Despite the emergence of this new, artistically driven mode of filmmaking, before “The Third Man,” noirs still too often succumbed to the clichéd string arrangement scores of their predecessors.
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Songs, in no real order, to kick off your sandals to while dangling your feet out the window.
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When decoded, the songs from Third Eye Blind’s debut are so well crafted that references to literature, death and yes, even drugs, have past you by.
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Plates of Cake – Plates of Cake Let’s face it, Plates of Cake isn’t a great band name. Such things can be overlooked if the music is good and in this case, it is. The Brooklyn outfit produce music with a distinct 60’s feel while the lyrics have some Leonard Cohen flavour. At times the […]
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“As Tall As Cliffs” is a rootsy song that discusses the woes of lying.
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Its masterful melancholia, haunting noise-pop and perfect mix of sweet and somber makes it a modern classic.
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Does she regret the crime, or the prospect of doing the time? The narrative is unclear, and perhaps the ambiguity is deliberate.
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As you begin to wonder if Keith is beating the living hell out of a detuned guitar, another emerges right behind it filling out the sound and announcing its intent.
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We wouldn’t be Americans if we didn’t exercise our rights in the First Amendment, specifically with how we feel about the country. Top songs for the fourth of July.
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House of Wolves – Fold in the Wind Immediately affecting and softly devastating, Fold in the Wind is a pristine collection of songs created by Los Angeles musician Rey Villalobos. A certain dark elegance and sweet sadness defines the record but it’s never overly sentimental. It’s a warm melancholy that is given clarity with sparkling […]
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Morrison steps to the microphone, his mouth agape, and he tells the story of the final curtain for the Doors, L.A. Woman.
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“He” is Scott McCaughey, a mop-haired member of so many bands, David Letterman had to remark “you look familiar” when he appeared with rustic supergroup Tired Pony on that show last fall.
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