Let Us Now Praise Noise: Late January Edition
This week: Sunshine Ward, Fister, Chrch, Asylum, Grindmother, Suman, Tia Sprocket.
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Let Us Now Praise Noise: Mid-January Edition
This week on Let Us Now Praise Noise: Dark Palms, Iron Reagan, Gatecreeper, All Pigs Must Die, Mammoth Grinder, David Shire.
‘D.O.A.: A Right of Passage’ is a Messy, Essential Document of Punk
The documentary D.O.A. was filmed almost guerrilla style, funded by High Times magazine, with director Lech Kowalski following the Sex Pistols on the doomed 1978 tour of America. The band didn’t … Continue reading ‘D.O.A.: A Right of Passage’ is a Messy, Essential Document of Punk
Let Us Now Praise Noise: Late December 2017 Edition
Prayers, COC, Big Star, and L.A.M.F. all get a spin on this edition of Let Us Now Praise Noise.
Tim Murr Lists His Faves of 2017
Here are many of the pop culture things that Tim Murr enjoyed in 2017.
‘Somebody’s Darling’ Shows Promise, But Ultimately Falls Flat
Set in 2006, Somebody’s Darling takes place on a university campus and centers on a fraternity house that throws posh cocktail parties instead of keggers. The frat brothers put on an air … Continue reading ‘Somebody’s Darling’ Shows Promise, But Ultimately Falls Flat
Holiday Gift Guide 2017: Ed Wood’s ‘The Violent Years’ Gets a 4k Restoration
“These Aren’t Kids. They’re Morons!” Alamo Drafthouse’s The American Genre Film Archive (AGFA), the world’s largest non-profit film archive, have teamed with Something Weird Video to bring us a lost … Continue reading Holiday Gift Guide 2017: Ed Wood’s ‘The Violent Years’ Gets a 4k Restoration
Holiday Gift Guide 2017: Pre-order Arrow’s ‘Basket Case’ Blu-ray
When the Museum of Modern Art announced they would be doing a 4k restoration of Frank Henenlotter’s 1982 Basket Case, my reaction was “it’s about fucking time.” I relayed this news to … Continue reading Holiday Gift Guide 2017: Pre-order Arrow’s ‘Basket Case’ Blu-ray
Now Let Us Praise Noise: December 1, 2017
This week: Brass Hearse, The Obsessed, Boson
Let Us Now Praise Noise: November 18, 2017
This week: John Carpenter, All Pigs Must Die, Cable, Low Estate, Amenra, True Ghouls/Sea Ghouls John Carpenter, Anthology; Movie Themes 1974-1998: Available now (Sacred Bones Records) There’s almost nothing more synonymous … Continue reading Let Us Now Praise Noise: November 18, 2017
‘They Remain’ Provides Dread and Frustration
Starring William Harper Jackson and Rebecca Henderson, They Remain is about two scientists that are helicoptered into a remote location to study strange animal behavior and environmental changes where a Manson-style cult … Continue reading ‘They Remain’ Provides Dread and Frustration
31 Days of Horror: ‘Hellraiser’ at 30
Author, artist, and playwright Clive Barker made his directorial debut on September 18, 1987. He was adapting his own novel The Hellbound Heart, which would become the seminal work of horror … Continue reading 31 Days of Horror: ‘Hellraiser’ at 30