#'90s Lo-fi Film Club

[haverwood]

Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club Lee Hyuk-rae South Korea, 2023 ★★★

[refreshdaemon]

Ooh, a documentary about the cadre of young filmmakers of which Bong Joon-ho was a part? I might have to re-subscribe to Netflix for this.

[oswlld]

oswlld's monthly wrap up: april

note: i am trying something a bit different this year, so bear with me as i figure out how i want to format this. i wanted to spend more time sharing what i consume, beyond what i rb, and put my thoughts in one place. these posts are okay to rb

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This Is How You Lose the Time War, Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone [started 04/04, finished 04/09] *drags my hands down my face until the end of time* I want to meet you in every place I ever loved. I want to meet you in every place I ever loved. I want to meet you in every place I ever loved. I want to meet you in every place I ever loved. I want to meet you in every place I ever loved. I WANT TO MEET YOU!!!! IN EVERY PLACE I EVER LOVED!!!!!!!!!!!!! 4.75⭐️ in storygraph. — Hamnet, Maggie O’Farrell [started 04/12, in prog] I am about 100 pages in and still not sure if I want to keep going or DNF it. idk what isn’t sticking because the writing is beautiful and the pacing is great. And I do care about the characters, I really do. I love the way the author borrows from future grief, it’s what I am enjoying most about this read so far. Maybe I’ll give it 50 more pages and see if it finally sticks.

23.5 Degrees, GMMTV [started: 03/08, ongoing] As mentioned, I am caught up on eps 3-8. I’ll likely not be able to watch it live in may but I will be keeping up with the series til the end. It’s so lighthearted and charming! Not sure how they managed this, but I am constantly surprised by the character group dynamics. It’s def due to the great chemistry everyone has with literally everyone. I need NEED to discuss the score of this show because it’s IMMACULATE. The celestial themes, from the props all the way down to the music, is so rich. I’m so excited to see how this story unravels. — Devil’s Plan [started: 04/23, ongoing] This is a bestie pick, a show my best friend chose to have us watch on our facetime calls. We are 1.5 eps in and it’s a grower. The first game is hella complex and we’re slowly picking up on what’s happening. The people on this show are incredibly intelligent, so I feel like I have to work extra hard to keep up. It does feel rewarding, I’m hooked.

Oppenheimer, Peacock [watched on 04/05] I am a self-proclaimed Nolan girlie, I’ll admit it. I do enjoy his work and the many ways he translates time into film. When I wrote this, it had been a few days since I watched it and I still think abt the little moments that blew me away. Moments like the accentuated dust particles, how the coloring of the movie can be an unreliable narrator, and the utilization of a crowded hall stomping their feet to create tension. The last eight minutes still haunts me. I find more value in the technical side of film, but I will give credit when credit is due: every award Cillian Murphy got this season was so well earned. He carried all three hours of that film with such powerful quietude. And lastly, my heart now belongs to Jennifer Lame. Upon seeing her accept the award for Best Film Editing for Oppenheimer, I have come to learn that she also edited Tenet. HER MIND!!! She has such a bright future ahead of her, to be up there with the minds of Thelma Schoonmaker and Anne V Coates. — Yellow Door: ’90s Lo-Fi Film Club [watched on 04/14] This film needs to be studied in film school. It’s incredibly meta in some ways, having renown directors be the subjects, talking about their passion for film. The production being so stylized and the editing feels very reminiscent of Our Beloved Summer, with the way the found footage and the aspect ratios are intertwined with current day quality shots. This film will hit everyone right in the millennial. A true surprise for me is discovering that Bong Joon Ho and I are more alike that I had originally thought. The way he speaks in casual conversation and his story of setting strict rules for their film collection had me hollering because SAME. The most jessi thing he recounted was how all the VHS tapes were labelled. Yellow Door is somehow the opposite of the "doesn’t take itself too seriously" mentality; it’s actually so great that they made the film like that. By fully immersing us with gorgeous cinematography, cheeky editing sequences, and lush music to tug at your heartstrings, it bewitches you into loving film as much as they did. And still do.

Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé [relisten] I’ve given this several good cycles to confirm my first impressions: it’s def one of her most cohesive albums to date and still stands as a spectacular album. This passion project of hers takes such great care and attention to the voices she amplifies. I can feel the hunger, the innate need for her to make this album. If you haven’t heard how this album came to be, I insist you take the time to educate yourselves. It makes the listening experience so much more empowering. Good for her… GOOD. FOR. HER!! Current favs: Ameriican Requiem, 16 Carriages, Bodyguard, Jolene, Spaghettii, Ya Ya, Desert Eagle, II Hands II Heaven, and Sweet/Honey/Buckin’. — Older, Lizzy McAlpine [first time listening] Coming off the heels of my Five Seconds Flat hyperfixation last year, I haphazardly went into Older hoping its a natural progression in production value. I was shocked that it turned out to be a completely different sound. I soon learned that she actually didn’t really like how Five Seconds Flat was produced because it didn’t feel true to her as an artist. Tbh I was feeling a little lost after the first listen but after digesting this new info, I went back into it and appreciated it a lot more. In fact, the third listen was when I realized that it gave off the same energy as Laufey. I’m excited to listen to it again soon. — Stick Season: Forever, Noah Kahan [first time listening] Having stumbled on all the collabs on Alexa earlier this year, Forever was the only new song for me from his latest release. I’m OBSESSED with this song!!!! The way his voice carries the entire weight of every hurt inside me and just takes it away. Something healed in me. I play it in the car every time I leave the house. I cry in the car every time I leave the house. — The Tortured Poets Department, Taylor Swift [first time listening, standard vinyl ed.] I am going to get this out of the way and say that this album is great. Just great. I understand more than ever why she felt the need to make this album. Having only listened to the standard version a couple times and the anthology twice through, I sit here in this kind of… discomfort. And I’m kind of okay with that feeling. But… it pains me that I can’t share this album with some people in my life and it’s largely due to how she depicts her struggles with people with mental illness/addiction. It’s one, if not the biggest, strike I have against this album and by extension, her. Songs cycling in my head: Down Bad, So Long London, Guilty as Sin?, Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?, loml, imgonnagetyouback, Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus, How Did It End?, I Look in People’s Windows, The Prophecy, Peter, and The Manuscript.

EXPO Chicago [attended 04/13] Yes, I am doxxing myself a bit if you didn’t already know. During college, I used to attend EXPO yearly and occasionally went back long after I finished school. I haven’t attended in a long time, so I made it my goal to attend this year. And I had a blast! My mother tagged along and she’s not one to attend shows like this or art museums in general. It was a beautiful day trip to the city and it was nice to have her company. She mostly trailed behind and took pics of me as I floated around the exhibition hall. I have 50+ artists I tracked on my phone to actively research in my spare time. I sat in on one of the panel talks (ON COLOR), discussing color theory in today’s bipoc landscape. I took so much away from that conversation, it was very charged. I'm kinda obsessed with Alteronce Gumby, I need to do an artist deepdive on his work. — Coachella [watched from 04/12 to 04/14] I work for a big tech company and one of the biggest events to be on standby for is Coachella. I had to be on call for Friday and was backup support for Sunday lineups. Thus, Saturday was the only day I could sit back and relax while watching. My first time lineups included: Hatsune Miku, Peso Pluma, Late Night Drive Home, Jon Batiste, Ateez, le Sserafim, Purple Disco Machine, Bleachers, No Doubt, 88rising Futures, and Latin Mafia. Of all of the performances, I want to take a full deep dive into Ateez and Peso Pluma’s discography in the near future.

[tvrundownusa]

tvrundown USA 2023.10.27

Friday, October 27th:

(exclusive): LEGO Marvel Avengers (dsn+, "Code Red" special), South Park: "Joining the Panderverse" (Para+, special), Tore (netflix, Swedish dramedy, all 6 eps), "Yosi, the Regretful spy" (amazon, season 2 available, all 8 eps), Shoresy (hulu, Letterkenny spinoff, season 2 available, all 6 eps), Curses! (apple+, animated spooky adventure comedy, all 10 eps), "The Enfield Poltergeist" (apple+, paranormal docuseries, all 4 parts)

(movies): "The Caregiver" (TUBI, crime thriller, ~100mins), "When Evil Lurks" (Shudder|AMC+, Spanish horror, 100mins), "Sister Death" (netflix, Spanish horror, 90mins), "Pain Hustlers" (netflix, true-crime pharma drama, ~2hrs), "Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club" (netflix, documentary, ~85mins), "Five Nights at Freddy's" (Peacock, feature based on video game), "The Girl Who Killed Her Parents - The Confession" (amazon, Brazil true-crime sequel, ~100mins)

(streaming weekly): Gen V (amazon, penultimate), Upload (amazon, next 2 eps), Bosch: Legacy (freevee, next 2 eps), Lessons in Chemistry (apple+), Still Up (apple+, season 1 finale), Fellow Travelers (Para+SHO, series premiere), The Great British Baking Show (netflix), Goosebumps (dsn+|hulu), Undead Unluck (hulu)

(also new): "Christmas by Design" (HALL, original movie, 2hrs)

(hour 1): Penn & Teller: Fool Us (theCW, season 10 opener, new host), Power Book IV: Force (Starz, preempted), Shark Tank (ABC)

(hour 2): Fboy Island (theCW, repeat, new night), Shining Vale (Starz), Raid the Cage (CBS), "Rebuilding Black Wall Street" (OWN, part 5 of 6)

(hour 3): Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO), Creepshow (AMC, ~70mins)

[note: Masters of Illusion (theCW), World's Funniest Animals (theCW), these season openers have been moved to an unknown future.]

[ridethepunkhorse]

Yellow Door: ’90s Lo-fi Film Club (Lee Hyuk-rae, South Korea, 2023)

[quoththemaven]

2023 Favoritest True Stories

Good documentarian viewings, shared in a particular order (the order in which I watched them):

Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street

Eat the Rich: The GameStop Saga

Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence 

Low Country: The Murdaugh Dynasty

Boom! Boom! The World vs Boris Becker

Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

Love to Love You, Donna Summer

The American Gladiators Documentary

Natalia

Burden of Proof

Duggars

Angel City

Wham!

Project Greenlight

Stephen Curry: Underrated

Glitch: The Rise and Fall of HQ Trivia

Last Call: When a Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York

Telemarketers 

The YouTube Effect

Wanted: The Escape of Carlos Ghosn

The Big Conn

Savior Complex

Missing: The Lucie Blackman Case

Last Stop Larrimah: Murder Down Under

Yellow Door: ’90s Lo-fi Film Club

The Pigeon Tunnel

aka Mr. Chow

Beckham

Till Murder Do Us Part: Soering vs Haysom

Albert Brooks: Defending My Life

The Greatest Show Never Made

American Symphony

The Great Heisman Race of 1997

20 Days in Mariupol

Bobi Wine: The People’s President

To Kill a Tiger

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'Yellow Door': El cine coreano de los 90 en Netflix

En el documental “Yellow Door” descubrirás el conmovedor viaje de la pasión cinéfila en Corea del Sur y el surgimiento de Bong Joon Ho. Sumérgete en una oda nostálgica al cine coreano de los años 90 con “Yellow Door: ’90s Lo-fi Film Club,” un documental íntimo disponible en Netflix. Este conmovedor viaje cinematográfico nos lleva a una época dorada de cinéfilos apasionados en Corea del Sur,…

[lostinmac]

Yellow Door: ‘90s Lo-fi Film Club

Dir. Lee Hyuk-rae

[laresearchette]

This Video Not Available in Your Country: Friday Canadian Lineup (Times Eastern):

WHERE CAN I FIND THOSE PREMIERES?: CURSES! (Apple TV+) THE ENFIELD POLTERGEIST (Apple TV+) SOUTH PARK: JOINING THE PANDERVERSE (Paramount +) CHRISTMAS BY DESIGN (W Network) 9:00pm

WHAT IS NOT PREMIERING IN CANADA TONIGHT? MASTERS OF ILLUSION (CW Feed) PENN & TELLER: FOOL US (CW Feed) WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMALS (CW Feed)

NEW TO AMAZON PRIME CANADA/CBC GEM/CRAVE TV/DISNEY + STAR/NETFLIX CANADA:

AMAZON PRIME CANADA IOSI, EL ESPIA ARREPENTIDO (Season 2) THE YELLOW DUCK KAMSI MENINO, MENINA, CONFISSAO ASPIRANTS (Seasons: 1-2)

CBC GEM BLOODTHIRSTY GRAND PRIX OF FIGURE SKATING: SKATE CANADA INTERNATIONAL JAMIE: EASY MEALS FOR EVERY DAY

CRAVE TV GODFATHER OF HARLEM (Season 1-2) RUN THIS TOWN SCOOBY-DOO! AND THE LEGEND OF THE VAMPIRE SCOOBY-DOO! IN WHERE’S MY MUMMY

DISNEY + STAR LEGO MARVEL AVENGERS: CODE RED TRAP JAZZ

NETFLIX CANADA PAIN HUSTLERS SISTER DEATH TORE YELLOW DOOR: 90S LO-FI FILM CLUB

MEN’S RUGBY WORLD CUP (TSN4) 3:00pm: Bronze Final - Argentina vs. England

NHL HOCKEY (SN1) 7:00pm: Sabres vs. Devils (SN1) 10:00pm: Blues vs. Canucks

NBA BASKETBALL (SN Now) 7:30pm: Heat vs. Celtics (TSN4/TSN5) 8:00pm: Raptors vs. Bulls (SN Now) 10:00pm: Warriors vs. Kings

MIDNIGHT MASQUERADE (Super Channel Heart & Home) 7:30pm: Elyse, a rich heiress, meets Rob, a bullied lawyer, and the two fall in love during a costume ball. When he learns his firm's owner plans to steal Elyse's fortune, Rob has to find the courage to stand up to his intimidating boss.

MLB BASEBALL (SN) 8:00pm: World Series: Diamondbacks vs. Rangers - Game #1

MARKETPLACE (CBC) 8:00pm: Investigating the sustainability claims of some of fashion's biggest brands and revealing why some clothing is far from the "green" solution that has been sold.

THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF JERSEY (Slice) 8:00pm: Fake Orgasm Addicts

PLANET WONDER (CBC) 8:30pm: Exploring how climate change is affecting the intensity of snow storms, flood risks and drinking water availability.

FRIDAY NIGHT THUNDER (APTN) 8:30pm: Derek Miller revisits his past in a tearful meeting with the mother of his childhood best friend, Ricky, who died tragically in a motocross accident when they were teenagers.

CFL FOOTBALL (TSN/TSN3) 9:00pm: Blue Bombers vs. Stamps

THE FIFTH ESTATE (CBC) 9:00pm: An icon's claims to Indigenous ancestry are being called into question by family members and an investigation that included genealogical documentation, historical research and personal accounts.

TRANSPLANT (CTV) 9:00pm: Decisions are made about the future of the emergency department.

HOOKING UP (Crave) 9:00pm: A cynical writer and a hopeless romantic hit the road for a cross-country trip.

W5 (CTV) 10:00pm: The War Heroes; The Sound of Learning: A would-be bank robber explodes and remains unidentified for decades.

CRIME BEAT (Global) 10:00pm: In an Instant: The Neville-Lake Tragedy: Neville-Lakes' three children were killed by a drunk driver, Marco Muzzo, in a crash in Vaughan back in 2015; the driver, the son of a wealthy family, was sentenced to ten years in jail but is now out on parole while the mother is left grieving.

SCAVENGERS REIGN (adult swim) 12:00am/12:30am (SERIES PREMIERE) Crash survivors Sam and Ursula use their technological know-how to attempt to locate their missing ship. In Episode Two, Levi and Azi scramble to find shelter; Kamen joins a pack of psychic creatures.

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Antonio Velardo shares: ‘Yellow Door: ’90s Lo-Fi Film Club’ Review: Cinema Education by Brandon Yu

By Brandon Yu This documentary is both a look at a small, obsessive film club that formed in the early ’90s in South Korea and an origin story of the director Bong Joon Ho, who was in the group. Published: October 26, 2023 at 07:00AM from NYT Movies https://ift.tt/kAtKGRn via IFTTT

[bionic-penis]

Yap

Sasha Springsteen

21 y/o ▪︎ he/they ▪︎ bi/queer

》 he's a spiderverse oc but he's reached such catastrophic levels that I'm convinced I created the concept of spiderman

》 his universe is based on slasher films. Think 1980s, Friday the 13th, etc. If he had an animation style it'd be rlly lo-fi and dark

》 he was born October 13th. It's a Friday the 13th ref as well as a ref to Halloween (31 backwards it's very surface lvl)

》 he's closeted both as trans and as bi/queer. He goes by Sasha cuz it's unisex. His pronouns are 90% "he/him" n 10% "they/them"

》 He graduated high school with honors despite being a difficult student. He had plans of going to college and getting an art degree

》 That obviously did not happen. He had to take over being the sole provider for his family after his mom got laid off due to a work related injury

》 he works in construction during the day and as a line cook in a diner at night. He likes the physicality of construction but he has more friends at the diner

》 he lives in a small two bedroom apartment with his mom and older sibling.

》 he's 6 ft. His blood type is A-. He's right-handed.

》 he's a textile/fiber artist ! But he draws. This is what his style looks like

》 he's based off a wolf spider. As such, he cannot swing from webs like regular spider folk n instead runs. This does mean that his enemies can just hop up a building and escape but it also means he's a tank

》 he really doesn't have to worry abt that tho bc he normally just kills regular humans (his ass is NOT a hero). He did get clipped by a chainsaw once tho

》 one of his enemies is his junior from high school and he only found out AFTER he'd tossed her around (and gave her a major concussion). They got along well because she looked up to him and he joined the art club she started. She's supposed to be his Green Goblin

》 his doc ock is also his venom. His name is Father Alfred Octavious and his symbiote is named Slaughter. Obviously they're gay. At first Octavious just wants to kill Sasha but eventually decides he wants to save them.

》 his enemies are based off of horror movie tropes and genres. GG is based on the monstrous menstruation trope. Octavious is based around religious horror, specifically The Conjuring. Slaughter is based around extraterrestrial horror and Alien.

》 I also think it's fun that Slaughter being hosted by someone "changes" their genre a bit. For example when Sasha becomes Slaughters host, they become a monster from "elevated" horror (think Moder from The Ritual).

》 his MJ is actually PB ! Her name is Pamela Barrymore but she goes by Phoebe or Pammy (if she likes you enough). She works w Sasha at the diner and doesn't know he's Spiderslasher. She views Sasha as a good friend, but has a major crush on Spiderslasher

》 part of it is she feels obligated to like SpSl bc he's always so kind to her and is CLEARLY flirting (Sasha is nice to her because she's his best friend)

》 he doesn't have a "normal" smile. His genuinely happy face is a grimace. He only smiles when he's angry (an animal bearing its teeth). He's very self conscious abt it

》 he's pretty deadpan and monotone in general. Probably akin to a flat affect

》 alleged cannibal

listen u know ur cooked when u develop a whole art style and handwriting for ur lil guy. you cant go back to being normal after that

[newsintheshell]

ANIME RECAP: per decreto dell'Imperatore, tutte le news disperse si radunino in questo post!

Questa settimana ho raccolto per voi altre 10 novità.

Nella tetra oscurità di questo piovoso sabato sera ci sono solo trailer, più un aggiornamento che sa di annuncio. Disney, Crunchyroll e gli editori giapponesi potranno anche bombardarmi a tappeto tutta la settimana con news di ogni tipo, ma il sacro ANIME RECAP è un bastione inespugnabile!

Auguro a tutti un buon weekend e ora, se volete scusarmi, torno su Darktide a far scoppiare teste con il mio Psyker.

🔶🔸KIMI NO IRO

Ve ne avevo già parlato nell'ANIME RECAP di qualche settimana fa, ma oggi c'è stato il reveal ufficiale: il nuovo film diretto da Naoko Yamada (K-On!, Tamako Market, Liz e l’uccellino azzurro, La forma della voce, Heike monogatari) debutterà nelle sale giapponesi nell'autunno 2023.  

La storia è incentrata su Totsuko, una liceale che può vedere i "colori" delle emozioni nel cuore delle persone. Pur di evitare che i suoi amici e la sua famiglia provino sentimenti oscuri, fa di tutto per appianare le situazioni, anche mentire. Il caso la porterà a formare una piccola band, assieme ad una ragazza che emana dei colori incredibili e un ragazzo appassionato di musica.

Nato da un'idea originale della regista, il lungometraggio è sceneggiato da Reiko Yoshida (Ride Your Wave, Violet Evergarden) e in produzione presso lo studio SCIENCE SARU (Inu-Oh, The Tatami Time Machine Blues).

🔶🔸TRIGUN STAMPEDE

Online il main trailer per l’attesa nuova serie animata tratta dal celebre manga di Yasuhiro Nightow (Blood Blockade Battlefront), che potremo seguire su Crunchyroll, a partire dal  7 gennaio 2023.

Realizzato in computer grafica presso ORANGE (Land of the Lustrous, Beastars), questo nuovo adattamento, in chiave moderna e finalmente completo, dell’iconico western sci-fi anni ‘90, è diretto da Kenji Muto (direttore d’episodio in Land of the Lustrous e in Garo: Honoo no Kokuin).

🔶🔸FARMING LIFE IN ANOTHER WORLD

Secondo l'anime logic, curare un tuo orto non ti rifornisce solo di ottimi ortaggi, ma anche di graziose waifu.

Tutto confermato nel primo trailer dell’harem fantasy slice of life tratto dalla light novel di Kinosuke Naito. Che bella vita che fanno i protagonisti degli isekai!

La serie andrà in onda dal 6 gennaio 2023 ed è diretta da Ryoichi Kuraya (Tsugumomo) presso lo studio ZERO-G (Science Fell in Love So I Tried to Prove It).

🔶🔸APPARENTLY, DISILLUSIONED ADVENTURERS WILL SAVE THE WORLD

Locandina e nuovo trailer per l’avventura fantasy (sì, non è un iseaki!) con protagonista il party di reietti creato da Shinta Fuji. La trasposizione televisiva della light novel inizierà ad andare in onda dal 10 gennaio.

 La regia e la sceneggiatura sono in mano a Itsuki Imazaki (Hensuki, Ai-Mai-Mi Surgical Friends), che sta supervisionando i lavori in corso presso gli studi GEEK TOYS (Date A Live IV, Hensuki) e SEVEN (Hensuki, Peter Grill and the Philosopher’s Time: Super Extra).

🔶🔸REBORN TO MASTER THE BLADE

Secondo trailer anche per l'action fantasy, dal twist gender bender, che sbarcherà dal 9 gennaio in simulcast su Crunchyroll.

L’adattamento della light novel di Hayaken è in lavorazione presso STUDIO COMET (Fairy Ranmaru, Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE!) e alla regia troviamo Naoyuki Kuzuya (Bikini Warriors),

🔶🔸 KIZUNA NO ALLELE

L'anime di Kizuna Ai si mostra finalmente in un primo trailer, che ne fissa il debutto per il 2023. Al contrario di quanto si pensasse all'inizio, la serie non avrà come protagonista la celebre V-tuber, ma piuttosto delle inedite virtual artist in erba, che da lei prendono la loro ispirazione.

La serie è prodotta in collaborazione da SIGNAL.MD (Platinum End) e WIT STUDIO (Ranking of Kings). La regia e la sceneggiatura sono affidate, rispettivamente, a Kenichiro Komaya e Deko Akao (When Will Ayumu Make His Move?).

🔶🔸 SAINT SEIYA: KNIGHTS OF THE ZODIAC

Al tempo, la visione di "Dragonball Evolution" mi ha traumatizzato talmente tanto, che ho guardato questo primo trailer dell'adattamento live action dell'iconica saga di Masami Kurumada con gli occhi mezzi coperti.

Il debutto è programmato ancora per un generico 2023 e già si parla, potenzialmente, della realizzazione di sei film. A quanto pare, di questi tempi i produttori sono ingenuamente ottimisti.

Questa prima pellicola è diretta da Tomasz Baginski (che finora si è occupato solo di cortometraggi e della produzione della serie Netflix di The Witcher) e sceneggiata da Kiel Murray (Raya e l'ultimo drago), Josh Campbell (10 Cloverfield Lane) e Matt Stuecken (Notorious Nick).

🔶🔸 LUPIN ZERO

Ecco il trailer della nuova miniserie dedicata ai fan più irriducibili del mitico ladro gentiluomo creato dal compianto Monkey Punch.

I 6 episodi usciranno in streaming il 16 dicembre (sfortunatamente pare siano capitati nelle manacce di HIDIVE, ma vedremo) e ci porteranno nella Tokyo degli anni ‘60, da un giovanissimo Arsenio Lupin III.

Questo ennesimo capitolo del franchise vede cimentarsi alla regia il debuttante Daisuke Sako, mentre la sceneggiatura è a cura di Ichiro Okouchi (Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, Lupin III - Ritorno alle origini).

🔶🔸 DETECTIVE CONAN: KUROGANE NO SUBMARINE

Primo breve trailer anche per il consueto nuovo film annuale del franchise, con protagonista il piccolo grande detective di Gosho Aoyama.

La 26a pellicola della saga, diretta eccezionalmente da Yuzuru Tachikawa (Mob Psycho 100, Death Parade), uscirà in Giappone il 14 aprile 2023.

🔶🔸ZAN

Questo progetto era caduto talmente nell'oblio che ne avevo solo l'ombra di un ricordo. Vi porto indietro di qualche anno: nel 2010 si era parlato di un film d'animazione, diretto nientemeno che da Yoshitaka Amano (Final fantasy, Vampire Hunter D, Exception). Come avrete già capito, poi non se n'è fatto nulla.

Il 2022 è agli sgoccioli e il progetto è stato resuscitato, stavolta sottoforma di serie animata, sempre ispirata alla collezione DEVA ZAN del celebre artista.

Il protagonista della storia è un samurai logorato da una vita in costante guerra, in un epoca Edo ormai al tramonto. Un giorno, una misteriosa voce di donna lo guida verso un altro mondo, oltre lo spazio e il tempo, dove si imbatterà in novi nemici e verità dimenticate.

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Autore: SilenziO)))

blogger // anime enthusiast // twitch addict // unorthodox blackster - synthwave lover // penniless gamer

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2020

2020

The Chats - The Clap

Easy-peasy punk rock album 

Loving - If I am only my thoughts

Charming sun-dappled folk-pop, clean, gentle melodies

Steve Spacek - Houses 

iPhone/iPad recorded, latino and jazz accented dance/house beats

Ghali - DNA 

Total Flop and failed expectations. Mishmash of bland and frivolous lyrics and arrangements.

King Krule - Man Alive!

Alienating, violent, romantic, anguishing, doomed, noir / jazz, post-punk, soul, dubstep, electronic, garage rock, hip-hop

Justin Bieber - Changes

Disappointing comeback - boring r&b with zero sex appeal and cheesy lyrics and all-the-same songs

Guided by voices - Surrender your poppy field

Unusual time signatures, song lengths, and baroque-prog structures - mature rock and sometimes pixie / 80s dreamy

Corrections - Simply Activities

80s new wave and post punk nostalgia - cheesy vocals at times - first half more solid than second

Swim Mountain- If

A lovely mix of indie and funktronica, synth pop, r&b

Caribou - Suddenly

Sly and sofishticated sound design flits between uk garage disco and more - some tracks way less strong than others

Grimes - Miss Anthropocene 

Mix “Ethereal nu metal”, ambient, dance, electronic, drum’n’bass, country - is violent and dark but sexy, delicate and dreamy

Porridge Radio - Every Bad 

A dissonant lush indie rock sometimes dreamy sometimes dark and ironic with mantra-litany dusky lyrics from peaceful to desperate

Four Tet - Sixteen oceans

Wind instruments, synths and drum patterns gradually fade to calming ambient sounds, intense and meditative but also danceable and powerful

Kamaiyah - Got it made

Short, stripped-down, bubbling keyboards and drum-machine handclaps. NO current rap trends. windows-down bass-rattle record of one person’s confidence in her own sound and charisma

Poolside - Low season

Funk percussions, retro synths, pop and disco influences + indie vocals

Morioh Sonder - Is this psychedelia?

Surf pop and psych rock, dreamy post punk influences, danceable and whimsical 

KEYAH/BLU - Sorry, I forgot you were coming 

Perfect blend of rap, rnb, experimental pop, dark rhythms textured electronics, intimate tales 

TOPS - I feel alive

Pop, radiant and 80s romantic with a contemporary experimental palette

The Chats - High risk behaviour 

Classic old-school pure punk / cheerily undemanding fun

NIN - Ghosts V: Together

Buzzy ambient, melodic hooks, emotional palette of sounds 

NIN - Ghosts VI: Locusts

Together’s opposite, anxiety-inducing, despairing horns, breathing and devouring sounds.

Roger and Brian Eno - Mixing Colours

Feels like a balm for these anxious times

Fiona Apple - Fetch the bolt cutters

Handclaps, chants, makeshift percussion, echoes, whispers, screams, breathing, jokes, dog barks, rattling blues. Contains no conventional pop forms. freeing and powerful. 

The Weeknd - After Hours

Satisfying collision of new wave, dream pop, R&B, synth-pop nostalgia

BC Camplight - Shortly After Takeoff 

Jazzy eighties rock with some icy funk and electronic pop, painfully personal and uneasy but so self-deprecating it speaks like your best friend

Rone - Room with a view 

Deft splicing of beats-based electronics and dance music with classical influences. 21st century baroque chords, snatches of conversations, speeches, children’s voices

Other Lives - For their love

Bluesy acid-rock, dreamy meditation sounds, eerie string-crescendos, music for the afterlife

Lil Uzi Vert - Eternal Atake 

Drill-influenced rapping, melodic crooning, trends-aware hip-hop beats, untouchable pop sound production

Squarepusher - Be up a hello

Frantic breakbeats littered with echoes of classic jungle, hardcore, and drum’n’bass, ’90s drill’n’bass, glitchy 8-bit chaos

The Orielles - Disco Volador

Cosmic, playful, funky dreamy indie pop, shuffling organs, woozy guitar, shimmy-shimmy hand percussion

Portico Quartet - We welcome tomorrow

Perfect dreamy sequel of ‘Memory streams’

Charlie XCX - how i’m feeling now

Quarantine creation / 2020 romance manifesto of club-pop, trap, k-pop, video game sounds, fuzzy synths and crackling bass

Holy Fuck - Deleter

Trippy, psychedelic tapestry of euphoric escapism, ‘90s dance, glitchy beats, airy vocals, experimental electronics 

Luge - Luge

Energetic and playful avant-garde and quirky math rock, zolo? 

Good With Parents, Triple Stephens - Comments & Reflection

Playful indietronica synth pop + classical instruments 

Wishing - None of this was your fault 

Lo-fi indie, ambient, slowcore w/ fragile lyrics 

Bibio - Sleep on the wing 

Indie folk treated like ambient / a gorgeous soundscape of strings, guitars and flutes, feelings of loss, hope and escape. Perfect picture of tranquil countryside memories

Piotr Kurek - A Sacrifice Shall Be Made / All The Wicked Scenes

Electroacoustic experimental, meditative-ritualistic atmospheric music / conceived for theatrical performances 

Military Genius - Deep Web

Meditative ambient, retro-futurist soundscapes / hypnagogic pop, dark, abstract and mysterious / early ‘70s folk interjecting jazz-brass sections 

Jockstrap - Wicked City

Melancholy waltz and winsome ballads, fluttering strings, soft piano glissandi mixed with gnarly and distorted hip-hop beats, buzzing guitars and synths / cherubic vocals, pcmusic-style manipulated at times

Georgia - String Token 

Experimental ambient electronic, minimal, melodic, futuristic, hypnotic and grim

EVOL - Madball Manners

Lingering experimental rave electronic, hardcore, techno 

Upsammy - Zoom

Playful, sampling, abstract IDM, ambient techno, melodic and rhythmic, surreal, futuristic, sparkling synths and billowing pads

Tomasz Kunicki - Muzyka dla Świątyń

Playful and abstract IDM, glittering synths, obscure pads, glitchy and bleepy

Tomasz Kunicki - The sound is gone, where did it go, I have no idea

Very bassy and very dubby IDM, atmospheric ambient and loopy electronics

Kate NV - Room for the moon

80s new wave, progressive electronic, synth pop, cornucopia of melodies and genres. Wriggling synths, chirping flutes, warm baselines, jazzy sax, woodwinds, marimba. Russian girly vocals cartoon theme-song-like.

Khruangbin - Mordechai 

Psychedelic / funk rock with some soul, dub, lounge, poolside disco - exotic and atmospheric 

Dalai Lama - Inner world

Chanted mantras rhythmically woven into wafting new-age flutes, chimes, strings and free-form guitar picking. 

K-Lone - Cape Cira

Tropical ambient house, warm, lush, soft. Zen yet bouncy rhythms. Digital and analogue recordings, at times feels like you’re underwater. 

Arca - KiCk i

Experimental industrial club rhythms with reggaeton and folk influences

The Beths - Jump Rope Gazers

Sleek and personal indie rock, romantic ballads, more sentimental and slow than the previous album

J Lloyd - Kosmos

Tasteful soul and funk pop in 25 tiny tracks, charming low-key, rich textures, good vibes

Julek Polsk - Tesco

Dissonant, ominous, dense, post industrial ambient, noise, sound collage, deconstructed club music

Taylor Swift - folklore

Folk/chamber pop, indie folk, bittersweet, mellow, melancholic ballads

Bill Callahan - Gold Record 

Contemporary folk, warm and deep vocals, pastoral, peaceful and melancholic 

Mura Masa - R.Y.C. 

Indietronica, post-punk revival, catchy indie/synth pop, early 2000 EMO, lots of hip collabs

Fontaines D.C. - A Hero's Death 

Post-punk, indie rock, art punk, gothic rock, raw deadpan male vocals, darkish and melodic

RAMzi - cocon 

Tribal House, ambient dub, balearic beats, downtempo, hypnotic and tropical 

Auguste - Indust 

Experimental ambient electronic + field recordings, glistening and splintered sounds 

Paul Blackford - Betamax

Dreamy and hypnotic trip hop, downtempo, synth wave

A.G.Cook - 7G

49-track archival collection of sketches, cover versions, volatile lab experiments, divided into 7 discs. a glimpse at the whirring cogs beneath hyperpop’s pristine casing.

Clap clap - Liquid Portraits 

Experimental musical tapestry and collage / high-energy concoction of unpredictable and wavy rhythms, exotic vocals and heavy, relentless bass and drums / UK Bass, ambient dub, footwork + far-flung field recordings

E.M.M.A. - Indigo Dream 

Progressive electronic, ambient house / 80s melodic atmospheres, goosebump-inducing synths, whimsical melodies and classical leanings

Leif - Music for screen tests 

Performed live @ Barbican as a 54min session ambient / drone film soundtrack (Andy Warhol's Screen Tests)

Crack Cloud - Pain Olympics

Post/art/dance punk, experimental rock - energetic, anxious, apocalyptic, dark, male vocals

Document - A Camera Wanders All Night 

Post-punk, noise rock, past-hardcore, distorted and raw male vocals

Keisuke Matsuda - Clumsily Back Up

Experimental electronic with playful hummed vocals, lo-fi beats, melodic, youthful, dreamlike

Coi Leray - Now or Never

Gen-Z superstar, melodic flows, bouncy trap, energetic killer lyrics 

The Ophelias - For Luck

Artful, string-laden indie-pop EP, grungy dream-pop, a quarantine remake and a Joni Mitchell cover

Romare - Home

Deep house, UK Bass, groovy and detailed sonic palette + soul and funk influences - dancefloor highs and after party wind-downs

Mulatu Astatke, Black Jesus Experience - To Know Without Knowing 

Ethio-Jazz, Cuban, funk, reggae workout + rapid-fire rap or Afrobeat drums 

Good Doom - Spider Temple Valley

Experimental psych-wave, gentle and peaceful lo-fi, dreamy and oozy with flute, sax and field recordings

Ralph Kinsella - Abstraction

Dark ambient experimental / instrumental electronic

IDLES - Ultra Mono

Post-punk, garage punk, hardcore, noise rock, raw male vocals, dense, energetic, angry, political

Mild Orange - Mild Orange 

Alternative, Indie rock, dream pop, 

Skinshape - Umoja

Experimental psychedelic rock - afro beats - afroswinig - funky - world music

Vulfpeck - The Joy of Music, The Job of Real Estate

Mixed bag of funk, jazz, soul, self-indulgent? classical reworks, progressive electronic, melodic and uplifting, groovy drums and bass lines 

OPN - Magic OPN 

Manipulated and sequenced archive radio and sounds collages as interludes, uncanny processed voices, poppish trope ballads, art pop, sentimental and surreal, dense, progressive hypnagogic electronic and more

Pa Salieu - Send them to coventry

Combined dancehall, Afrobeats, hip-hop and grime. Scattered drums, stop-start energy, handpicked words and rhymes. skips from trap trills to baile breakdowns.

Mama Ode - Tales & Patterns of the Maroons

Classic hip-hop album with jazz, funk, blues and reggae influences. Creole Sega Rap Roots music, afro-drum patterns and grooves

Tony Allen, Hugh Masekela - Rejoice

Live sessions of unique fusion of afrobeat and swing-jazz with lyrics in English, Yoruba and Zulu 

Miley Cyrus - Plastic Hearts

Pop rock, 80s synth-rock, grit and freewheeling sense of fun, rough-hewn panache of vocal performance, bittersweet eclectic and sentimental / collabs with rock idols

2019 

LCD Soundsystem - Electric lady sessions 

Live recording with some new wavy covers 

Harry Styles - Fine line 

Not catchy / mediocre pop 

Boothe - 8 or 9 Walled Room

10 minutes of playful electronic and soft vocals

Good with parents - Good with parents 

Clever indietronica synth pop, fun + ironic + millennial + sax 

Taylor Skye - Kode fine & sons 

Synth, beats and pop vocals 

Famous - England 

Wonky pop punk mixed to electronic sounds and raw spoken vocals

Orville Peck - Pony 

Simple pop rock Johnny Cash style ballads and 80s

Sassy 009 - Kill Sassy 009

Distorted electro pop with strong vocals + post-punk notes

J-Walk - Mediterranean Winds 

Jazzy electronica with glassy synth pads cheesy and chilled out

Mattiel - Satis Factory 

Punky garage rock strong female vocals

Ross Backenkeller - Come Around

Country dreamy and melancholy guitar and vocals 

Legss - Writing Comedy 

Art rock and a dark underbelly of post-punk + topnotch spoken track and electronic sounds

BEA1991 - The Lost Demo EP

Trip-hop with Bjork-style vocals

BEA1991 - Brand New Adult 

Chamber folk and yacht rock meld with R&B and trip-hop

Matt Maltese - Krystal

Lo-fi flowy bedroom pop breakup album

Faye Webster - Atlanta Millionaires Club

Folk-pop, mellow and melancholy soul with an r&b tinge

Infinite Bisous- Period 

Soothing and warm bedroom night album 

Achille Lauro - 1969

Trap changed into rock with romanticised lyrics 

Jerkcurb - Air Con Eden 

Indie-psych and retro Americana, atmospheric, sensitive, wobbly

Octo Octa - Resonant Body

Breakbeats and house bangers

ALASKALASKA - The Dots 

Jazz fusion, disco rhythms and high-gloss art rock

Orphan - Yijoda

Glitchy and sharp electronics + ambient-atmospheric sounds

Honeymoan - Body

Avant-garde pop tapestry of beats and synths with playful vocal

U-Bahn - U-Bahn

Traditional new wave DEVO-moulded, Hypnagogic pop, art-punk, some vaporwave synth sounds

Hail Conjurer - Erotic Hell

Obscure and raw Finnish black metal 

Ride for revenge - Chapter of alchemy 

Quality black metal with long and short tracks pretty smooth 

Boys Age - Neverchanging, Neverending 

Lo-fi, slow-tempo, soul, r&b, mellow tracks with sad very low vocals

MorMor - Some place else 

Indie-pop with sweet synths and delicate vocals 

Felicita - hej!

Overproduced pop dance hits broken down into harsh and jarring staccato melodies, hissing ambient and screams

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Ghosteen

Endlessly giving and complex meditation on mortality and our collective grief, scored by synths, pianos, and electronics

Portico Quartet - Memory Streams

Ethereal keyboards, hypnotic grooves, layered post-rock textures mixed with electronic, ambient and magnetic jazz build-ups

Charles Rumback + Ryley Walker - Little common twist 

Mellow and pastoral folksy guitar melodies and soft drums + ambient tones, drone electronic

Shadowax - Nikolai Reptile

Effervescent techno and mutant bass jams

The Rhythm Method - How do you know I was lonely?

Ostensibly witty and warm pop songs from hip hop to indie and electronic about romance and millennial youth

Martin Dupont - Accident of Stars

80s kinda goth new wave full of electronics, guitars synths and clarinets

Raime - Planted

Latin American and Chicago footwork influences merged with alien sounds, half-heard voices, dark and rhythmic bass and percussions

Sunn 0))) - Pyroclasts

Sunn 0))) - Life Metal

Slow-motion drone feels like a religious ritual / pipe organ and cello, guitars webbing together the space between notes

Special Request - Vortex 

Breakbeat barnstormers and house epics, with room for bleep, electro and gabber

Caterina Barbieri - Ecstatic Computation

Oscillating sequencers, rhythmic pulsations, cascades of synthesiser melodies echoing dance music/new age

Battles - Juice B Crypts 

Playful electronic wizardry, dense array of beats, bleeps and squelches, loopy keyboards and guitars, ecstatic vocals

Haruomi Hosono - HOCHONO HOUSE

Home-recorded aesthetic, funk shaped into minimalist space-age lounge music 

Florist - Emily Alone 

Thoughtful, calming and melancholic, full of hushed, enveloping guitar sounds and gentle vocals

Spencer Radcliffe - Hot Spring 

Alt-country, indie falk americana, very relaxed,pastoral and wry poetics

Ciamkam - Play-doh Dog 

Noise ambient / screeching, dissonant, surreal, ominous 

Equiknoxx - Eternal Children 

UK soundsystem style, reggae groundings, earthy dancehall with a vast range of puzzling vocalists

Eh hahah - Fissure

Experimental deconstructed electronic, sound collage, glitches and post-club music

Upsammy - Wild Chamber 

Lucid shades of IDM, bleep techno, perky synths and frazzling hi-hats, polyrhythmic drum patterns

Otik - Blasphemy

Fresh, vibrant, dark experimental club music, techno + dance + electronic 

Shanti Celeste - Tangerine

Tech / ambient / deep house, breakbeat, rhythmic and mechanical yet dreamy 

Bez - Banki Mydlane

Dream pop, shoegaze, noise pop, space rock, reverberated female vocals + spoken word

Yu Su - Roll with the punches 

Ambient dub, downtempo, tribal ambient, sampling, mellow, atmospheric with female vocals

Drive45 - Dried up 

Bitpop, Artpop, indietronica, quirky and playful, androgynous vocals 

Lala &ce - Le son d’apres 

French hip hop, trap, cloud rap, alternative b&b, dancehall / sparse dark and ominous, warm female vocals

Leif - Loom Dream

Tribal ambient / ambient techno + field recordings / pastoral, ethereal, atmospheric 

deathcrash - Sundown (a collection of home recordings)

Slowcore, drone ambient, post-punk, fragile male vocals

FEET - What’s inside is more than just ham

Post-punk, indie-rock, dance-punk, sarcastic, playful, technical, male vocals

Coi Leray - EC2

Trap, hyphy, pop rap

Ariwo- Quasi 

Dub techno, afro-cuban jazz, ambient techno, chants, programmed beats, pulsating relentless rhythms and percussions, loud sax

Floating Points - Crush

Strikingly melodic and elegant, cinematic, frantic and distorted rhythms, shuddered synths, vibrant breakbeats, sampling, UK garage nodding

Jacques Greene - Dawn Chorus

Bittersweet, sad but triumphant, mix of experimental electronic and lightweight techno + field recordings, hazy sampled textures, distorted drones + disco house + percussions + spoken word

Men I Trust - Oncle Jazz

Indie electronic, minimal, chillout downtempo, dreamy female vocals, jazzy

Raveena - Lucid 

R&B, soul, experimental, pop, groovy, jazzy and dreamy, with some field and spoken words recordings

2018

Shit and Shine - Very high 

Lazy hippie funk with slowed rnb vocals 

Saloli - The deep end

New Age-inspired delicate only-synth music 

Adrianne Lenker - abysskis 

Guitar and sweet and warm vocals 

Ever ending kicks - Ideas relayed 

Sweet lo-fi similar to the previous two 

Negative Gemini - Bad Baby 

Solid synth pop with dreamy intimate vocals

Okay Kaya - Both

melancholy bedroom-pop sarcastic and harsh lyrics

Trust Fund - Bringing the Backline

Witty yet melancholy self-aware pop-rock

Jockstrap - Love is the key to the city 

A fusion of Bossa Nova, 1930s Disney-esque orchestra, and coarse electronica

Noah Cyrus - Good Cry

Pop and rnb debut album with a bit of gospel and melancholy

Carla dal Forno - Top of the pops

Alternative indie electronic, subtle instrumental backdrops with plaintive vocals

Lala Lala - The lamb 

Alternative/Indie rock with grunge tones and personal and warm vocals

Diamond Thug - Apastron

Progressive but dreamy pop, graceful vocals

Denh Izen - Storage Solutions 

Dark and charming sounds with warm and distorted vocals, desperate but calm

Imperial Triumphant - Vile Luxury 

New York Jazz mixed with top-notch black metal great for a sci-fi dystopian movie - especially Cosmopolis

Oliver Coates - Shelley’s on Zenn-La

Beat-oriented electronic music, sublime cello and synths

Dylan Carlson - Conquistador

drone-metal imaginary Western mostly solo electric guitar

Project Pablo - Come to Canada you will like it 

Dozy laid back deep house with  jazzy chords and subtly swinging drums

Ryley Walker - The Lillywhite Sessions 

Dave Matthews Band tribute with proggy folk, primitive guitar, free improv, Chicago jazz-rock on darker tones 

Grouper - Grid of Points

Empty room, piano and voice slip through your fingers like water

Kali malone - Cast of Mind

Glacial synth tones mapped to acoustic woodwind and brass 

Likes - New Pedal

Short tracks of fun glitch / hypnagogic pop

Jake Tobin - Fifth Thought

Fun and whimsical take on classical sax sounds and guitars

Jake Tobin - 135

Avant-prog / jazz fusion / romanticism / off-kilter melodies / psychedelic chords with the emotion and aesthetic of bedroom pop

Twig Twig - Darkworld Gleaming

Experimental pop, whimsical instrumentation, lo-fi uplift, beats and loops

George Clanton - Slide

Cult 2020s electronic born from vaporware influences mixed with whispery chillwave and downtempo R&B, feels like a 90s rave in an open field, no irony

Good Doom - Mood Life

Unique, very chill, dreamy sound, incorporates world music, trip hop beats, lo fi bedroom pop, krautrock and noise

Ex:Re - Ex:Re

Husky and mellow ambient pop, dream pop? Lethargic and melancholic 

Zaumne - Emo Dub

Minimalistic ominous and repetitive ambient house with ASMR-like spoken words

Ehh hahah - And the weather so breezy, man, why can’t life always be this easy?

Progressive experimental electronic, deconstructed club music, EDM, bubblegum bass, playful yet dark

Kate NV - для FOR

Progressive electronic, ambient, new age, minimalist, surreal, otherworldly and playful. wet, fleshy bleeps; bubbly, liquid noise

Leon Chang - re:treat

Mellow lo-fi hip hop, downtempo, electronic, future bass, sampling 

Coi Leray - Everythingcoz

Pop rap, trap, hyphy tunes, powerful + well produced 

Domenique Dumont - Miniatures de auto rhythm 

Sophist-pop, balearic beat, chillwave, dreampopish, soft female vocals, lush, summery and rhythmic

Big Joanie - Sistahs 

Pretty standard textbook indie-rock, post-punk with female vocals 

Darto - Fundamental Slime 

Haunting and spacious, deep male vocals, intriguing eerie melodies, dream state lullabies + sax and spoken word bit

Old Maybe - Piggity Pink 

Chaotic post-punk, unusual time signatures, strong shouted female vocals

Brad Mehldau Trio - Seymour Reads the Constitution! 

Elegant and melodic modal jazz - post-bop album, fragmented but coherent, ever changing time signature and tempo

2017

Ross Backenkeller - Bardo

Folk indie guitar melodies with honest and gentle vocals

Maruego - Tra Zenith e Nadir

Italian trap with disillusioned and ironic lyrics + cool collabs

Nervous Condition - Untitled 

Forceful drums, wails of sax and commanding vocals - mix of experimental rock, post-punk, no wave, jazz

Powerplant - Dogs Sees Ghosts

Synth punk, garage punk fast and fun

Wool & The Pants - Wool & The Pants

Experimental r&b / soul / hiphop vibez pretty smooth and lo-fi

TOPS - Sugar at the gate 

Soft rock tunes, vintage atmosphere, fuzzy, honey-dipped songs 

Slothrust - Show me how you want it to be 

Covers album with grungy sounds and good arrangements 

Rone - Mirapolis

Misty synths and heavy bass lines, dreary and melancholic industrial electronics, packed with doomed vocals of all sorts of guests. 

Ada Babar & Kasra Kurt - Nino Tomorrow

Weird pop and experimental DIY with MIDI keyboards and guitar, playful lyrics, video game menu music

Good Doom - New Shapes for you

Evocative, dreamy and atmospheric melodies, warm at times, chilly, spooky, grungy, dark at others, synth buzzes, glitchy drums

Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the alps

Atmospheric ballads for sad times, deeply personal stories of heartbreak and loss 

Florist - If Blue Could Be Happiness

Indie folk, soft and atmospheric, pure gentle quiet and soft female vocals about understanding light and darkness. Swooping guitar, dots of piano notes, gentle beats that recall Simon and Garfunkel

Wishing - Heat Death 

Ambient pop, lo-fi indie beats w/ soft vocals that make you feel things you haven’t felt in a while

Martyn Heyne - Electric Intervals

Ambient in the broadest sense, calm instrumental downtempo guitar-centric with electronic flourishes

Equiknoxx - Colón Man

Vivid and tactile masterful sound design, syncopated loops, wonky and scintillating rhythms 

American Pleasure Club - I blew a dandelion and the whole world disappeared 

Lo-fi acoustic guitar with raw male vocals

Andrea Laszlo De Simone - Uomo Donna 

Progressive pop, baroque/psychedelic pop + field recordings / bittersweet and pastoral 

Drive45 - Have you seen me? 

Bitpop indietronic, glitch pop, sequencer, dance pop

Drive45 - System Format

Bitpop indietronic, playful video game sounds

Leon Chang - bird world 

Bitpop electronic, sequencer, videogame music, future bass / uplifting mellow and playful 

dynastic - SPACE/SUMMER 

Glitch hop, electronic bubblegum, kawaii future bass, mellow and uptempo, cheesy sax, chaotic sounds + dance floor dnb

Darto - Human Giving 

Spacey experimental electronic mixed with post-punk, warm tones, 80s synths, soft melodic vocals + spoken bits

Pregnant - Duct Tape

Indie/art/soft rock, electronic, brilliant pop tunes, dreamy yet rhythmic

2016

Ever Ending Kicks - Music World

DIY colourful dreamy hazy songs 

Mild Eye Club - Skiptracing 

Low-key folk dreamy with 60s 70s vintage links

Loving - Loving 

Easy and dreamy pop melodies, wavy, warm and mellow

Lala Lala- Sleepyhead 

Alternative/Indie rock with grunge tones and personal and warm vocals

Gruff Rhys - Set fire to the stars

Soundtrack to the homonym 2014 film set in the 50s - soft romance rock, jazz-inspired, elegant and familiar

Oliver Coates - Upstepping

Deep house, techno, footwork blended with sharp and experimental classical strings 

Garden Center - Garden Center

Erratic pop music, fun and playful electronic sounds, silly vocals

Raime - Tooth

Ominus and gloomy sound of dub, electronic and post-rock / stripped down to the flesh 

Amiina - Fantomas 

Violin, cello, drums, percussion, metallophone, harp, ukulele and electronics fused in a contemporary classical post-rock gentle melody-focused experimentation

Jake Tobin - Sorta Upset

Short tracks of experimental rock, avant-prog - eclectic and dissonant, technical and manic

Jake Tobin - Accidentally on Purpose

Post-modern experimental pop, jazz influenced sounds, off-kilter saxophone, silly humour 

Vanishing Twin - Choose your own adventure

Swathes of percussion, exotic drum beats and funky guitars merge into a cosmic blend of reverberating bleeps with jazz skits / heady voyage across sound influences

Good Doom - Hug

Good Doom - Naps

Both off-beat lo-fi with a rock twists, spacey, fuzzy, grainy sounds

Zeal & Ardor - Devil is fine

Top notch black metal merges African-American spiritual slave music and some electronic beats and sounds

Shield Patterns - Mirror Breathing

Haunting vocals and sensual cello, clarinet and piano, all wrapped up in ethereal synths

Ashley Henry - Ashley Henry’s 5ive

Complex and uplifting post-bop jazz, imaginative flare, delicate and soothing piano

Florist - The Birds Outside Sang 

Lo-fi indie, ambient-dream pop,sparse, minimalist keyboard leads bordering on chilly drones + intimate and personal songwriting

CBMC - OOR

Acustic lo-fi bedroom pop with an airy tone and somber feel but still feels fresh and lighthearted 

Told Slant - Going By

Slowcore indie pop/folksy emo, ‘intimate spaces in which small town kids write memories of touch, togetherness, loss, love, depersonalisation’

Kate NV - Binasu

Art pop, progressive electronic, sequencer, joyful grooves but also atmospheric and ethereal sounds, eclectic and dense, melodic female vocals

Zaumne - Przezycia

Minimal ambient techno with a couple of spoken word bits 

Mauno - Rough Master

Enticingly and eclectic indie rock, smooth vocals, strings and moody guitars, delicate piano, powerful drums

Susso - Keira

Tribal house, tribal ambient, folktronica, Mande music, rhythmic and powerful chants

Phern - Cool Coma  

Psychedelic pop, lo-fi, mellow and playful 

Hellier Ulysses - Ulysses Hellier 

Experimental rock, math rock, jangle pop mixed with post-punk, technical, lo-fi, uncommon time signatures

Brad Mehldau Trio - Blues and Ballads 

Deceptively sweet-sounding jazz album, songs are played with variations and every phrase is a cliffhanger - gracefully executed + bonus of my fav song <3

2015

Adeodat Warfield - Pacific, Missouri 

Synth pop with electronic beats, vaporware notes

Ross Backenkeller - Rare Please

Folk indie guitar melodies with honest and gentle vocals

Grimes - Art Angels

Immaculate and authentic, synthetic and unreal but also super pop, folk, and dance / POST-art pop?

Jake Tobin - Third and Fourth Thoughts

Short tracks of weird avant-prog where the vocals follow the melodies all the time

Florist - Holdly

Vocals move slowly and sweetly through gentle meditation sound and soft guitars

Starry Cat - Starry Cat

Indie pop, lo-fi indie, wavy and shaky, bitter-sweet and personal male vocals 

CBMC - FOOTWEAR

Acustic lo-fi bedroom pop with a somber feel but still feels fresh and lighthearted nearly asmr-like vocals 

Wishing - To Forget

Lo-fi indie slowcore, fuzzy synths + acoustic sounds mixed with short electronic tracks / lyrics are whispered and very intimate 

Oren Ambarchi - Live Knots 

Two very long live recorded tracks of propulsive drumming full of tensions and releases + droning notes, plucked strings and mournful guitar 

Juxta Phona - we will not be silence 

Ambient, electronic, minimal melodies over crisp, tactile beats

Khruangbin - The Universe Smiles Upon You

Psychedelic / Funk rock, rhythmic and jazzy, tropical warm and peaceful

Red Sea - In The Salon 

Indie experimental rock, psychedelic pop, math rock, melodic yet uncommon time signatures 

Eyeliner - Buy Now 

Synth-pop/funk - vaporwave / instrumental, melodic, uplifting, lush, futuristic / great bass lines! 

2014

Ricky Eat Acid - Three love songs

First half found sounds, experimental electronics, fuzzy piano loops. Second half IDM beats and keys, choir-like vocals / “might be the sound of music having a dream within a dream about music”

Jake Tobin - Torment 

Jake Tobin - Life as a Clerical Error

Weird dissonant mix of avant-prog, art punk and jazz fusion but in an amazing way

Richard Dawson - Nothing Important 

Brittle, crudely amplified nylon-string acoustic guitar, experimental drones, folk sketches, imitation field cries, and free jazz diversions

2013

Ever Ending Kicks - Weird priorities

Sentimental chill instrumental and colourful with gentle vocals

Gruff Rhys - American Interior

John Evans-themes concept album - witty folk oriented retro-futurist music 

Michael Andrews - Spilling a rainbow

Well-crafted pop tunes, nostalgic and lighthearted memories of folk rock with a dash of avant-garde electronic haze

Pill Friends - Blessed Suffering

Lo-fi indie/emo noisy and raw with existential and stark male vocals 

2012

Told Slant - Still Water

Lo-fi/bedroom-punk with folksy guitars and delicate vocals as if they could break down in tears at any moment

2010

Hype Williams - Find out what happens when people stop being polite and start gettin reel

Ypnagogic vortex of incredibly canny hard to pinpoint music with distorted spoken vocals

Zach Hill - FACE TAT

Constant restless drumming, squiggly melodic instrumental hooks, mosaics of disconnected noises, fuzzy sounds and vocals

2008

Amplifier Machine - her mouth is an outlaw

Half-improvised ambient - drone - experimental - electronic - post-rock

E. Bandel, Victory & Good Hunting - s/t

Classical, piano, folk, melancholic, haunting

2007

Seabear - The ghost that carried us away

Indie/folk multi-instrumental dynamic floating sound, warm melodies, calm and gentle vocals

HEALTH - HEALTH 

A masterful noise/experimental rock with elements of post-punk, drone and electronic - disorienting rhythms, tempo-shifting, noisy outbursts

2005

The Darkness - One way ticket to hell

Hard / glam rock ballads and pop tunes 

2004

The Emperor Machine - Aimee Tallulah is hypnotised 

Mix of electro euro disco, post-punk, krautrock, sci-fi scores, jazz-funk. Thick dance rhythms and mind-altering synths

2002

ESG - Step Off 

Sweet soul with a punk attitude, jazzy sassy vocals

Hella - Hold your horse is 

Non-stop, indie-audio assault / Nintendo music / midi and electronic beats / head-spinning leading drums, very fast guitars

1998

Eels - Electro-Shock Blues

elegantly sad grief and death themed album, deeply personal, yet brilliant pop tunes, post-grunge, jazzy arrangement, archive sounds, electronics

Duster - Stratosphere

Bashful slowcore lo-fi experimental space/indie rock

1975

Bobbi Humphrey- Fancy Dancer 

Funky jazz with forms of world music, soul, club music and pop

1973

Kevin Ayers - Bananamour

Progressive pop, art rock with mix of soul, r&b, reggae - choirs and country type ballads

1972

Kevin Ayers - Whatevershebringswesing

Experimental new age prog rock, semisweet tunes, lighthearted, skewed sounds

1970

Kevin Ayers - Shooting at the moon

Experimental, progressive, avant-garde, rock with jazz influences, sound recordings, excellent songwriting

[mandoleksiak]

i was tagged by @emietook whomst i love sm

name/alias: ashlyn/ash

birthday: august 17

zodiac sign: leo sun, scorpio moon and rising i think

height: 5’7”

hobbies: watching sports, listening to true crime and ghost story podcasts, making stickers ( or whatever you wanna call them – check me out @onoffsides shameless plug), did i mention i love watching sports?

favorite colors: any muted/pastel colors

favorite books: hahaha i do not read a lot; i did enjoy reading the stranger by albert camus so i guess that is it?

last song i listened to: idk i was listening to some lo-fi hip hop so i could concentrate on posting sports clothes findings – see @homefieldadvantages another shameless plug

last film i watched: spider-man: into the spiderverse ( i actually cried okay, the spider-man universe is my fave next to daredevil )

love: animals, 90s-era tv shows, hockey, baseball, football ( @rizzosanthony my last shameless plug i promise ), alternative and classic rock, indie music, probably a lot more i can’t think of

something that helps people: do things that make you happy! who cares what other people think? 

meaning behind url: it’s based on my love for chris kreider and this photo

i’m gonna tag a few people in the club: @hornqwist ; @hockeywaitup ; @hockeylvr59 ; @missingkerfoot ; @bbybenn ; & @fpsantangelo

you obviously don’t have to do this but i wanted to show some luv 💖

[gazeta24br]

Humor de clipes noventistas de bandas como Foo Fighters e Green Day, aliado à temática sci-fi são ingredientes usados pela banda carioca Lunar Society Club no audiovisual de 'Big Rocks Smashing Cars', um pop punk divertido e animado, pronto para conquistar o mercado gringo, que faz parte do recém-lançado disco de estreia, Lost Songs in Spacetime. Assista Big Rocks Smashing Cars, que fica disponível no Youtube a partir das 11h11 desta quinta-feira (2/6): https://youtu.be/SHbmqstPE-U. O clipe-filme de 'Big Rocks Smashing Cars' é a história de uma pessoa normal que teve um sonho estranho com meteoros vindos do céu e vai ao psicanalista contar sobre o ocorrido. O homem fica tão empolgado ao falar do sonho que, para controlá-lo, um enfermeiro é chamado para aplicar um tranquilizante. A injeção, no entanto, é um soro da verdade: é quando o personagem tem uma revelação. Para descobrir, basta assistir ao clipe! As referências para o clipe-filme da Lunar Society Club são clipes de meados da década de 1990 e começo dos 2000 de bandas como Foo Fighters e Green Day. Por exemplo, detalhes em azul e vermelho, como do clipe de Longview, do Green Day. Já as atuações de Jorge Lima (Bateria), Gustavo Maizena (Baixo), Lerik Lopes (Guitarra) e Otto Vaz (Guitarra & Voz) remetem aos emblemáticos clipes do Foo Fighters. Ainda tem referência à clássica banda sueca de punk rock melódico Millencolin: a música de elevador que toca no começo do clipe 'Big Rocks Smashing Cars' é 'No Cigar'. Millencolin é uma das principais influências da Lunar Society Club e com quem tocarão na We Are One tour - edição do Rio de Janeiro, em março de 2023. O álbum Lost Songs in Spacetime e a banda A Lunar Society Club nasceu em 2020 em um universo fictício que mescla SCI-FI, Star Wars, Ufologia e RPG. Lançado em abril de 2022 no streaming, Lost Songs in Spacetime contém 10 faixas de um pop punk enérgico, direto e contagiante. O disco é uma espécie de trilha sonora do ambiente arquitetado pelo grupo. Ouça aqui: https://onerpm.link/lostsongsinspacetime. “O álbum busca criar um universo ficcional, sob um pano de fundo filosófico-existencial. As músicas estão em ordem cronológica e as letras conversam com a história do livro que vamos lançar em breve. Quanto às influências sonoras, procuramos resgatar aquela ‘pegada’ das bandas que figuravam pela MTV nos anos 90, como Millencolin, Green Day, Silverchair, Descendents, e várias outras que nos inspiram, tanto por suas composições musicais, quanto por suas histórias pessoais”, conta Lerik. O tema central da história é o personagem adolescente Skyler, que tem sua vida transformada após passar por uma abdução extraterrestre. Além do disco, o projeto da Lunar prevê o lançamento de um livro sobre o universo fictício criado para ambientar as históricas contadas - e cantadas - pela banda.

[yigittezcan]

The Musical Evolution of Charli XCX

British singer Charlotte Emma Aitchison by the stage name of Charli XCX recently released her new LP Crash and I thought that as Crash created a controversy between her fans I could write about Charli’s musical evaluation through the years.

Charli started making music when she was 18 and she aimed for the stars. Considering her age, she climbed the ladders fastly and streamed her first LP True Romance. The album didn’t get well reactions from the critics whereas Charli was recognized by the people. She shared her second album which has a mainstream appeal and made huge success placing on Billboards top 10 for a fairly long duration. However, her album doesn’t have layers and something deep to dig it.  The lyrics were pretty shallow (full of cliches) and production wise the album was repetitive. To promote the album she collaborated with the rising pop star of 2010. Although the financial success and recognition, Charli doesn’t look satisfied as she decided to build her music from scratch in 2016. 

With the Vroom Vroom, Charli introduced her take on bubblegum bass, distorted synths, and the concept of lo-fi. Even though it only includes four tracks the EP was highly appreciated by the critics and Charli become a more underground lowkey artist. In this EP, she collaborated with the mastermind of PC music, A.G Cook, and Sophie who are obsessed with virtual digital song production. Their post-modern approach to music nourished the variety of their production. A.G and Sophie mostly reference 90s PC game music, gyaru subculture, and early television aesthetic. Since Charli embraced their style she made a visionary change to shape the new pop. They defined this lo-fi, anti-structurist, bubblegum bass, postmodern music as hyper pop. However, as she stepped into a more niche work field her fanbase declined. Eventually, she raised a committed fanbase where she stripped away similar artists like her. Streaming two different albums, she become the leader of what A.G Cook and Sophie started. Her music become legendary among the LGBT community (as she collaborated with numerous LGBT artists) where she was named as Princess of Pop and made a similar effect like Gaga’s Born This Way album.

In 2021, Charli made something different and produced her album with his fans through zoom sessions. She stated that Covid-19 is a perfect time to dig into the music and cope with the anxiety that comes with isolation. Her collaboration with her fans shaped the album’s final version from artworks to song titles. This whole journey was recorded by director Bradley BellPablo, Jones-Soler, and Charli XCX herself. The footage become a film titled Alone Together and traveled on the festival circuit. Last week (Friday), Charli released her 4th studio album Crash which I have mixed feelings about it. The album was inspired by the 90s pop bangers and club music. Yet, the tracks feel quite repetitive and simple. This time we don’t have crazy basses and heavy reliance on electro music. Her musical style once again changed with her latest album. I hope she wouldn’t look for a permanent shift to mainstream music. As a huge fan, I would be disappointed by that possibility.