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Indie pop stars Tegan and Sara have laid out plans for a small fall tour covering BC, LA and New York. Tickets are on sale through ticketmaster (shudder) for the US dates and through ticketweb for the Canadian date.
Go see them!
09-25 Victoria, British Columbia – Rifflandia Music Festival
10-25 Los Angeles, CA – Orpheum Theater
10-30 New York, NY – Town Hall
10-31 New York, NY – Town Hall
Austin Texas, home of the famed South by Southwest and Austin City Limits festivals, has another great festival to add to the mix: Fun x3 Fest.
Today they have revealed their line-up for the festival, which runs from November 7th-8th. Among many great bands, Of Montreal, Les Savy Fav, Vega, and Alaska in Winter are all scheduled to play.
If your lucky enough to live in Austin be sure to check it out!
In a mysterious blog post to their myspace page, Maxïmo Park have decided to cancel their entire September North American tour.
The post, which was actually a scanned hand written note signed by all of the band mates, listed the reason as personal and didn’t elaborate further. “When we return, it’ll be with as much energy and passion as ever” as the note stated.
As so might know or not, but the Strokes front-runner, Julian Casablancas, has recorded a solo album entitled Phrazes for the Young, due out on August 31st.
However, today, via his website, he announced the debut of his solo career with a show at the Duo Music Exchange in Tokyo, Japan. Tickets are on sale now so, so go grab them before they are all gone.
So I finally got around to seeing District 9 over the weekend and I was presently surprised by the film. I went into the theater with the only knowledge about the nature of the movie from what I saw in the trailer. I was expecting some sort of Independence Day man vs. alien action flick. However, as many know, that was not the case. What resulted was a film that explores the brutality humanity has imposed on itself by paralleling events that took place during the apartheid system enforced by South African government between 1948 and 1994.
Politics aside, this film is worth seeing. A decent plot, surprisingly good acting from newcomer Sharlto Copley, and excellent cinematography make this film a killer combo. What will surprise me, however, is if this film doesn’t make it to the Academy Awards. Director Peter Jackson hits another homer with this film.
Black Sabbath have announced they have plans to re-issue five albums from their back catalog. All five will be made into deluxe editions containing “extras” that should entice any Sabbath fan to throw their hard earned cash to get one.
To be released are as follows:
Albums will be on sale starting September 21st so make sure to save for them!
Weezer has revealed, via their blog, the title of their forthcoming album: Raditude, yes, Raditude. Album will be out on 10/27 and was produced by Jacknife Lee and Butch Walker.
Can’t wait for this one. Should be a good one!
Smashing Pumpkins front-runner Billy Corgan has announced a small club tour for those lucky enough to live in California.
Check out the dates after the break.
Sorry for the delay in reporting this one, but I’ve been away from a computer all day. Radiohead has officially released the much blogged about track “These Are My Twisted Words”, which was leaked to the internet by would-be hackers.
Go and download it, you won’t regret it. Best of all it’s free!
In Bruges Movie Poster
I saw this film a while ago when it was in theaters. While flipping through channels I noticed it was playing on TV now and I decided to watch it again. This is still one of my all time favorite indie flicks. In Bruges was a 2008 black comedy directed by Martin McDonagh and starring Colin Farrel and Brendon Gleeson about two hitmen sent to Bruges to wait after a contract hit has gone bad.
The movie begins with Ray (Colin) and Ken (Brendon) arriving in Bruges to find out they are stuck there for two weeks. Shortly after arriving, Ken is notified by his boss, Harry, of the true reason for being in Bruges: he is to kill Colin as retribution for the bad hit. We find out that during the hit Ray had inadvertently killed a boy. Harry informs Ken that Bruges was his favorite city as a boy and he feels Ray would like the “fairly tail” like atmosphere of the city. Ray of course hates the town and spends his nights in the bars instead of sightseeing.
While walking around one day he sees the stunning blond Chloe, played by Clemence Poesy, and Jimmy (Jordan Prentice), a dwarf who figures in a dream sequence. He offends both of them but then quickly befriends them (Even though he continues to refer to Jimmy as a midget).
I will leave the rest of the film to the viewer but can promise good action and suspense. The ending is delightfully ironic showcasing that even professional murderers have their feelings.
This is a great film and I recommend everyone to go see it!
