You probably still recall Paul Verhoeven’s take on Philip K. Dick’s story, “We Can Remember It For You Wholesale”. It was a solid nineties action flick starring Arnie and it came with lots of campy fun. 20+ Years later director Len Wiseman thought it was a good idea to do a remake. While the new movie has a couple of cute references to the original, both the plot and the tone of the movie have changed dramatically.
Next to being a cinematic masterpiece, “The Dark Knight” will always be closely associated with the death of Heath Ledger. “The Dark Knight Rises” wasn’t exactly off to a better start with the shooting that took place in a Colorado movie theater.
One could say that the need for a vigilante taking care of a city’s citizens was more than ever necessary at that point, yet “The Dark Knight Rises” kicks off with Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) in hermit mode eight years after Batman vanished into the night for what he and Harvey Dent thought was the greater good.
2010’s self-titled album was already pretty damn impressive, but with “A Healthy Fear” Gifts From Enola take a leap forward and end up with a hauntingly beautiful album that’s capable of kicking yo
“Transcendental Youth” is The Mountain Goats’ second album for Merge and their idontknowhowmanieth in total. And despite being overproductive, John Darnielle has yet to release a bad album.
The Sword is an often overlooked band when it comes to the retro revival that’s going on.
LA’s Roll The Tanks waste no time and get right down to business with opener “Toeing The Line”… good opening, better bridge and a chorus with arena ambitions.
- by Tom Dumarey
When Bloc Party decided to take a long nap back in 2008, Kele Okereke went solo and released “The Boxer”.
After having spent time in the World/Inferno Friendship Society and The Hold Steady among others, multi-instrumentalist Franz Nicolay is going at it solo again with “Do The Struggle”.
The Grabass Charlestons are back with a new full-length and twelve years into their existence, they could very well have written their best batch of songs to date.
