New White Hinterland: Chant de grillon

Led by singer/songwritter, Casey Dienel, "White Hinterland" has quickly become one of our favorite new artists. The sound is somewhere between the off-beat style of Hanne Hukkelberg, the morphine folk of Jolie Holland and the mythical quality of Joanna Newsome. The song, "Chant de grillon" is off the new, "Luniculaire - EP."

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White Hinterland::Chant de grillon

Fever Ray "Stranger Than Kindness"

Fever Ray covers the Nick Cave & Anita Lane 1986 song, "Stranger than Kindness." The music video, directed by Andreas Nilsson is disturbingly creepy and at the same time quite beautiful. Fever Ray are releasing a 3-Disc box set out Noverber 24, on Mute. It sounds like a lot of creepy ambient music in one go, but lead singer Karin Dreijer Andersson (also lead singer for "The Knife") has such a unique energy, that she beckons like a Siren to be heard.

Spike Jones & Kanye make a film

Following the release of "Where The Wild Things Are" Spike Jones put out a short film starring Kanye West. It's vaguely interesting to watch...Kanye drunkenly stumbles through a night club and makes a fool of himself but around 9 min it turns into jaw dropping weird...it's worth a watch but it's no where as incredible as Michel Gondry's short film, "Interior Design." The films aren't really comparable (10 min vs. over an hour), but both directors are now proving their story telling abilities without the help of the brilliant, Charlie Kaufman.

Halloween Movie Pick

My foreign movie selection for this Halloween is “Repulsion.” Polanski’s first English speaking film, portrays how one woman’s deep fear and disgust for men leads her to psychosis. Carole, played by the ever-brilliant Catherine Deneuve, reminds me of a 5 year-old girl with a Cinderella persona suddenly waking up as a beautiful 19 year-old woman to confront the real world. She is surrounded by things and people she seems not ready to understand (or maybe understands too well) and is totally unable to communicate her feelings. Her surreal fantasies are only hindered slightly by the films out-dated special effects. I highly recommend this film to fans of psychological thrillers. Cuddle up on the couch with some hot cocoa, a warm blanket and a loved one but men…make sure to hide the knives!