Reviews Search

Sons and Daughters

YouTube Video

Continue reading
13456 Hits

Animal Collective

YouTube Video

Continue reading
21750 Hits

Sightings

YouTube Video

Continue reading
12262 Hits

HiM and Mice Parade

YouTube Video

Continue reading
11998 Hits

The Album Leaf

YouTube Video

Continue reading
13307 Hits

Arab Strap

YouTube Video

Continue reading
13504 Hits

Papa M

YouTube Video

Continue reading
16626 Hits

Little Annie

YouTube Video

Continue reading
7619 Hits

Mono

YouTube Video

Continue reading
22100 Hits

Morr Music Winter Tour

YouTube Video

Continue reading
29746 Hits

Explosions In the Sky

YouTube Video

Continue reading
36616 Hits

The Triplets of Belleville


Released last year to limited distribution, this feature-length animated film is finally coming around to more theaters, thanks to some award nominations. Although it's considered a French film, with production in Belgium, Canada, and the Czech Republic, it screams of Montreal. Who else would openly admit to heavily soaking in the music/pop/art cultures of both the French and the Americans (re-performing the mmusic on various musical non-instruments) while blatently poking fun at each (without being completely degrading)? It's a semi-musical semi-surrealistic culture clash, with a linguistic mix of French and English, void of subtitles. (They're not necessary anyhow.) An old woman and her grandson live together in France, enjoy old Vaudville-like (from the fictitious Bellville) musical productions on the TV, have a cute dog, and the grandson is a bicyclist. But, during the Tour de France, something awful happens and it's up to the grandmother, dog, and the aging Triplets of Bellville to do something about it. The adventure is fun, the tunes are catchy (while almost completely nonsensical), and the animation is something to be enjoyed on the large screen. It's also a bit of a tribute to older cartoons in a few ways: most notably that old Looney Tunes cartoons weren't always just for kids and Disney films of yesteryear had both tragedy and a moral. The quirky animation and bouncy tunes are something most definitely to be experienced on the large screen as to be fully appreciated. (Don't leave during the credits since there's something afterwards too!) Due to its short length, animated shorts are appearing with it across the USA. For those as lucky as I was, the theater showed Destino, a short begun by Salvador Dali and completed recently, as Disney was originally planning to use some of the surrealistic adventures in a series of Fantasias, which were never completed. A number of famous Dali paintings come to life with a retro soundtrack which is absolutely out of this world. Once again, the big screen experience is truly breathtaking.
10013 Hits

Magnolia Electric Co.

YouTube Video

Continue reading
25437 Hits

Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings

YouTube Video

Continue reading
11917 Hits

A Northern Chorus

YouTube Video

Continue reading
12673 Hits

Edward Ka-spel, The Silverman, and Nicoletta

YouTube Video

Continue reading
18135 Hits

Numbers

YouTube Video

Continue reading
16681 Hits

The Ex

YouTube Video

Continue reading
12270 Hits

Mogwai

YouTube Video

Continue reading
16521 Hits

Wolf Eyes

YouTube Video

Continue reading
14051 Hits