Jun
27
2007
Love And Honor
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Movie : Love And Honor / Bushi no Ichibun / 武士の一分(いちぶん
Release Date : December 1, 2006
Country : Japan
Director : Yoji Yamada
Starring : Takuya Kimura, Rei Dan
Run Time : 122 Minutes
Editor Rating : 8.0
(16 Votes, User Rating: 7.75)
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2006 Movie Reviews, Movie Reviews |
Jun
26
2007
Devon Sproule - Keep Your Silver Shined
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Artist : Devon Sproule
Album : Keep Your Silver Shined
Release Date : April 17, 2007
Website : http://www.devonsproule.com/
Label : Waterbug Records
Rating : 7.0
(2 Votes, User Rating: 10)
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Jun
26
2007
Hula Girls coming to the bigscreen in the U.S.
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Viz Pictures is bringing the very sweet Japanese film “Hula Girls” to the bigscreen here in the U.S. (in limited release). The movie is based off of a true story concerning an old decrepit coal mining town that decides to become the Hawaii of Asia. The problem is that the older generation town folks are adamantly opposed, while the younger generation are more open to the idea. A few of the girls in the town believes that this this could be their opportunity for a different life. Oh also the very lovely Yu Aoi (Hanna and Alice) stars in the movie. This one should bring smiles to the entire family. Check it out if if possible. Movie Review of Hula Girls can be read here. Read more
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Jun
22
2007
Waiting In The Dark
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Movie : Waiting In The Dark / Kurai tokoro de machiawase / 暗いところで待ち合わせ
Release Date : 2006
Country : Japan
Director : Daisuke Tengan
Starring : Rena Tanaka, Bo-lin Chen
Run Time : 130 Minutes
Editor Rating : 6.0
(12 Votes, User Rating: 7.08)
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Plot Synopsis : Michiru has recently lost her eyesight. To make matters worse, her father dies shortly afterwards. She is now all alone and spends most of her day isolated in her home.
Akihiro is a Chinese-Japanese immigrant, that has had to deal with racism all throughout his life. He is now tormented at work by one of his older co-workers named Toshio.
One day at a train station in front of Michiru’s house, Toshio is thrown into the path of an oncoming train. The only person seen at the train stop was Akihiro. Akihiro frantically flees from the scene and manages to enter Michiru’s house without her knowledge. After a few days, Michiru starts to sense the presence of another person in her home.
Movie Review : Waiting In The Dark is an interesting, albeit very slow film, that has an intriguing script that is tarnished with a few hard to believe moments. Because the film has such a slow pace I played / paused through this movie over a period of a couple of days. I could only take about 15-30 minutes of the movie during one sitting, before getting sleepy, but I was always drawn back to the film by the gradual twists that would occur in the film.
Waiting In The Dark aka Kurai tokoro de machiawase was adapted from the Japanese novel by Otsuichi (pen-name of Hirotaka Adachi). Although Otsuichi is better known for his horror novels, Kurai tokoro de machiawase is much of more a calm thriller in the manner of the very good Miwa Nishikawa film Sway.
The movie is broken into two seperate segments with a black screen that titles the first half “Michiru” and the second half “Michiru and Akihiro.” In retrospect the movie felt like it was actually divided into three seperate segments. The first third of the movie introduced Michiru and her blindness. She somehow lost her eyesight after being struck by an automobile. While Michiru was still getting adjusted to her disibility, her father died suddenly. This part of the film felt similar to Norihiro Koizumi’s Midnight Sun. The second segment of the film centered around Akihiro and the prejudices he had to deal with because of his mixed Chinese-Japanese heritage. You could say this segment was reminiscent of Isao Yukisada’s Go. The final one third of the movie unveiled the mystery thriller element with a somewhat hokey surprise twist. Akihiro’s co-worker was murdered and Akihiro was the prime suspect. What actually occurred at the train station, explained during the this segment, was hard to fathom. The odds of something like that occuring would have to be something like 10 billion to 1. Other moments that were hard to fathom would have been the moment Michiru set a plate for Akihiro but no conversation took place between them. Hunh?
Although I enjoyed the manner in which the movie unfolded with its unique storyline, I did find the pacing of Waiting In The Dark to be unnecessarily slow. Also, if some of the critical plot twists were not so hard to believe I do think this movie would have been very memorable. Instead, Waiting In The Dark is an interesting film that will probably pique your interests if you are able to endure the very slow pacing of the film. Worthwhile to check out if you enjoyed the movies listed below.
buy Waiting In The Dark from YesAsia
Cast:
Rena Tanaka - Michiru Honma
Bo-lin Chen - Akihiro OishiHaruka Igawa - Harumi Mishima
Koichi Sato - Toshio Matsunaga
Mao Miyaji - Kazue Futaba
Shiro Sano
Fumina Hara
Ittoku Kishibe - Michiru’s Father
If You Like This Movie You May Enjoy : Midnight Sun, Sway, Go, Josee The Tiger And The Fish
2006 Movie Reviews, Japanese Movies, Movie Reviews |
Jun
20
2007
The Black House (Geom-eun Gip)
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Movie : The Black House / Geom-eun Gip
Release Date : June 20, 2007
Country : South Korea
Director : Shin Tae-ra
Starring : Jeong-min Hwang, Yu Sun, Shin-il Kang
Run Time : 104 Minutes
Editor Rating : 8.5
(10 Votes, User Rating: 6.7)
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Plot Synopsis : During his first day as an insurance agent, Jun-Oh, receives a phone call from a lady enquiring if a life insurance policy could be collected if someone commits suicide. A few days later Jun-Oh is asked to personally come to the home of an insurance policy holder.
When Jun-Oh arrives at their home he is greeted by a grim man. They talk for a little while, before the father asks the insurance agent to go into their son’s room and have a talk with him. When the insurance agent opens the son’s door he finds the boy hanging from a noose, dead from an apparent suicide.
The father then shows up Jun-Oh’s office and asks for the money pertaining to his son’s life insurance policy. Jun-Oh is suspicious of the man and tells him he has to wait until the coroner’s report comes in. The man becomes furious and then leaves. The father returns the next day and the next day and the next day. Finally Jun-Oh’s boss decides to pay the man his son’s life insurance policy. Jun-Oh’s life doesn’t return to normal and in fact descends further downward because of a stalker that may well be the insurance policy holder that they just paid off.
Movie Review : Horror movies don’t usually scare me. Outside of Ju-On I haven’t even seen a horror movie I liked. Furthermore, Korean “horror” movies I usually avoid like the plague, because they generally suck more than the average horror flick (way to formulaic and a whole bunch of nonsense). Well to my surprise “The Black House” is one Korean horror movie that did not suck and in fact had me squirming in my seat throughout the horrifying climax.
Don’t let the title “The Black House” fool you into thinking this is your typical Asian horror film. You won’t see any pale face kids standing in a dark corridor, with grating sound effects blasted for shock value. Black House actually has more in common with psychological/serial killer movies like Silence of the Lambs, Saw, and Takashi Miike’s Audition. The film is based on a popular Japanese novel by Yusuke Kishi. At times during the riveting finale I felt like I was sitting on a ride in a amusement park rather than a chair in a cinema. This was mainly due to the audience gasping or shrieking in loud unison during those chaotic final moments. Although I didn’t scream as much as the rest of the audience, I did squirm around in my chair more than anyone else, much like a frightened passenger on a speeding New York taxi cab. It was fun!
One of my favorite actors in Korea would definitely be Jeong-Min Hwang (A Good Lawyer’s Wife, My Lovely Week, You Are My Sunshine, Bloody Tie) and he would be the primary reason why I even checked out Black House. I don’t recall ever seeing a bad performance by him and you won’t find such a performance in Black House either. Jeong-Min Hwang’s Jun-Oh character was different than his past characters, in that Jun-Oh is meek. He is haunted by the suicide of his own younger brother, which he feels responsible for. Yet as the story developed Jeong-Min Hwang was able to inject a subtle show of strength in Jun-Oh character’s that made him more admirable. Shin-il Kang, who played the deranged father, was even more impressive. He was able to portray a psychotic tendency that was so intense that it was downright scary to even watch him at times. His wife, played by Yu Sun, gave another strong performance, that at times reminded me of the stepmom in “A Tale Of Two Sisters.”
There’s not many weak points in Black House. I guess some can point to certain moments feeling like it was inspired by other horror films (Silence of the Lambs/Saw/Audition), but I didn’t mind the influences as much because the movie’s uniqueness and exceptional build up to those absolutely terrifying finale made me forget about any similiarities. Like I said earlier, I was way to busy squirming in my chair to think about anything more than what would happen next.
Quite frankly, the boogie man and ghosts don’t scare me, but psychotic people do. There are some absolutely terrifying moments in Black House along with characters that are the pure definitions of psychopaths. Perhaps Black House will set the grounds for more psychological thrillers from Korea that are not centered around pale face kids appearing in the hallways of an abandoned home. If so I would gladly welcome such move. When you watch “Black House,” try to watch it with a group of friends. The movie is scary, thrilling and 100% fun.
Cast:
Jeong-min Hwang - Jun-Oh
Seon Yu - Ye-Hwa
Shin-il Kang - Chung-baeSeo-hyeong Kim - Mi-na
Jung-suk Kim
Seung Mok Yoo
In-ki Jung
If You Like This Movie You May Enjoy : A Bloody Aria, Spider Forest
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Jun
18
2007
Miracle On 1st Street
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Movie : Miracle On 1st Street / 1Beonga-ui gijeok
Release Date : February 14, 2007
Country : South Korea
Director : Je-gyun Yun
Starring : Chang Jung Lim, Ji-won Ha
Run Time : 113 Minutes
Editor Rating : 6.0
(13 Votes, User Rating: 7.69)
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Jun
12
2007
New York Asian Film Festival 2007
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If you will be in the New York City area between June 22 – July 8, 2007 you should definitely try to attend the 2007 New York Asian Film Festival. This will be the 6th annual festival held by the Subway Cinema folks in NYC and the festival seems to get better and better with each year. This year’s festival will feature guest appearances by some impressive directors : E. J-Yong (DASEPO NAUGHTY GIRL)S, Shusuke Kaneko (DEATH NOTE and DEATH NOTE: THE LAST NAME), HAN Jae-rim - (THE SHOW MUST GO ON), Sion Sono - (EXTE), Omar Khan (HELL’S GROUND), and LEE Sang-geun (director of award-winning short film DO YOU WANNA BABY?). The featured films for this year looks just as strong : Read more
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Jun
5
2007
Interview : Shout Out Louds (Adam Olenius)
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Website : http://www.shoutoutlouds.com/
Album Review : Our Ill Wills
Free Downloads : Tonight I Have To Leave It
Adam Olenius’ “Top 5 albums of 2007″
LP6 : Hello Adam, could you tell us a little about how your band came together?
Adam : Well we’re all old friends from Stockholm and some of us went to the same school, but it was more after school, after graduation. We used to meet at parties and found out that we had the same taste in music and we started to hang out. With me, Ted (bass player) and Carl (guitar player), we formed the band in the summer of 2001. We started off with just us three and a drum machine and started to write some songs and practicing a little bit, because we were kind of new. Even though I played in different bands and wrote songs it was new for me to be the lead singer and really write full songs. So we did that for a few months, then a freind of mine Eric (drummer) came in after a while, then Babin joined us after a few months later. We recorded 2 or 3 demos during those two years before the Swedish album came out in 2003.
LP6 : I believe this is your first studio album, because the first one was a compilation of eps?
Adam : Well the Swedish version of How Howl Gaff Gaff album came out in 2003 and then we did two EP’s in Sweden as well. The international version of How Howl Gaff Gaff was kind of a compiilation of songs between the album and the EP. We chose the songs we liked the best. Then we started to work with Bjorn from Peter Bjorn and John and recorded a EP with him. Yeah we chose to take away a few songs from the international version and added some songs. Actually it’s really strange that the international version seems more of an album to me. I seem to forget about the first one.
LP6 : For “Our Ill Wills”….what kind of goals did you have going into the studio?
Adam : We knew exactly what we wanted. I tried to focus more on the songs. Even though we talked about production and we wanted this album to be less…umm…we wanted it to sound more bigger…give more air in the production. We didn’t want to have too much of just the guitars. We wanted to focus more on the percussions and the bigger arrangements. We wanted it to be more, I guess a bigger atmosphere.
LP6 : Was the bigger production something Bjorn brought into the mix?
Adam : We were already working on this before of course, but Bjorn was involved quite early into the songs. We invited him down to where we rehearsed. He was kind of sharing his ideas. It was so great when we sat down and talked. We had the same kind of ideas from the very beginning. He listened to our songs. I think we were more self confident after lots of touring. We wrote down the songs on a piece of paper, these twelve songs. We wanted these on the album and it felt so good. We knew they were going to be good before we even went into the studio. With that kind of self confidence in songwriting it’s easy to work in the studio. Bjorn just added his idea and it was kind of the same level right away. We didn’t have to talk much about how we wanted it to sound. We had the melody, there was only 3 or 4 different versions how to record that kind of melody. It was strange, came very natural.
LP6 : After you heard the final mix what were your impressions of it?
Adam : Because of the bigger atmosphere…it’s less lo-fi and I was a little bit scared…not of “are we going to be able to do this live?,” but I was afraid that the kind of feeling.. you know the whole magic…can sometimes disappear if you work it to much. But it didnt. I was so happy it could sound so beautiful, a little bit less lofi and still have that same frustration and same kind of meaning. Basically what I was thinking about when I wrote the songs. I was really happy we were still able to have control over that. You know what I mean? We didn’t lose anything. Sometimes you do that when you’re in the studio for such a long time. We worked so hard that the feeling wouldn’t get lost. We worked more with everything on this album that we could point out. Where we could work on the song more. First album was more “just record the song and we will see what will happen.” Now were just more focused on different parts of the song.
LP6 : Any song that came out differently than what you initially envisioned for the song?
Adam : Yeah the first song we recorded was “Impossible.” That was a song that we recorded in like 4 or 5 different versions. It originally sounded more like something the Zombies would do, very 60′ish and then it changed and went different ways. I actually liked all the different versions we did for that song. When we finally did the version on the album, it was more epic and more cinematic. I think the whole album is more cinematic, especially with the lyrics. That song kind of set the measure… the first song we recorded. That was kind of the beginning of the album. We took ideas from that one..and yeah.
LP6 : Speaking of cinematic, the video for “Tonight I Have To Leave It” sure was cinematic. How did the idea for that video come about?
Adam : A few years ago, I think our last US or European tour, we were sitting on the bus and just talking. We kind of planned stuff and made up things. We thought about “wouldn’t it be great to do a tour on a ship?” You know, play all these different harbors in different countries. That was an idea we had a long time ago and then Ted decided to make like of a documentary of us going to the sea. It kind of fit really well with the artwork and everything. We do a lot of things of ourselves, me and Carl were doing the artwork and he (Ted) was doing videos. When everything was done, the video and the art, I felt like everything just belonged. Why is it cinematic? Its just the way we like to think.
LP6 : Was the video fun to make?
Adam : I do enjoy it more because I get to work with Ted and a lot of friends around us. Not like a fancy director that has his own ideas. Although it would be great to work with bigger directors, there’s so many gret ones out there. But, its kind of like creating your own world and I like that. It’s more personal. I like doing videos now, especially when I work with Ted and the friends I have now. Of course you get used to those kind of things, but it just feels like you’re playing around with your firends. You feel like a Kid.
LP6 : Was the “Head On The Door” an influence on the album or more of a coincidence?
Adam : I think it was a coincidence. I do listen to the Cure a lot, but we didn’t actually listen to any records while in the studio. You know, I don’t know, I need to listen to that album more. My voice is kind of similar and so I had to start listening to the Cure again to see what the hell was going on. I haven’t listened to that album in awhile. From what I do remember about that album, I think our album was more organic than Head On The Door? That is kind of the Cure’s big pop album. I think we share the same frustrations in pop music and have the balance between darker and brighter pop sounds. The Head On The Door is a briliant album, but I need have to listen to it again and get back to you if it sounds similar.
LP6 : Baben seemed to have a greater role on this album. Something that you guys wanted beforehand?
Adam : It just came about. She was kind of shy in the beginning. It took her awhile to get some volume into the microphone if you know what I mean. I think it was all the touring we did. She’s much better now. She’s great at doing harmonies. We focused a lot on that. She was able to help me with that. I’m really happy it turned out that way, Its really more dynamic and it helps the sounds. Sounds better that way. When everybody in the band wants to share something it has to come natural.
LP6 : I’m curious to know what made you pick the title “Meat Is Murder” for that track?
Adam : Yeah …I knew I would be asked that question. I knew I should have changed that bloody title (laughs). It’s a sad song actually. I do strongly believe that music really helps you a lot when you are feeling depressed. But, when I wrote that song I felt like nothing really could help me get in a better mood. I dont know why that Meat Is Murder album or song came into my head.
I think maybe it was in the background at this party I was going to. I kept that title for a long time. I discussed it with the others and asked them what do you think, should we keep this? And it had a title for it. I wrote that song right after the Howl Howl Geff Geff session. It’s been with us for a long time and I couldnt come up with a better name. It had to stay there.
LP6: How did “Tonight I Have To Leave It” come about?
Adam : That song had different runs with it. Me and Carl used to play that song during soundchecks. We worked with that song for quite a long time. I wrote the chorus for that song like three years ago? Then I wrote the melody right after that. That’s actually been like my really…I ‘ve been very protective of it. That was like my pearl of the album. It was a song that I knew would be really good. So I worked with it for a little while, then I had to let it go for awhile. There’s lots of different meanings for the song as well.
LP6 : Are you the primary songwriter for the Shout Out Louds?
Adam : I do write the most of the words and the melodies. Babben and Carl were more involved on this one. Babben wrote Blue Headlights which is the song she is singing on. Usually I bring in the ideas to the song and we all arrange and everybody adds their own part.
LP6 : I believe Capital Records released your first record in the U.S. What were some of the reasons for switching from Capital to Merge?
Adam : Capital Records had a big merger with Virgin Records. They fired everyone that we worked with in their office and they dropped us as well and a few other bands. For our first album we didn’t make money for them … for the people on the board or whatever. So we got dropped from that label and we just found a new home quite quickly. There were a lot of people that wanted to work with us. It was great it happened so fast.
It was quite bizarre from the very beginning to be signed on to such a big label for a small band from Stockholm. We talked about that before working with Capital and we decided it would be a big chance for us to do that, it was kind of an opportunity for us to release it abroad. I was happy with Capital Records they were doing a fine job. I do think Merge suites us better and I’m really looking forwards to working with them
LP6 : Your releasing the EP “Tonight I Have To Leave It” on June 5th. What did you think of the remixes?
Adam : I really like them both. I got the Russian Futurists record actually from his girlfriend on our last tour when we were in Toronto and I listened to it a lot on that tour.
LP6 : Which album? Crumbling?
Adam : I think it was Our Thickness. I really liked that album. We were talking, emailing each other and I asked him if he wanted to make a remix of it. And I think there are quite different as well. Kleerup is quite a well known D.J. and remix guy here in Sweden. Its fun to use local acts as well. He did a great job with Robin another Swedish act.
LP6 : Do you personally listen to a lot of electronic music?
Adam : I do actually. Especiallly the last 5 or 6 years. I got influenced by that by listening to more of how the drums should be. I think it’s important if you are songwriter to not always listen to the same kind of music you are writing and playing. I have lots of friends that listens to techno and house and they give me like mix cds sometimes and of course Daft Punk are still one of my favorites in that genre. So many great things coming out from that.
LP6 : You guys recorded a song with the Essex Green on the upcoming EP. Are you friends with them?
Adam : Yeah they were opening for us on our U.S. tour like 2 years ago. We met them and they came to Europe. There quite big here in Scandanavia so it was quite an honor to work with them. They were on tour here in Stockholm and they had a day off. We were in the studio at the same time. One night they came to the studio and we had quite a big party in the studio and recorded that song
LP6 : A few rounds of whiskey?
Adam : Yeah, a few rounds. We actually ended up at a karaoke bar but everybody was so tired of singing it sounded terrible.
LP6 : What song did you do?
Adam : I did um…Rosanna.
LP6 : Roasanna…by Toto?
Adam : Um yeah.
LP6 : Wouldn’t have guessed it, but would love to hear that. What current bands do you find exciting?
Adam : I’ve been listening to a great electronic Swedish band called “Studio.” They are doing a remix for our next single “Impossible” here in Sweden. I’ve been listening to a lot of Destroyer. Best album of last year. The recent Yo La Tengo album was really really good. I listen to a lot of jazz as well. I think the rock scene in Britain now is quite boring. The U.S. has a really interesting scene. I still listen to a lot of older indie bands, mostly British bands. A lot of indie bands from 80’s like Television Personalities and early Stone Roses.
LP6 : Do you guys identify yourself with a “scene” in Sweden? Since there does seem to be a high percentage of great music coming from your country.
Adam : I don’t really feel we belong to a “scene”. Of course we have a lot of friends in other bands.
LP6 : Just have a lot of individually great music coming out of there and you guys know of each other…
Adam : We do know each other, but its not really like… well a few bands…especially if a band is actually touring outside of Sweden. Us, Peter bjorn and John, The Concretes, I do think we do share the same experiences and i think we belong more that scene. But there is also a big electronic and pop scene are really big in Sweden, which we really dont think to belong to. I don’t know. But its interesting, there mixing a lot of genres and I think its quite inspirational.
LP6 : What has been some of the most memorable moments while being on the road?
Adam : Most memorable would be the people you meet. Even with playing on these big U.S. television shows or playing sold out shows in New York, London, or Berlin, those are still great memories, but when you go to an after party or meet a friend in Toronto and go to his house and have a party there, those kind of smaller things you remember the most.You know? Friends you meet and come home to the locals. I like those memories, I remember those more. Otherwise you are quite in a strange bubble when you are on tour. Coming home with people and seeing how they are living is the most fun.
LP6 : Was there a partcular area you were most impressed with while touring in the U.S. ?
Adam : The bigger cities are nice. But I really liked Oregon because it was so beautiful there. I remember we were driving through there. The green hills and the forest…it feels like you were in that movie “Stand By Me.” I liked the area there. Especially the mountains in Portland and outside of Portland, it was beautiful.
LP6 : As a teenager which was the most memorable show you attended?
Adam : Um..I remember seeing Faith No More when they played in Stockholm It was quite a good show, they played at quite a small place. Right after the angel dust album. I really liked them. Also I do remember seeing Guns N Roses at the big olympic stadium.
LP6 : What was that like?
Adam : It was horrible. I was a big fan when I was a kid. but after an hour into their set, they carried in this huge leather sofa and they sat down and started to play acoustic versions of their songs. It was really boring.
LP6 : Where do you see yourself or the band in 4 or 5 years?
Adam : Probably working on a new album or maybe two more albums. But I dont really want to think about it that to much. We talked about it in the band and didn’t want to plan to much. We know that the songs will just come, we dont worry about that. It’s more important that we really enjoy what we are doing and we feel healthy and we get along and things dont get to crazy. I don’t know if I will live in Stockholm in 5 more years, but we will see.
LP6 : Thanks so much for doing the interview. I do have one last question, it’s kind of random so get ready.
Adam : O.K.
LP6 : If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
Adam : If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular? Hmm..oh Jesus. I got to think about that in Swedish so hold on. (Pauses for a few moments) …. I dont think love is blind, but its more like love is near sighted. So I think when you see the underwear you’re quite close to it, so that’s why its so popular.
LP6 : (Claps hands) Hmm very good answer! Thank you for taking the time to do the interview and best of luck to you.
Adam : I appreciate it, cheers…
Jun
5
2007
The Loose Salute (Ian McCutcheon/Mojave 3) debut album Tuned To Love set for release
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As it turns out, The Loose Salute is not an amazing Mojave3 side-project, but just an amazing project in itself. According to a statement by The Loose Salute founder and Mojave3 drummer Ian McCutcheon, “There are no plans what-so-ever to record another Mojave3 record.” McCutcheon went on to assert that his main concern and only musical concern presently is The Loose Salute.
The Loose Salute is essentially a pop group, with both folk and country overtones that draws songwriting influences from the likes of The Byrds, The Beach Boys, The Mamas and The Papas, The Eagles and Leonard Cohen. “Basically the albums in my parents’ record collection when I was growing up,” McCutcheon laughs. Some of the more contemporary comparisons include the work of Elliott Smith, The Beachwood Sparks, The Tyde, Wilco, The Shins, Midlake and Dr. Dog. “You could say The Loose Salute sound borrows from all of these bands,” says McCutcheon.” The vibe is different from Mojave3. We’re more of a pop group. It’s a little more fun in places.”
The English band’s debut album Tuned To Love is a record full of summer sounds and nostalgia. These are songs that make you want to go out, find some friends and dance the night away. The songs are about all the facets of life: falling in and out of love, break-ups, partying, wanderlust, home-cookin’, surfing, travel, fields, beaches, stars and bars. “The general weight of the world,” explains McCutcheon. Chicago’s Graveface Records – home to releases by Black Moth Super Rainbow, The Octopus Project and The Appleseed Cast – will release The Loose Salute’s debut album on June 12th, 2007. Tuned To Love was recorded with engineer Gareth Parton (The Beta Band, The Go Team, The Pipettes, Mojave3) and McCutcheon’s school-yard buddy, producer Pritpal Soor. Read more
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Jun
2
2007
Richmond Fontaine - 13 Cities
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Artist : Richmond Fontaine
Album : 13 Cities
Release Date : May 22, 2007
Website : http://www.richmondfontaine.com/
Label : Union
Free Downloads : Evergreen (From the Album: “Obliteration by Time”)
Rating : 7.5
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Jun
2
2007
Download the upcoming Club 8 single
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“…The waiting’s finally over! On June 20, Club 8 release their first single in four years’ time. And it’s a beautiful comeback, we promise you that.
“Whatever you want” is a shimmery summer’s dream. Tropicalia percussion, whistling and the catchiest “tu-tu-tu” this side of Brazil will make you forget you never even liked summer.”
“Whatever you want” is taken from the forthcoming Club 8 album with the working title The Boy Who Couldn’t Stop Dreaming. Out autumn 2007.
Free Downloads : Whatever You Want
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