Assemblage 23 - Raw
Assemblage 23 - Raw
Letterboxd rating scale:
The Long Riders (Hill) ***
Furious 7 (Wan) **½
Hard Times (Hill) ****½
Another 48 Hrs. (Hill) ***
/48 Hrs./ (Hill) ***½
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (Besson) ***
/Unknown/ (Collet-Serra) ***½
Animal (Simmons) **
UnkleJam - Love Ya
Contagion (Soderbergh, 2011) - 6.5
The Descendants (Payne, 2011) - 7.5
Midnight in Paris (Allen, 2011) - 5
Margin Call (Chandor, 2011) - 6.5
The Ides of March (Clooney, 2011) - 5
Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out of This Country
Letterboxd rating scale:
The Long Riders (Hill) ***
Furious 7 (Wan) **½
Hard Times (Hill) ****½
Another 48 Hrs. (Hill) ***
/48 Hrs./ (Hill) ***½
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (Besson) ***
/Unknown/ (Collet-Serra) ***½
Animal (Simmons) **
They make some good pop music. Live they aren't that great though.Quoting Rowland (view post)
Within Temptation ~ Frozen
Hmm, that's a shame.Quoting Marley (view post)
Letterboxd rating scale:
The Long Riders (Hill) ***
Furious 7 (Wan) **½
Hard Times (Hill) ****½
Another 48 Hrs. (Hill) ***
/48 Hrs./ (Hill) ***½
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (Besson) ***
/Unknown/ (Collet-Serra) ***½
Animal (Simmons) **
Garbage - The Trick is to Keep Breathing
Letterboxd rating scale:
The Long Riders (Hill) ***
Furious 7 (Wan) **½
Hard Times (Hill) ****½
Another 48 Hrs. (Hill) ***
/48 Hrs./ (Hill) ***½
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (Besson) ***
/Unknown/ (Collet-Serra) ***½
Animal (Simmons) **
So, Judgement Hour, by Tear Garden, is such an incredible song. It's one of those songs that has quickly become one of my favorites. The production is excellent, the beat is simply and groovy, and Edward Ka-Spel's vocals are brilliant.
Man Rowland, I'm really glad we talked about this band last night, it's nice to be listening to them again. Although, I am not thrilled with their newest album at all. It's really lacking in the melody department, something that Tear Garden usually excels at.
"Painter In Your Pocket" by Destroyer
Last 11 things I really enjoyed:
Speed Racer (Wachowski/Wachowski, 2008)
Safe (Haynes, 1995)
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (Parker, 1999)
Beastie Boys Story (Jonze, 2020)
Bad Trip (Sakurai, 2020)
What's Up Doc? (Bogdanovich, 1972)
Diva (Beineix, 1981)
Delicatessen (Caro/Jeunet, 1991)
The Hunger (Scott, 1983)
Pineapple Express (Green, 2008)
Chungking Express (Wong, 1994)
Södra Bergens Balalaikor - Det Regnar Ute
Sheep Go to Heaven - Cake
Faith no More - Jizzlobber
What a quality album Angel Dust was...
The Boat People - 9
The Power of the Dog - 7.5
The King of Pigs - 7
Venetian Snares - hajnal
Letterboxd rating scale:
The Long Riders (Hill) ***
Furious 7 (Wan) **½
Hard Times (Hill) ****½
Another 48 Hrs. (Hill) ***
/48 Hrs./ (Hill) ***½
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (Besson) ***
/Unknown/ (Collet-Serra) ***½
Animal (Simmons) **
Dethharmonic - Dethklok
I am stoked for next week when they perform here.
Last Five Films I've Seen (Out of 5)
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse (Mackesy, 2022) 4.5
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (Crawford, 2022) 4
Confess, Fletch (Mottola, 2022) 3.5
M3GAN (Johnstone, 2023) 3.5
Turning Red (Shi, 2022) 4.5
Tokyo Story (Ozu, 1953) 5
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The Magnetic Fields - "Busby Berkeley Dreams"
In Front of Your Face (Hong Sang-soo, 2021) - 6
Introduction (Hong Sang-soo, 2021) - 6
True Mothers (Naomi Kawase, 2020) - 8
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy - (Ryusuke Hamaguchi, 2021) - 7
Wife of a Spy (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2020) - 7
The Power of the Dog (Jane Campion, 2021) - 9
Don't Look Up - (Adam McKay, 2021) - 4
The Matrix Resurrections (Lana Wachowski, 2021) - 4.5
Benedetta (Paul Verhoeven, 2021) - 7
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Autechre - "Drane2"
Oh man, I never realised how consistently amazing LP5 is until now. Ae's good stuff will never age.
Hot Snakes - "Unlisted"
I miss them.![]()
Confield is their most ageless album, probably because it's the most alien. It's my favorite of theirs too.Quoting Boner M (view post)
Letterboxd rating scale:
The Long Riders (Hill) ***
Furious 7 (Wan) **½
Hard Times (Hill) ****½
Another 48 Hrs. (Hill) ***
/48 Hrs./ (Hill) ***½
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (Besson) ***
/Unknown/ (Collet-Serra) ***½
Animal (Simmons) **
David Blue - "The Gasman Won't Buy Your Love"
I'm not a huge raving mad fan of Dylan, so I'm surprised that I'm enjoying this guy's blatant fascimile of his mid-60's electric period so much.
Haven't gotten into that one yet. I d/l'ed it a few years ago, gave it a few listens but decided it'd never really click with me and then deleted it. I'll give it another go sometime, but for now I think LP5 and EP7 (for the most part) are where they find the perfect balance between avant-garde beats and their unique brand of wistful, fragile melodocism.Quoting Rowland (view post)
"Pir" from EP7 might be my favorite track of theirs.
Yeah, there is hardly any overt melodicism in Confield. It's all about texture. EP7 is kinda crap, but it has a few good tracks. Pir... is that the last track?Quoting Boner M (view post)
Letterboxd rating scale:
The Long Riders (Hill) ***
Furious 7 (Wan) **½
Hard Times (Hill) ****½
Another 48 Hrs. (Hill) ***
/48 Hrs./ (Hill) ***½
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (Besson) ***
/Unknown/ (Collet-Serra) ***½
Animal (Simmons) **
On my way to work today, I listened to all of Neutral Milk Hotel's "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea." It's been too long since I've done that.
Yeah, it's the last one. I should've amended what I said in my previous post: EP7 would be crappy did it not have several astounding tracks that elevate it to 'pretty good' ("Maphive 7.0" and "Rpeg" are the other two).Quoting Rowland (view post)
I don't know if it's their best, but I've probably listened to Vietrmx21 more than any other song of theirs.
Letterboxd rating scale:
The Long Riders (Hill) ***
Furious 7 (Wan) **½
Hard Times (Hill) ****½
Another 48 Hrs. (Hill) ***
/48 Hrs./ (Hill) ***½
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (Besson) ***
/Unknown/ (Collet-Serra) ***½
Animal (Simmons) **
Rep 4 u! That's a goregously dark piece of music.Quoting Rowland (view post)
Hmm, so you've never heard it before. As a former hardcore fan of the duo, I wonder which albums of theirs you've listened to?Quoting Boner M (view post)
Letterboxd rating scale:
The Long Riders (Hill) ***
Furious 7 (Wan) **½
Hard Times (Hill) ****½
Another 48 Hrs. (Hill) ***
/48 Hrs./ (Hill) ***½
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (Besson) ***
/Unknown/ (Collet-Serra) ***½
Animal (Simmons) **