades of decadence with the boys on Sunday night at the packed Riverbend Amphitheater, because, well, you never know.
Though I didn't pack a handy flask of Jim Beam in the boot of my jeans to bust out at just the right moment (that would be during "Dr. Feelgood," Fyi) and I was not sporting a full back tat of the Shout at the Devil album cover (I spotted three, in addition to countless massive Theatre of Pain inkings), I dutifully took my place among the masses tossing up the horns for 90 minutes of pyro-fueled mayhem.
- 6/27/2011
- by Gil Kaufman
- MTV Newsroom
It’s been a few years since we’ve heard from Css, a group whose fast paced electro-rock is often irresistible—especially on the dance floor. But the Brazilian outfit has recently broken their silence by releasing a new single, “Hits Me Like a Rock,” off their upcoming album La Liberación, which is scheduled to hit shelves Aug. 29. The track features guest vocals from Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie and doesn’t skimp on the energy....
- 6/21/2011
- Pastemagazine.com
1996: Number 30 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance music
Being live, collective and usually drug-enhanced, the "rave" experience has never been easy to replicate on film. But wherever there's a ramshackle youth movement, there's a clueless cash-in and, as with 60s psychedelia, Hollywood got it entertainingly wrong more often than it got it right (two words: Matrix Reloaded). Two exceptions were Doug Liman's Go (featuring Katie Holmes, Sarah Polley and Scott Wolf), which had fun with the La warehouse party scene, and Blade, whose great bloody opening (to the Pump Panel Reconstruction Mix of New Order's Confusion, trackspotters) was the last word in clubbing exclusivity. For once, the Brits knew best.
Danny Boyle's Trainspotting was ostensibly the first rave generation film, in attitude at least, though apart from Underworld's Born Slippy, the soundtrack was pretty rock-based. Instead, prime contender for...
Being live, collective and usually drug-enhanced, the "rave" experience has never been easy to replicate on film. But wherever there's a ramshackle youth movement, there's a clueless cash-in and, as with 60s psychedelia, Hollywood got it entertainingly wrong more often than it got it right (two words: Matrix Reloaded). Two exceptions were Doug Liman's Go (featuring Katie Holmes, Sarah Polley and Scott Wolf), which had fun with the La warehouse party scene, and Blade, whose great bloody opening (to the Pump Panel Reconstruction Mix of New Order's Confusion, trackspotters) was the last word in clubbing exclusivity. For once, the Brits knew best.
Danny Boyle's Trainspotting was ostensibly the first rave generation film, in attitude at least, though apart from Underworld's Born Slippy, the soundtrack was pretty rock-based. Instead, prime contender for...
- 6/14/2011
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
The MTV Movie Awards could add a category for Best Soundtrack, but for a show that hands out golden popcorn trophies for Best Scared-As-s**t Performance and Biggest Badass Star, well, that would be so conventional.
That's not to say that a number of the movies being honored on this Sunday night's show didn't have seriously kick-ass soundtracks. Here's a breakdown of some of our favorites among the nominees.
"The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" (Best Movie): The folks behind the "Twilight" franchise have had few missteps in translating the vampire drama to the big screen. One of their biggest successes is in curating killer companion albums and the "Eclipse" lineup is no exception. With strong tracks from Muse, the Bravery, Black Keys, Band of Horses and Cee Lo Green, "Eclipse" is another eclectic, surefire winner.
"The Social Network" (Best Movie): The Golden Globe and Academy Award-winning score by Nine Inch Nails...
That's not to say that a number of the movies being honored on this Sunday night's show didn't have seriously kick-ass soundtracks. Here's a breakdown of some of our favorites among the nominees.
"The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" (Best Movie): The folks behind the "Twilight" franchise have had few missteps in translating the vampire drama to the big screen. One of their biggest successes is in curating killer companion albums and the "Eclipse" lineup is no exception. With strong tracks from Muse, the Bravery, Black Keys, Band of Horses and Cee Lo Green, "Eclipse" is another eclectic, surefire winner.
"The Social Network" (Best Movie): The Golden Globe and Academy Award-winning score by Nine Inch Nails...
- 6/2/2011
- by Gil Kaufman
- MTV Newsroom
L'Age D'Or
DVD & Blu-ray, BFI
Spanish director Luis Buñuel's importance in the world of film-making is often overlooked, perhaps because he wasn't part of any handy film movement such as New Wave or neo-realism.
But he was part of an artistic movement, hanging out with surrealists such as Man Ray and Max Ernst. Oddly, this has left him between two stools: too artistic for cinema, too cinematic to be considered true art. This release contains two groundbreaking films Buñuel made some 80 years ago in collaboration with Salvador Dalí.
Their first, the notorious Un Chien Andalou, included here as an extra, has inspired everyone from David Lynch to David Bowie and Pixies. It's rich in imagery, from ants crawling out of a hand and rotting animals stuffed in pianos to the famous shot of a razor blade bisecting an eye. With sequences drawn from dreams rather than conscious imagination, the...
DVD & Blu-ray, BFI
Spanish director Luis Buñuel's importance in the world of film-making is often overlooked, perhaps because he wasn't part of any handy film movement such as New Wave or neo-realism.
But he was part of an artistic movement, hanging out with surrealists such as Man Ray and Max Ernst. Oddly, this has left him between two stools: too artistic for cinema, too cinematic to be considered true art. This release contains two groundbreaking films Buñuel made some 80 years ago in collaboration with Salvador Dalí.
Their first, the notorious Un Chien Andalou, included here as an extra, has inspired everyone from David Lynch to David Bowie and Pixies. It's rich in imagery, from ants crawling out of a hand and rotting animals stuffed in pianos to the famous shot of a razor blade bisecting an eye. With sequences drawn from dreams rather than conscious imagination, the...
- 5/27/2011
- by Phelim O'Neill, Richard Vine
- The Guardian - Film News
Css have unveiled the details of their third studio album. The follow-up to 2008's Donkey is titled La Liberación and is released on August 21, NME reports. It is preceded by the single 'Hits Me Like A Rock', featuring Primal Scream frontman Bobby Gillespie. The single will be available from August 15. Css frontwoman Lovefoxxx previously duetted with Gillespie on 'I Love to Hurt (You Love to Be Hurt)' on Primal Scream's last studio album (more)...
- 5/27/2011
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
As the lineups for all the big summer festivals get rounded out, which ones have you packing your wellies in anticipation, and which look so boring you won't even bother watching on the telly? All the UK festivals have their pluses and minuses and we've got a full round-up below before giving you the chance to vote for your favourite. Glastonbury
Where is it?: Worthy Farm, Pilton, Somerset
When is it?: June 22-26
Lineup highlights: U2, Coldplay, Beyoncé, Morrissey, Elbow, Primal Scream, The Chemical Brothers, DJ Shadow, The Streets, Rastamouse
Pros: It's massive! And very varied. There is absolutely something for everyone. No barriers between the campsite and music arenas gives a free, festival feeling.
Cons: It's massive! Bands you want to see will clash, and even if they don't it'll be at least a half-hour walk (more)...
Where is it?: Worthy Farm, Pilton, Somerset
When is it?: June 22-26
Lineup highlights: U2, Coldplay, Beyoncé, Morrissey, Elbow, Primal Scream, The Chemical Brothers, DJ Shadow, The Streets, Rastamouse
Pros: It's massive! And very varied. There is absolutely something for everyone. No barriers between the campsite and music arenas gives a free, festival feeling.
Cons: It's massive! Bands you want to see will clash, and even if they don't it'll be at least a half-hour walk (more)...
- 5/26/2011
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Primal Scream have announced the release of a live CD and DVD/Blu-ray from their ongoing 'Screamadelica' tour. Recorded at the band's show at London's Olympia last December, the package will be released on May 30 as Screamadelica Live!, NME reports. The CD features the band performing their 1991 album Screamadelica in its entirety, while the DVD also features a bonus live set of eight "rock" tracks. The tracklisting for Screamadelica Live! is as follows:
Screamadelica:
1. 'Movin' On Up'
2. 'Slip Inside This House'
3. 'Don't Fight It, Feel It'
4. 'Damaged'
5. 'I'm (more)...
Screamadelica:
1. 'Movin' On Up'
2. 'Slip Inside This House'
3. 'Don't Fight It, Feel It'
4. 'Damaged'
5. 'I'm (more)...
- 5/23/2011
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Primal Scream have been confirmed as the headline act for this year's Orange RockCorps concert in London. The 'Country Girl' band will play for 11,000 volunteers at Wembley Arena on July 12, alongside Jessie J and Eliza Doolittle. Fans can get tickets for the free concert by donating four hours of their time to help out community projects set up by communications provider Orange. "I'm pretty stoked. To get a band the size of Primal Scream to come out and inspire all our volunteers is incredible," said Stephen (more)...
- 5/18/2011
- by By Lewis Corner
- Digital Spy
Snoop Dogg and Primal Scream are among a handful of new acts confirmed for this summer's I Want My MTV Ibiza. The 'Sweat' rapper will kick off the summer-long collection of events with a headline slot at the opening party of I Want My MTV on July 1, while Primal Scream will perform a live show of their Screamadelica album as the closing party on September 2. Also added to the lineup is Swedish pop-starlet Robyn, who performed live with Deadmau5 at last year's MTV Video Music Awards. Further major acts will be added to the (more)...
- 5/10/2011
- by By Lewis Corner
- Digital Spy
There are all sorts of outdoor events to choose from this summer, be it gig, classical concert, film showing or theatre production
Film4 Summer Screen, London
From 27 July-7 August, the courtyard at Somerset House will host cinema evenings on an open-air screen with DJ sessions beforehand. Picnics are encouraged. The Big Blue and The Apartment are in the schedule.
Leeds Castle Open Air Classical Concert The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra plays an evening concert on 16 July in the castle gardens. The programme includes Verdi's Rigoletto, Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin and Elgar's Enigma Variations. Picnic tickets, £34.
Green Man festival, Wales This alt folk event attracts a laid-back crowd and decent acts, which include Fleet Foxes and Iron And Wine. From 19-21 August in Glanusk Park, Brecon Beacons.
Shakespeare's Globe, touring There's nothing worse than bad theatre, but you're in safe hands with the Globe. They're performing Hamlet around the country...
Film4 Summer Screen, London
From 27 July-7 August, the courtyard at Somerset House will host cinema evenings on an open-air screen with DJ sessions beforehand. Picnics are encouraged. The Big Blue and The Apartment are in the schedule.
Leeds Castle Open Air Classical Concert The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra plays an evening concert on 16 July in the castle gardens. The programme includes Verdi's Rigoletto, Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin and Elgar's Enigma Variations. Picnic tickets, £34.
Green Man festival, Wales This alt folk event attracts a laid-back crowd and decent acts, which include Fleet Foxes and Iron And Wine. From 19-21 August in Glanusk Park, Brecon Beacons.
Shakespeare's Globe, touring There's nothing worse than bad theatre, but you're in safe hands with the Globe. They're performing Hamlet around the country...
- 5/6/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
I Saw The Devil
DVD & Blu-ray, Optimum
It's no big surprise that most film industries rely, at least in part, on crime-related movies; they can be made at all different budget levels and are full of impactful, life-changing events for the characters.
What's interesting is how how each nation has their own enduring signature: we have our mockney gangsters; France tends to explore corruption in the law; Japan and Italy deal in epically large, organised criminal outfits. But it's South Korea that perhaps has the most interesting: the revenge thriller. While you'd think the genre would be all played out by now, I Saw The Devil shows the strength in many of the familiar moves by pushing them to extremes. A pregnant fiancé of a government agent becomes the latest victim of a particularly cold and gruesome serial killer (Oldboy's Choi Min-sik). The agent dedicates his life not only to...
DVD & Blu-ray, Optimum
It's no big surprise that most film industries rely, at least in part, on crime-related movies; they can be made at all different budget levels and are full of impactful, life-changing events for the characters.
What's interesting is how how each nation has their own enduring signature: we have our mockney gangsters; France tends to explore corruption in the law; Japan and Italy deal in epically large, organised criminal outfits. But it's South Korea that perhaps has the most interesting: the revenge thriller. While you'd think the genre would be all played out by now, I Saw The Devil shows the strength in many of the familiar moves by pushing them to extremes. A pregnant fiancé of a government agent becomes the latest victim of a particularly cold and gruesome serial killer (Oldboy's Choi Min-sik). The agent dedicates his life not only to...
- 5/6/2011
- by Phelim O'Neill
- The Guardian - Film News
Director: Danny O'Connor In my humble opinion, Creation Records is one of the most important record labels in the history of British rock music (alongside the likes of Rough Trade and Factory). Founded in 1983 by Alan McGee, Dick Green and Joe Foster, Creation's premiere release was the "'73 in '83" single by The Legend! for which Creation acquired a £1,000 bank loan to fund. Creation went on to release albums by countless seminal bands of the British indie scene, including: Oasis, My Bloody Valentine, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Pastels, Television Personalities, Primal Scream, The Loft, Super Furry Animals, Teenage Fanclub, Saint Etienne, The Boo Radleys, 3 Colours Red, Ride, Swervedriver, Slowdive, BMX Bandits, The House of Love, The Weather Prophets, Felt, The Telescopes, The Jazz Butcher, Momus, Sugar, and Teenage Filmstars. Creation's roster forever redefined music and -- according to Danny O'Connor's Upside Down: The Creation Records Story --...
- 4/23/2011
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
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