Wednesday, April 7 2010
Mose Allison: The Way of the World
Blues/jazz icon returns with his first new disc in 12 years, a brilliant song cycle produced by Joe Henry.
Tuesday, April 6 2010
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings: I Learned the Hard Way
Those tough lessons have settled deep in Jones' voice; the hard rasp is sanded down some, the emotions subtler than on the previous record -- but perhaps more volatile in their restraint.
Yoijimbo & Sanjuro
Humor and irony evoke moral complexity in these classic films, now available in a truly stunning Blu-Ray transfer from Criterion.
Friday, April 2 2010
The Thorn in the Heart (L’épine dans le coeur)
The film watches mother and son looking back, their interconnected but also disparate processes made visible in interviews, home movies, and reenactments.
Black Tambourine: Black Tambourine
Black Tambourine's self-titled, appended reissue of their entire output is indispensable listening for anyone with even a passing interest in indie pop's past or current renaissance.
Thursday, April 1 2010
Autechre: Oversteps
Oversteps is nothing less than Autechre's latest masterpiece.
Tuesday, March 30 2010
Erykah Badu: New Amerykah, Part Two: Return of the Ankh
You may not want to fall in love with this 21st century siren, but chances are good that you will. That is, if you know what's good for ya.
Mad Men: Season Three
It's not for nothing that the bleak, animated intro shows a man in a suit falling from an office tower into a heap of broken images, only to wind up sitting comfortably, smoking, staring away from us into a blank nothingness.
The Ticking is the Bomb by Nick Flynn
Flynn’s obsessive nature may force his locomotive mind off the rails, but he dutifully and beautifully records what’s illuminated by the sparks.
Friday, March 26 2010
Hicksville
This is an angry little beauty of a book that becomes a meditation on the frustrations of artistic vision.
