Sweden’s captains of thundering postpunk, noisy psychadelica and dreamy goth-gaze are back in the same pitchblack waters as before. As follow up to the self titled debut, the quartet now presents Then Comes Silence II. The fascination for doom, darkness, death and the ghastly and terrible is intact and the band navigate a steady course towards the same destination.

The debut album from 2012 attracted attention widely and was praised for its apocalyptic message and dystopian soundscape. That same year, Then Comes Silence were requested to be the opening act for A Place to Bury Strangers for their Stockholm visit, the first live-appearance for the Stockholm quartet. This was followed by a performance at the prestigious Roskilde Festival in Denmark. All in all an eventful journey in less than one year.

The work on the sequel began as the debut was still hot off the presses. In a short time span, the band had to undergo some serious changes as two members left the group. After this alteration and intense sessions, the result is on the horizon. As before, the singer and bassist Alex Svenson (Sad Days for Puppets, Radio LXMBRG) is the main composer. This time Svenson has achieved something even more black and gritty than the debut album. Anna Eklund (Sad Days for Puppets) also returns in the duet and single "She Lies in Wait".

 

Seven years after the highly acclaimed ARMAGEDDON GIGOLO, Simone Salavatori and Stefano Puri once again find their paths crossing. BLACK HEARTS IN BLACK SUITS is the result of three years of work, composed by Stefano Puri specifically for SPIRITUAL FRONT, with Simone Salvatori lending his voice and interpretation (as intense and charismatic as ever) to the composer’s music. The poems of Reiner Werner Fassbinder are given new light as they materialize into musical form as Stefano Puri sits at the piano and joins Simone Salvatori on a voyage of no return. The SYMPOSIUM ENSEMBLE and the BLACK HEARTS CHOIR round out the endeavor.

The composer’s writing – in one moment minimal and introspective, in the next dark and theatrical – follows ancestral pathways along which the singers voice moves between intimacy and majesty, between heavy chords and light harmonies, between airy string passages and obscure choral harmonies. A concept album more akin to an opera than to the traditional LP, BLACK HEARTS IN BLACK SUITS is a fascinating symphonic journey that takes us through the darkest nihilistic sides of both the composer and the icon of “Suicide Pop”.

From Franz Schubert to Nick Cave, Michael Nyman to David Tibet, from Arvo Pärt to Marc Almond…with no way back.

Frances Ha is a modern fairy tale by Noah Baumbach.

Frances (Greta Gerwig) lives in New York, but she doesn’t have a real home there. She is a pupil from a dance company, but not a real dancer. Her best friend is Sophie, but they don’t really talk. Frances got lost in her dreams and looses all sense of reality. Frances wants more than she has and lives on her disturbed life with lots of enthusiasm.

Director: Noah Baumbach
Cast: Greta Gerwig, Mickey Sumner
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 86 min

Frances Ha is available on 5^th November (French and Dutch) by A-Film on both Blu-ray and dvd.

Autumn 2010, Madrid is about to experience the birth of something exceptional: October People have their self-produced debut album ready and two years later they reveal it via Rumble Records in October to underline their music with the month through a course of eight unfolding songs which carry the listener away into a dreamy and nostalgic world. Influenced by Ray Bradbury and Edgar Allen Poe as well as, bands such as Joy Division, New Order, Depeche Mode, The Chameleons, Jesus and the Mary Chain, October People came to leave their mark on the music scene.

As a special gift, October People choose to release their debut album on vinyl to highlight the congeniality of their music and evoke nostalgia by listening to these wonderful, melancholic songs on the record player. While working on their first video clip, the band decides to bring their debut album to a broad audience by joining the afmusic-family and re-releasing their self-titled debut album. Next to the video clip an EP is also scheduled, building the bridge between the first and the upcoming album.

October People’s self-titled debut album will be available from 18.10.2013 in every well-known store and on afmusic, on vinyl as well as on CD.

Accordin to www.glendalenewspress.com, Bauhaus lead singer Peter Murphy was sentenced to three years of probation and must complete 45 days of Narcotics Anonymous meetings for hitting a car in March in Glendale, California and fleeing in his vehicle until he was stopped six miles away. Police said they found methamphetamine inside the patrol car in which Murphy was detained. Murphy must also complete 10 days of community service for the hit-and-run charge.

He was driving his manager's Subaru Forester when he crashed into another car and fled onto the Ventura (134) Freeway, police said. “He just panicked and he ran,” Murphy's attorney said. “It's just the way it is.” The driver of a pickup truck saw the crash and followed Murphy to the 3400 block of Barham Boulevard in Los Angeles, where he blocked him until Glendale police arrived. Police said the rocker appeared confused and had difficulty recalling the day and time.

Murphy's blood alcohol level was.01, his attorney said, adding that there was no evidence that his client was using drugs or alcohol. Police said they later found a small plastic bag containing methamphetamine inside the patrol car where Murphy was handcuffed and sitting, police said. Murphy's attorney said he doesn't know if the drugs belonged to his client or if they were inside the patrol car before he was detained.

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