Philadelphia's cult indie favourites Literature have shared 'New Jacket', another slice of master-crafted indiepop from their upcoming album, Chorus.
Literature features Kevin Attics, Nathaniel Cardaci, Chris Schackerman, and Seth Whaland. Attics, who’d written for numerous music trades as a teen, met Cardaci and Whaland at the house venue they both operated in Austin, TX. Cardaci and Whaland each ran small imprint labels and, a million adventures later, the trio decided to form a band. Upon moving to Philadelphia the group befriended Schackerman who also joined the fold.
In 2012, following a well-received single and a track on Gerard Cosloy’s “Casual Victim Pile II” compilation they released their debut album, Arab Spring, which became a cult hit within the indiepop community. That album is sharp and immediate, almost mod-ish in its attack, but always tuneful and going for melody where it counts. They toured the US in support, and have performed with the likes of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Eternal Summers, Ted Leo, Sic Alps, White Fence, Gentlemen Jesse, Hospitality, and Brown Recluse. They also appeared on Terre T's Cherry Blossom Clinic.
In 2013 they released a follow-up 7”, “Tie Dye” and contributed a track to Esopus Magazine alongside artists like Jens Lekman and The Shins. They also played at that year’s NYC Popfest, which helped cement the buzz that was steadily growing amongst savvy pop fans. Arab Spring was treated to a re-mastered re-press, which followed the first pressing and quickly sold out.
Autumn of 2013 saw the band begin work on their second album, Chorus, with lauded engineer Gary Olson (whose body of work includes records by Crystal Stilts, Mad Scene and The Beets) at his Marlborough Farms studio in Brooklyn, NY. As a beautiful autumn turned into one of the harshest winters in recent memory, Olson and the band began stretching out, enhancing the album with studio techniques dating back to the late 60s including true-tape flanging, sending vocals through Leslie speaker cabinets, and the same analog style of automatic double-tracking created at Abbey Road Studios.
The result is an album that is as immediate as it is timeless, full of effortlessly catchy and well-crafted tunes that echo pop legends like The Smiths and Orange Juice. All of that time in the studio has resulted in a rich, considered sound that puts the band's arranging and playing front and center. Chorus is one of the most exciting pop records in years, and marks Literature at true contenders.
Lumière is proud to announce that the summerhit of 2014 is Boyhood. More than 50.000 viewers went to see the movie, and that in two weeks time!
Filmed over 12 years with the same cast, Richard Linklater's BOYHOOD is a groundbreaking story of growing up as seen through the eyes of a child named Mason (a breakthrough performance by Ellar Coltrane), who literally grows up on screen before our eyes. Starring Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette as Mason's parents and newcomer Lorelei Linklater as his sister Samantha, BOYHOOD charts the rocky terrain of childhood like no other film has before. Snapshots of adolescence from road trips and family dinners to birthdays and graduations and all the moments in between become transcendent, set to a soundtrack spanning the years from Coldplay's Yellow to Arcade Fire's Deep Blue. BOYHOOD is both a nostalgic time capsule of the recent past and an ode to growing up and parenting.
Director:Richard Linklater
Writer:Richard Linklater
Stars:Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke |
DUTCH VERSION
Meer dan 50 000 mensen hebben, na amper 2 weken, in onze bioscopen genoten van het levenswerk van Richard Linklater.
BOYHOOD speelt momenteel in alle bioscopen, als je het ons vraagt, dé ideale film om het weekend in te duiken, verder te zetten of af te sluiten.
Richard Linklaters filmparel Boyhood werd niet alleen de hemel in geprezen door critici, hij doet het ook opvallend goed in de Belgische bioscopen. Reeds 50.000 mensen trokken naar de zaal om de unieke film te bekijken.
Het is de enige film die deze week stijgt in de Belgische box office-top 10. Het epische jeugdverhaal staat momenteel op een zesde plaats.
Het succes van de film is ook de filmvertoners niet ontgaan. Het aantal prints is sinds de release al gestegen van 30 naar 35.
Boyhood belicht de belevenissen van de jonge Mason vanaf zijn zes jaar tot zijn achttiende verjaardag. Bijzonder aan de film is dat de regisseur de film draaide over een periode van twaalf jaar en steeds dezelfde acteurs gebruikte.
SOL is the work of swedish occultist and sound artist Michael Idehall. A journey into the depths of the esoteric foundations, mixing dark ambient with death industrial and adding relaxed rhythms and conjuring vocals. Ritual music for the techno trance pilgrim. Often compared to big names like Coil, Psychic TV, Hybryds
and Haus Arafna, Michael Idehall found his own style and continues to evolve it.
Originally released on tape, this remastered version features two additional unreleased tracks and a booklet with accompanying texts for all tracks.
"This music should be engaged with caution and it should be regarded as a series of conditioned technomantical experiments."
Michael Idehall - Sol (expanded)
CD-R on Bastet Recordings (BR023)
Neonsol is a Danish/Canadian project made up of three members: Nina Io and Jesper Io - both handling live synths and vocals, lyrics and melodies, and Frédéric Scarfone, well known for his work with Memmaker, Iszoloscope and Norad handling production, sound design, live drums/effects, and additional song-writing.
Neonsol began life in Copenhagen in 2009 with Nina and Jesper writing and performing the band’s early tracks. The duo made their first stage appearance in Trondheim, Norway in August 2010 being joined in 2012 by Frédéric to complete their lineup. They premiered live as a three-piece in Copenhagen at the Cyberworld XX album release party in October 2012 and in April 2013, the band played their second Danish live show at the prestigious Club Braincorp's 8 Year Anniversary event alongside Nachtmahr, ESA and Skyla Vertex.
Featuring Nina’s distinctive and hypnotic vocals, thoughtful lyrics and well-crafted production work, the band’s music is best described as dreamy, dark and melodic electro that fuses diverse elements of industrial, synthpop, EBM and numerous other genres to create the Neonsol sound.
In 2014, Neonsol debut with their single release Citadel via Manchester-based independent label AnalogueTrash Records, ahead of their upcoming album Ecliptic released this autumn. Featuring the original mix of the track and an exclusive remix by legendary Danish artist Leaether Strip, Citadel is a powerful and contemporary slice of electronica that we’re confident you're going to love.
The True Detective Season 2 rumor mill has churned out another name: Vince Vaughn.
According to TVLine Vaughn is in preliminary talks to play one of the three leads in the HBO drama’s upcoming second season.
In mid-July, word spread that Colin Farrell and Taylor Kitsch are reportedly in serious discussions for two of the season’s lead roles, while series creator Nic Pizzolatto has said that the new season will be set in California and feature “four central roles.”
Source: TVLine
