Music – Interview – 202s
Imagine the potential joy of a record shop lucky dip. You thrust your hand into a paper bag and might pull out any gem from any given era or genre
Polly Scattergood
From her Dickensian moniker right down to her Victorian-horror tinged lyrics (‘spit on my French knickers/and call me a whore’) London-based songwriter Polly Scattergood is gothic in the most classical
Kelly Clarkson – All I Ever Wanted
Did you hear the one about the time Kelly Clarkson took a personality test? She got an F. The stars of end-of-noughties femme-pop have succeeded thanks, predominantly, to an almost
Neil Young – Fork In The Road
That dog-gone crazy horse has only gone and made a concept album. “What’s so bad about that?” I hear you say. After all, some of the finest musical outputs of
Peter Doherty – Grace Wastelands
Anyone who witnessed the mortifying interrogation of Pete Doherty on the Late Late Show recently will recall Pat Kenny patronisingly asking the former Rehab King what he wants from his
Camera Obscura – My Maudlin Career
Three years ago on Let’s Get Out Of This Country Scottish Spectorpop band Camera Obscura hit an unstoppable Phelps-like stride in their particularly watery, whimsical discipline of music. They butterfly-stroked
Changeling
In Eastwood’s ‘Changeling,’ Christine Collins (Jolie) lives in 1928 Los Angeles. After coming home from work and discovering her son is gone, police spend five months looking for her son
Twilight
The film adaptation of Stephanie Myers book, Twilight, is a modern-day love story with an unorthodox twist. It tells of the hybrid romance between vampire and mortal in this Lost
Clash City Rockers – Interview with Blk Jks
During Apartheid rock was the music of the white, but without a distinct oppression or resistance, the boundaries have been erased. The Johannesburg quartet Blk Jks is the sound of
Star Trek: Interview with Chris Pine (Captain Kirk)
Chris Pine, who won the coveted casting slot to play James T. Kirk in the new feature STAR TREK, is not the first one in his family to stroll the
Interview with Girl Talk
Listening to Girl Talk is a bit like taking a pop music guilty pleasure, tossing in a touch of hip hop with a somewhat obscure indie rock reference, and giving
Brendan Canning – Love Is New
Despite the inarguably explosive stardom of Leslie Feist post the toe-tapping (iPod) commercial success of 1234, Canadian indie rockers Broken Social Scene still insist on treating their band members like
Quantum of Solace
Picking up immediately after the explosive conclusion to Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace opens with Bond in the midst of a spectacular car chase and shoot out, as he transports
The Decemberists – The Rake’s Song
The Decemberists’ last album, The Crane Wife, was a musical rendition of a Japanese folk tale, so perhaps it’s not all that surprising that their upcoming album, The Hazards of
Interview with Sneaky Sound System
Aussies are known for their laidback attitude and their penchant for partying. They’re also pretty mad for their dance music. It’s no surprise, then, that Australia’s latest export, Sneaky Sound
Dublin: One City, One Book.
Every year around this time Dublin city gets littered with posters and bunting to celebrate one single book that is said to wholly represent and encapsulate the city. Dublin: One
Linha de Passe
For director Walter Salles this ensemble drama marks not only a return to the teeming Brazilian urban milieu of his breakthrough feature Central Station but a reunion with its young
Monsters Vs. Aliens – Interview with Seth Rogen
Former stand-up comedian and Ali G staff writer Seth Rogen walks a delicate tightrope between the obnoxious and the endearing. A late addition to the Vaughn-Wilson-Ferrell axis of American comedy,