10 recent albums to sink your teeth into

10 albums that have dazzled recently.

Kristina Train - Dark Black (2012)

Adult pop steaming with melancholy and beauty. Featuring a great cover of the Band of Horses No One´s Gonna Love You.


Foxygen - We are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Light and Magic (2013)

Duo Foxygen are like two little boys in a sandbox playfully tossing classic rock influences at each other. It´s infectious fun.


Atoms For Peace - AMOK (2013)

Thom Yorke´s side project. I rest my case.



Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (2012)

The reason I´m into hip hop again




Beth Orton - Sugaring Season (2012)
Stunningly beautiful chill-out music 


Phosphorescent - Muchacho (2013)

My most recent musical exploration. Still taking it in. Is this guy taking country into the 21st century? Still working on the answer.



The Spinto Band - Cool Cocoon (2013)
The Spinto Band are masters of making songs you feel like you heard somewhere before when actually you have not.


Youth Lagoon - Wondrous Bughouse (2013)

This is wondreous all right.


Foals - Holy Fire (2013)

Solid british indie rock if you are so inclined


Local Natives - Hummingbird (2013)

Gorgeous indie rock from California.

Caveman

Caveman is an indie rock band from New York. They just released their second album and it sounds mighty fine.

Oblivion

Sci-fi movie Oblivion is coming soon where we will see Tom Cruise in a space suit wander around Icelandic landscapes. I don´t have high expectations, these kinds of films usually disappoint. However, its encouraging that French electro-band M83 do the soundtrack. And here is the title track.

m.A.A.d city

Epic Kendrick!

Song for Zula

My first encounter with Phosphorescent is a pleasant one. Great song.

True story..sort of

Here are 10 great must-see movies "based on real events".

Hotel Rwanda (2004)

The Rwandan genocide.













Schindler´s List (1993)

The Holocaust.


















The Elephant Man (1980)
David Lynch directed this one in an unusually straighforward manner considering his CV. Instead of disturbing mind-fuck of the likes of Eraserhead and Lost Highway he infused this one with gentleness and a celebration of human relationships and human nature.









Born on the Fourth of July (1989)

Tom Cruise gives an unforgettable performance as an eager young man who has his dreams shattered by a senseless war, ultimately finding courage and redemption fighting against the war.














You Don´t Know Jack (2010)

The story of assisted-suicide activist, Dr. Jack Kevorkian.














The Insider (1999)
Al Pacino and Russell Crowe fighting the tobacco industry and Michael Mann makes sure everything looks cool. Purely legendary.
















The Pianist (2002)

 Roman Polanski´s version of The Holocaust.


















The Last King of Scotland (2006)

Ugandan boogie.


















Into the Wild (2007)

The story of Christopher McCandless.


















JFK (1991)

Kevin Costner scratching his head for 3 hours over the JFK assassination.

Chelsea Wolfe

Dark and spooky from Californian Chelsea Wolfe