Long Walk To Freedom is a biopic about Nelson Mandela and serves as a good introduction to the man’s life. We get to see Mandela take his first steps as an ANC activist, the horror of Sharpeville, his imprisonment at Robben Island, his relationship with Winnie. It’s all there in a little over two hours.
I don’t know about you but I find it easy to cheer for Manchester Orchestra. You want these guys to get bigger than they are. You want them to fill the stadiums they seem to be writing songs for.
If your biggest influences as a band are Lawrence Arms and Jawbreaker, then I’m already rooting for you right from the start.
The Shell Corporation is one of those bands whose name I’ve seen pop up every now and again without actually having checked them out.
From Tampa, FL comes a band called Blistered. They have just released a 7” with the ugliest cover I have seen in a long time, called “Soul Erosion”.
Toronto’s PUP (short for Pathetic Use of Potential) already dropped their self-titled album late last year in Canada. Thanks to Side One Dummy, the rest of the world gets to enjoy it as well now.
In case you’ve been living under a rock for the last couple of weeks, OFF! is back with a new album.
Following up 2012’s “Sweet Sour”, Band Of Skulls are back with “Himalayan”, an album that - I suppose – they wanted to sound as imposing as the mountain range with the same name.
Dylan Baldi started Cloud Nothings as a one-man band when he was 18.
The Coathangers start off their fourth album with “Follow Me”, a sweet burst of primitive punk.
