Beth Gibbons has unveiled “Reaching Out,” the latest single from her forthcoming solo album Lives Outgrown, and shared the song’s interactive visualizer.
The track begins in a tense and muted fashion before opening up to a pounding roar, complete with brass hits and relentless drumming. Gibbons similarly spans from charged, breathy verses to open, haunting highs, mirroring the drama of the song’s string section and cinematic feel. Stream the song below.
“Reaching Out” also arrives with an interactive music video created with the visual artist Weirdcore. The visualizer depicts 4D models of Gibbons falling through a sci-fi spacescape, with plenty of psychedelic visuals and bizarre transformations. Through the interactive site, you can click and hold down your mouse button on these various models to interact with them, rotate them, and try to connect them. Visit the interactive site here.
The second single from Lives Outgrown, “Reaching Out” follows “Floating on a Moment,...
The track begins in a tense and muted fashion before opening up to a pounding roar, complete with brass hits and relentless drumming. Gibbons similarly spans from charged, breathy verses to open, haunting highs, mirroring the drama of the song’s string section and cinematic feel. Stream the song below.
“Reaching Out” also arrives with an interactive music video created with the visual artist Weirdcore. The visualizer depicts 4D models of Gibbons falling through a sci-fi spacescape, with plenty of psychedelic visuals and bizarre transformations. Through the interactive site, you can click and hold down your mouse button on these various models to interact with them, rotate them, and try to connect them. Visit the interactive site here.
The second single from Lives Outgrown, “Reaching Out” follows “Floating on a Moment,...
- 4/10/2024
- by Paolo Ragusa
- Consequence - Music
Thirty years after the release of Portishead’s first album, lead singer Beth Gibbons has announced the impending arrival of her own solo debut LP, Lives Outgrown.
Ahead of the album’s May 17 release via Domino, Gibbons has shared the first single “Floating on a Moment,” which was accompanied by a video directed by multimedia artist Tony Oursler.
Lives Outgrown is the culmination of a decade’s worth of songwriting for Gibbons, with the singer ruminating on motherhood, anxiety, menopause, and mortality over the course of the album’s 10 tracks.
Ahead of the album’s May 17 release via Domino, Gibbons has shared the first single “Floating on a Moment,” which was accompanied by a video directed by multimedia artist Tony Oursler.
Lives Outgrown is the culmination of a decade’s worth of songwriting for Gibbons, with the singer ruminating on motherhood, anxiety, menopause, and mortality over the course of the album’s 10 tracks.
- 2/7/2024
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Portishead singer Beth Gibbons has officially announced her long-awaited debut solo album.
Set to premiere on May 17th via Domino, Lives Outgrown was produced by Gibbons with James Ford, and features 10 new tracks recorded over the course of the past decade. In a new press release, Gibbons touched on the album’s themes of motherhood, anxiety, menopause, and mortality.
“People started dying,” Gibbons said. “When you’re young, you never know the endings, you don’t know how it’s going to pan out. You think, ‘We’re going to get beyond this. It’s going to get better.’ Some endings are hard to digest… I realized what life was like with no hope, and that was a sadness I’d never felt. Before, I had the ability to change my future, but when you’re up against your body, you can’t make it do something it doesn’t want to do.
Set to premiere on May 17th via Domino, Lives Outgrown was produced by Gibbons with James Ford, and features 10 new tracks recorded over the course of the past decade. In a new press release, Gibbons touched on the album’s themes of motherhood, anxiety, menopause, and mortality.
“People started dying,” Gibbons said. “When you’re young, you never know the endings, you don’t know how it’s going to pan out. You think, ‘We’re going to get beyond this. It’s going to get better.’ Some endings are hard to digest… I realized what life was like with no hope, and that was a sadness I’d never felt. Before, I had the ability to change my future, but when you’re up against your body, you can’t make it do something it doesn’t want to do.
- 2/7/2024
- by Jo Vito
- Consequence - Music
Chelsea Wolfe’s music is heavy. Whether it’s the neofolk of her early releases or the doom metal of 2017’s Hiss Spun, the singer-songwriter’s work is always immersed in gothic touches. Wolfe’s seventh studio album, She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She, finds her moving in yet another sonic direction—closer to trip-hop and industrial than traditional rock—but still channeling that same witchy, backwoods spirit.
The album’s inspirations are immediately apparent on opener “Whispers in the Echo Chamber.” The timbre of Wolfe’s voice evokes that of Portishead’s Beth Gibbons, and the beat is strikingly similar to the trip-hop pioneers’ aptly titled “Machine Gun.” Throughout the track, Bryan Tulao’s metallic lead guitar helps to elevate the tension.
Wolfe and producer David Sitek give the music more space to breathe on the album’s second half. Backed by ominous piano, “Salt” is restrained but just as menacing,...
The album’s inspirations are immediately apparent on opener “Whispers in the Echo Chamber.” The timbre of Wolfe’s voice evokes that of Portishead’s Beth Gibbons, and the beat is strikingly similar to the trip-hop pioneers’ aptly titled “Machine Gun.” Throughout the track, Bryan Tulao’s metallic lead guitar helps to elevate the tension.
Wolfe and producer David Sitek give the music more space to breathe on the album’s second half. Backed by ominous piano, “Salt” is restrained but just as menacing,...
- 2/1/2024
- by Steve Erickson
- Slant Magazine
Beth Gibbons has given an update on her long-awaited debut solo album: Lives Outgrown will be out soon via Domino, the Portishead vocalist shared in a handwritten note on social media Thursday (February 1st).
“My 50s have brought forward a new yet older horizon,” Gibbons wrote. “It has been a time of farewells to family, friends and even to who I was before, the lyrics mirroring my anxieties and sleepless nighttime ruminations, hence Lives Outgrown. Not just because of the way we travel through emotional or psychological transitions in our lives but relating more to the time we leave this planet and our motion into the unknown. Something I fear but just need to try and celebrate as a moment approaching, gifting the ability to grow beyond the restraints of this physical world.”
The note continues: “The sound was also a process, exploring structures within my own personal capabilities. I...
“My 50s have brought forward a new yet older horizon,” Gibbons wrote. “It has been a time of farewells to family, friends and even to who I was before, the lyrics mirroring my anxieties and sleepless nighttime ruminations, hence Lives Outgrown. Not just because of the way we travel through emotional or psychological transitions in our lives but relating more to the time we leave this planet and our motion into the unknown. Something I fear but just need to try and celebrate as a moment approaching, gifting the ability to grow beyond the restraints of this physical world.”
The note continues: “The sound was also a process, exploring structures within my own personal capabilities. I...
- 2/1/2024
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Music
The Barcelona-based music festival Primavera Sound will return in 2024 with headlining performances from Lana Del Rey, Sza, and Pulp. The event is scheduled to take place between May 29 and June 2, with additional appearances from Disclosure, FKA Twigs, Justice, Mitski, The National, Phoenix, and more.
The lineup also features performances from Pj Harvey, Vampire Weekend, Arca, Beth Gibbons, Bikini Kill, Charli Xcx, Clipse, Deftones, Jai Paul, Kim Petras, Omar Apollo, Peggy Gou, Rels B, Troye Sivan, 070 Shake, Amyl and the Sniffers. Freddie Gibbs and Madlib will deliver a special anniversary performance celebrating 10 years of Piñata,...
The lineup also features performances from Pj Harvey, Vampire Weekend, Arca, Beth Gibbons, Bikini Kill, Charli Xcx, Clipse, Deftones, Jai Paul, Kim Petras, Omar Apollo, Peggy Gou, Rels B, Troye Sivan, 070 Shake, Amyl and the Sniffers. Freddie Gibbs and Madlib will deliver a special anniversary performance celebrating 10 years of Piñata,...
- 11/21/2023
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
Primavera Sound has revealed its 2024 lineup with headliners Lana Del Rey, Pulp, and Sza, plus Pj Harvey, Beth Gibbons of Portishead, FKA twigs, Mitski, Vampire Weekend, The National, Phoenix, Clipse, Bikini Kill, Charli Xcx, Deftones, Jai Paul, Disclosure, and Justice.
The annual festival takes place May 29th – June 2nd, 2024 at Parc Del Forum in Barcelona, Spain.
Other notable acts include BadBadNotGood, Troye Sivan, Freddie Gibbs & Madlib, The Lemon Twigs, Voxtrot, Ethel Cain, Yo La Tengo, Romy, The Armed, Shellac, L’Imperatrice, Arca, Chelsea Wolfe, Amyl and the Sniffers, Dogstar, Mannequin Pussy, Julie Byrne, Lambchop, Billy Woods, A.G. Cook, The Last Dinner Party, Faye Webster, Mount Kimbie, Blonde Redhead, and Royel Otis, among others. See the lineup poster below.
General admission and VIP passes to Primavera Sound 2023 go on sale beginning Thursday, November 23rd. Registration for access to the ticket on-sale is now ongoing.
Beginning later this week, Primavera Sound will...
The annual festival takes place May 29th – June 2nd, 2024 at Parc Del Forum in Barcelona, Spain.
Other notable acts include BadBadNotGood, Troye Sivan, Freddie Gibbs & Madlib, The Lemon Twigs, Voxtrot, Ethel Cain, Yo La Tengo, Romy, The Armed, Shellac, L’Imperatrice, Arca, Chelsea Wolfe, Amyl and the Sniffers, Dogstar, Mannequin Pussy, Julie Byrne, Lambchop, Billy Woods, A.G. Cook, The Last Dinner Party, Faye Webster, Mount Kimbie, Blonde Redhead, and Royel Otis, among others. See the lineup poster below.
General admission and VIP passes to Primavera Sound 2023 go on sale beginning Thursday, November 23rd. Registration for access to the ticket on-sale is now ongoing.
Beginning later this week, Primavera Sound will...
- 11/21/2023
- by Scoop Harrison
- Consequence - Music
Portishead have released a remastered and expanded edition of their excellent live album, Roseland NYC Live, in celebration of its 25th anniversary. Stream it below.
Roseland NYC Live was originally released on November 2nd, 1998, and featured Portishead backed by a 28-piece orchestra. The reissue adds three tracks previously only available in the concert film: “Undenied,” “Numb,” and “Western Eyes.” It also includes the original performances of “Sour Times” and “Roads” at the now-defunct New York City venue Roseland.
“I can’t believe it’s 25 years since Roseland,” vocalist Beth Gibbons wrote on Instagram. “It was such a scary but exciting time for me. It was the first time we had played our new tracks since Dummy and knowing it was being recorded meant I didn’t sleep much in the nights before.”
Guitarist Adrian Utley added, “I have really good memories of this show which we played before our second album was released.
Roseland NYC Live was originally released on November 2nd, 1998, and featured Portishead backed by a 28-piece orchestra. The reissue adds three tracks previously only available in the concert film: “Undenied,” “Numb,” and “Western Eyes.” It also includes the original performances of “Sour Times” and “Roads” at the now-defunct New York City venue Roseland.
“I can’t believe it’s 25 years since Roseland,” vocalist Beth Gibbons wrote on Instagram. “It was such a scary but exciting time for me. It was the first time we had played our new tracks since Dummy and knowing it was being recorded meant I didn’t sleep much in the nights before.”
Guitarist Adrian Utley added, “I have really good memories of this show which we played before our second album was released.
- 11/3/2023
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
Portishead singer Beth Gibbons has collaborated with The Miraculous Love Kids of Afghanistan — a musical group of girl refugees – on a new cover that combines Joy Division’s “Atmosphere” and David Bowie’s “Heroes.”
The release of the cover is timed with the two-year anniversary of America’s pull-out from Afghanistan, which allowed the Taliban to regain control of the country and end many of its citizen’s freedoms — including women’s opportunity to play music.
Launched by Lanny Cordola in 2016, The Miraculous Love Kids of Afghanistan taught music, math, reading, and other essential life skills to nearly 200 female students living in the country. Following America’s departure from Afghanistan, Cordola and many of the girls and their families evacuated the country and sought refuge in Islamabad.
In order to raise awareness to the girls’ plight, Cordola has enlisted some high-profile Western musicians for collaborations. Most recently, Nick Cave joined...
The release of the cover is timed with the two-year anniversary of America’s pull-out from Afghanistan, which allowed the Taliban to regain control of the country and end many of its citizen’s freedoms — including women’s opportunity to play music.
Launched by Lanny Cordola in 2016, The Miraculous Love Kids of Afghanistan taught music, math, reading, and other essential life skills to nearly 200 female students living in the country. Following America’s departure from Afghanistan, Cordola and many of the girls and their families evacuated the country and sought refuge in Islamabad.
In order to raise awareness to the girls’ plight, Cordola has enlisted some high-profile Western musicians for collaborations. Most recently, Nick Cave joined...
- 8/15/2023
- by Scoop Harrison
- Consequence - Music
Jane Birkin, the British-French actress, singer, and style icon who inspired the eponymous Hermès Birkin handbag, has died at the age of 76.
According to Le Parisien, the iconic singer-actress was found dead at her home in Paris on Sunday. No further details have been shared at this time. Birkin had canceled a series of performances in Paris scheduled earlier this year for health reasons. She was previously diagnosed with leukemia in 2002 and suffered from a minor stroke in 2021.
Jane Mallory Birkin was born in Marylebone, London on December 14th, 1946. Raised in Chelsea with her brother, screenwriter and director Andrew Birkin, she audition for small acting parts before marrying composer John Barry in 1965 and giving birth to her first child, the late photographer Kate Barry, in 1967. In the meantime, she landed breakthrough roles in 1966’s Blow-Up and Kaleidoscope as well as 1968’s Wonderwall.
Birkin and Barry divorced in 1968, and the actress moved to Paris,...
According to Le Parisien, the iconic singer-actress was found dead at her home in Paris on Sunday. No further details have been shared at this time. Birkin had canceled a series of performances in Paris scheduled earlier this year for health reasons. She was previously diagnosed with leukemia in 2002 and suffered from a minor stroke in 2021.
Jane Mallory Birkin was born in Marylebone, London on December 14th, 1946. Raised in Chelsea with her brother, screenwriter and director Andrew Birkin, she audition for small acting parts before marrying composer John Barry in 1965 and giving birth to her first child, the late photographer Kate Barry, in 1967. In the meantime, she landed breakthrough roles in 1966’s Blow-Up and Kaleidoscope as well as 1968’s Wonderwall.
Birkin and Barry divorced in 1968, and the actress moved to Paris,...
- 7/16/2023
- by Bryan Kress
- Consequence - Music
Jane Birkin, the British-French actress, singer, and style icon who inspired the eponymous Hermès Birkin handbag, has died at the age of 76.
According to Le Parisien, the iconic singer-actress was found dead at her home in Paris on Sunday. No further details have been shared at this time. Birkin had canceled a series of performances in Paris scheduled earlier this year for health reasons. She was previously diagnosed with leukemia in 2002 and suffered from a minor stroke in 2021.
Jane Mallory Birkin was born in Marylebone, London on December 14th, 1946. Raised in Chelsea with her brother, screenwriter and director Andrew Birkin, she audition for small acting parts before marrying composer John Barry in 1965 and giving birth to her first child, the late photographer Kate Barry, in 1967. In the meantime, she landed breakthrough roles in 1966’s Blow-Up and Kaleidoscope as well as 1968’s Wonderwall.
Birkin and Barry divorced in 1968, and the actress moved to Paris,...
According to Le Parisien, the iconic singer-actress was found dead at her home in Paris on Sunday. No further details have been shared at this time. Birkin had canceled a series of performances in Paris scheduled earlier this year for health reasons. She was previously diagnosed with leukemia in 2002 and suffered from a minor stroke in 2021.
Jane Mallory Birkin was born in Marylebone, London on December 14th, 1946. Raised in Chelsea with her brother, screenwriter and director Andrew Birkin, she audition for small acting parts before marrying composer John Barry in 1965 and giving birth to her first child, the late photographer Kate Barry, in 1967. In the meantime, she landed breakthrough roles in 1966’s Blow-Up and Kaleidoscope as well as 1968’s Wonderwall.
Birkin and Barry divorced in 1968, and the actress moved to Paris,...
- 7/16/2023
- by Bryan Kress
- Consequence - Film News
Kendrick Lamar has announced a world tour to accompany the arrival of his long-awaited new album, Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers.
The North American leg of “Big Steppers Tour” will kick off July 19 at the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City and run throughout the summer, wrapping with two shows at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, Sept. 14 and 15. A U.K. and European run will follow in the fall, with dates in Australia and New Zealand scheduled for December.
Lamar’s cousin and frequent collaborator, Baby Keem, as...
The North American leg of “Big Steppers Tour” will kick off July 19 at the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City and run throughout the summer, wrapping with two shows at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, Sept. 14 and 15. A U.K. and European run will follow in the fall, with dates in Australia and New Zealand scheduled for December.
Lamar’s cousin and frequent collaborator, Baby Keem, as...
- 5/13/2022
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
After a long five-year absence, Kendrick Lamar has finally returned. Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers is the kind of dense, complex, contradictory, and thrilling journey into the mind of Pulitzer Kenny that we’ve been waiting for. With more than 70 minutes of music, there’s plenty here to process, enjoy, and debate. Our full review is on its way. In the meantime, here are five observations from a long night of deep listening.
1. Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers Is a Double Album … Sort Of
While formatted like a double album,...
1. Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers Is a Double Album … Sort Of
While formatted like a double album,...
- 5/13/2022
- by Mosi Reeves
- Rollingstone.com
The long, five-year wait is finally over: Kendrick Lamar has dropped new album, Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers. The 18-song set record is the follow-up to 2017’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Damn. and marks the rapper’s final LP for his longtime label, Top Dawg Entertainment.
Spread over two discs, the rapper’s fifth studio album boasts appearances from a wide variety of collaborators — including Portishead’s Beth Gibbons, R&b singer Summer Walker, singer-songwriter Sampha, Baby Keem, Ghostface Killah, Kodak Black and Thundercat. It also features writing and production contributions from Pharrell,...
Spread over two discs, the rapper’s fifth studio album boasts appearances from a wide variety of collaborators — including Portishead’s Beth Gibbons, R&b singer Summer Walker, singer-songwriter Sampha, Baby Keem, Ghostface Killah, Kodak Black and Thundercat. It also features writing and production contributions from Pharrell,...
- 5/13/2022
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Krzysztof Penderecki, the influential Polish composer and conductor whose work featured in The Shining and The Exorcist, has died at the age of 86.
The Ludwig van Beethoven Association, founded by Penderecki’s wife, Elzbieta, confirmed to the Associated Press that Penderecki died at his home an Luslawice, Poland following “a long and serious illness.” Poland’s Ministry of Culture added that Penderecki was “one of the greatest Polish musicians,” noting that his death was “a great and irreparable loss.”
An avant-garde composer who exploded onto the classical music world in...
The Ludwig van Beethoven Association, founded by Penderecki’s wife, Elzbieta, confirmed to the Associated Press that Penderecki died at his home an Luslawice, Poland following “a long and serious illness.” Poland’s Ministry of Culture added that Penderecki was “one of the greatest Polish musicians,” noting that his death was “a great and irreparable loss.”
An avant-garde composer who exploded onto the classical music world in...
- 3/29/2020
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Portishead singer Beth Gibbons’ concert with the Polish National Radio Symphony — a performance of Henryk Górecki’s Symphony No. 3 — will be the focus of a live album due out in March.
Domino will release both an audio and video recording of Henryk Górecki: Symphony No. 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs), which features Gibbons’ November 29th, 2014 performance with the orchestra conducted by Krzysztof Penderecki, Poland’s greatest living composer.
“Following an invitation to collaborate at the concert, Beth Gibbons undertook an intense preparation process, including tackling the challenge of learning the Polish...
Domino will release both an audio and video recording of Henryk Górecki: Symphony No. 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs), which features Gibbons’ November 29th, 2014 performance with the orchestra conducted by Krzysztof Penderecki, Poland’s greatest living composer.
“Following an invitation to collaborate at the concert, Beth Gibbons undertook an intense preparation process, including tackling the challenge of learning the Polish...
- 1/30/2019
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Director Ben Wheatley’s latest feature, High-Rise is a complex dystopian adaptation of J.G. Ballard, brimming with sex, cigarettes, and some killer music numbers (read our review). One particularly memorable sequence features Portishead‘s cover of Abba’s “Sos,” which was previously only available if you watched the film, but has now been given a music video.
The black and white one-take steadily pushes in on singer Beth Gibbons, seated in an all-black room with her head down. The sporadic beat is contained by her even, somber vocal delivery and the song’s deep synth tones that make for a captivating listen. The video adds another dimension to the song, with flashes of light turning Gibbons’ face into a haunting mask before returning to normalcy. In its final moments, quotes Jo Cox, a British Labour Party politician who was murdered last week.
See the video below, along with our discussion of High-Rise,...
The black and white one-take steadily pushes in on singer Beth Gibbons, seated in an all-black room with her head down. The sporadic beat is contained by her even, somber vocal delivery and the song’s deep synth tones that make for a captivating listen. The video adds another dimension to the song, with flashes of light turning Gibbons’ face into a haunting mask before returning to normalcy. In its final moments, quotes Jo Cox, a British Labour Party politician who was murdered last week.
See the video below, along with our discussion of High-Rise,...
- 6/22/2016
- by Mike Mazzanti
- The Film Stage
A new film featuring previously unseen footage of Amy Winehouse has debuted exclusively on BBC iPlayer.
Amy Winehouse: In Her Own Words features interviews and sessions recorded by the late singer for the BBC prior to her death in 2011.
The film features Winehouse's performances at Glastonbury in 2004 and 2008, as well as at the 2004 Mercury Music Prize ceremony and The Hootenanny in 2006.
Mark Cooper, Head of BBC Music TV, wrote about the late singer: "Of course, Britain has produced a lot of brilliant female singer-songwriters and vocalists in the last decade or so, many from Beth Gibbons to Adele, rooted in older black American forms, soul and jazz and blues.
"But there was only ever one Amy Winehouse. She was frank and fresh and haunted. And we miss her."
James Stirling, Editor of BBC Music, added that he is "honoured to pay tribute to Amy" with the new programme.
The...
Amy Winehouse: In Her Own Words features interviews and sessions recorded by the late singer for the BBC prior to her death in 2011.
The film features Winehouse's performances at Glastonbury in 2004 and 2008, as well as at the 2004 Mercury Music Prize ceremony and The Hootenanny in 2006.
Mark Cooper, Head of BBC Music TV, wrote about the late singer: "Of course, Britain has produced a lot of brilliant female singer-songwriters and vocalists in the last decade or so, many from Beth Gibbons to Adele, rooted in older black American forms, soul and jazz and blues.
"But there was only ever one Amy Winehouse. She was frank and fresh and haunted. And we miss her."
James Stirling, Editor of BBC Music, added that he is "honoured to pay tribute to Amy" with the new programme.
The...
- 6/22/2015
- Digital Spy
Above: the new poster for Orson Welles' newly restored Othello, screening at the Film Forum. Occasioned by the restoration, Richard Brody writes on the film for The Front Row:
"Welles’s fundamental and lifelong story is that of a big man who gets his comeuppance. He himself was a big man who, in repeatedly filming his own downfall, displayed a kind of emotional masochism, a delight in his own humiliation, that he veritably trumpets in Othello. He films the entire play as a flashback, starting the movie with his own face in closeup: Othello, dead and being borne off for burial. The shock of self-destruction is matched only by the howl of self-pity, albeit a well-earned one—for Welles himself, soon after the world-historical artistic eruption of Citizen Kane, found his own strong and stubborn temperament fiercely countered by the plotters and the potentates of his field."
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"Welles’s fundamental and lifelong story is that of a big man who gets his comeuppance. He himself was a big man who, in repeatedly filming his own downfall, displayed a kind of emotional masochism, a delight in his own humiliation, that he veritably trumpets in Othello. He films the entire play as a flashback, starting the movie with his own face in closeup: Othello, dead and being borne off for burial. The shock of self-destruction is matched only by the howl of self-pity, albeit a well-earned one—for Welles himself, soon after the world-historical artistic eruption of Citizen Kane, found his own strong and stubborn temperament fiercely countered by the plotters and the potentates of his field."
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- 4/30/2014
- by Adam Cook
- MUBI
Odd List Ryan Lambie Simon Brew 24 Oct 2013 - 06:46
Another 25 unsung greats come under the spotlight, as we provide our pick of the underappreciated films of 1995...
The year covered in this week's underrated movie rundown was significant for a number of reasons. It was the year that saw the release of Toy Story - the groundbreaking movie that would cement Pixar's reputation as an animation studio, and set the tempo for CG family movies for the next 18 years and counting. It was the year that saw James Bond (played by Pierce Brosnan for the first time) emerge for GoldenEye after a six-year break. It was also the year of Michael Mann's Heat, Dogme 95, and the moment where Terry Gilliam scored a much-deserved hit with 12 Monkeys.
As ever, we're focusing on a few of the lesser-known films from this particular year, and we've had to think carefully about what's made the cut and what hasn't.
Another 25 unsung greats come under the spotlight, as we provide our pick of the underappreciated films of 1995...
The year covered in this week's underrated movie rundown was significant for a number of reasons. It was the year that saw the release of Toy Story - the groundbreaking movie that would cement Pixar's reputation as an animation studio, and set the tempo for CG family movies for the next 18 years and counting. It was the year that saw James Bond (played by Pierce Brosnan for the first time) emerge for GoldenEye after a six-year break. It was also the year of Michael Mann's Heat, Dogme 95, and the moment where Terry Gilliam scored a much-deserved hit with 12 Monkeys.
As ever, we're focusing on a few of the lesser-known films from this particular year, and we've had to think carefully about what's made the cut and what hasn't.
- 10/22/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
The 2013 Raindance Film Festival came to a close recently in London after screening 100 feature films and over 150 shorts. Being the premier independent film festival in Europe the exposure given to the films presented is invaluable. The festival also serves as a platform to nurture new talented filmmakers and their developing projects. Now in its 21st edition the Raindance Film Festival continues with the tradition of highlighting edgy, innovative, and out-of-the-norm projects with a unique voice.
This year, after screening the aforementioned immense amount of films, winners in 11 different categories were announced at the festival’s annual awards ceremony at Vue, Piccadilly on Saturday 5th October. The over 300 works in competition represented more than 50 countries and were judged by a panel that included important figures such as Jason Flemyng, Julian Assange, Beth Gibbons and Sean Brosnan.
The winning films are as follows:
Best UK Feature - The Machine
Best Debut Feature - The Art of Happiness
Best International Feature - Halima's Path
Best Documentary Feature - Sickfuckpeople
Film of the Festival (Feature) - The Patrol
Film of the Festival (Short) - A Good Story
Best UK Short - Irreversible
Best International Short - A Good Story
Best Documentary Short - Butter Lamp
Best Animated Short - Ziegenort
Special Jury Prize - A Night and a Day
The full list of nominees this year can be viewed Here...
This year, after screening the aforementioned immense amount of films, winners in 11 different categories were announced at the festival’s annual awards ceremony at Vue, Piccadilly on Saturday 5th October. The over 300 works in competition represented more than 50 countries and were judged by a panel that included important figures such as Jason Flemyng, Julian Assange, Beth Gibbons and Sean Brosnan.
The winning films are as follows:
Best UK Feature - The Machine
Best Debut Feature - The Art of Happiness
Best International Feature - Halima's Path
Best Documentary Feature - Sickfuckpeople
Film of the Festival (Feature) - The Patrol
Film of the Festival (Short) - A Good Story
Best UK Short - Irreversible
Best International Short - A Good Story
Best Documentary Short - Butter Lamp
Best Animated Short - Ziegenort
Special Jury Prize - A Night and a Day
The full list of nominees this year can be viewed Here...
- 10/19/2013
- by Carlos Aguilar
- Sydney's Buzz
WikiLeaks founder could follow example of Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi by making video-link appearance
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is to join the jury for this year's Raindance film festival. Raindance revealed the high-profile addition on Twitter.
Assange remains at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he has claimed political asylum since last summer in order to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning over rape and sexual assault allegations.
His lawyer has argued his client would not receive a fair trial, while Assange fears he could face onward extradition to the Us in relation to WikiLeaks' disclosure of a huge trove of classified Us military and diplomatic documents.
Raindance, billed as Europe's largest festival of independent film-making, will being screening Mediastan, a documentary produced by Assange. Founder Elliot Grove said it was Assange's experience in online journalism that attracted them to the idea of having him on the jury.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is to join the jury for this year's Raindance film festival. Raindance revealed the high-profile addition on Twitter.
Assange remains at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he has claimed political asylum since last summer in order to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning over rape and sexual assault allegations.
His lawyer has argued his client would not receive a fair trial, while Assange fears he could face onward extradition to the Us in relation to WikiLeaks' disclosure of a huge trove of classified Us military and diplomatic documents.
Raindance, billed as Europe's largest festival of independent film-making, will being screening Mediastan, a documentary produced by Assange. Founder Elliot Grove said it was Assange's experience in online journalism that attracted them to the idea of having him on the jury.
- 9/3/2013
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
WikiLeaks founder to judge films at the 21st Raindance Film Festival; 2013 line-up unveiled.Scroll down for full line-up of films
Julian Assange has joined the jury of the 21st Raindance Film Festival (Sept 25 - Oct 6), a London-based event that celebrates independent film in the UK and around the world.
The appointment is a controversial one. The Australian editor-in-chief and founder of WikiLeaks took refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy in London in June 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning about sexual assault allegations.
It is understood that he fears Sweden would extradite him to the Us, where he believes he is wanted in relation to WikiLeaks’ disclosure of a significant amount of classified Us military and diplomatic documents.
Commenting on Assange’s appointment, Raindance founder Elliot Grove said: “Every year Raindance invites interesting people to join our jury. In the past we have had musicians like Mick Jones, Marky Ramone and [link...
Julian Assange has joined the jury of the 21st Raindance Film Festival (Sept 25 - Oct 6), a London-based event that celebrates independent film in the UK and around the world.
The appointment is a controversial one. The Australian editor-in-chief and founder of WikiLeaks took refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy in London in June 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning about sexual assault allegations.
It is understood that he fears Sweden would extradite him to the Us, where he believes he is wanted in relation to WikiLeaks’ disclosure of a significant amount of classified Us military and diplomatic documents.
Commenting on Assange’s appointment, Raindance founder Elliot Grove said: “Every year Raindance invites interesting people to join our jury. In the past we have had musicians like Mick Jones, Marky Ramone and [link...
- 9/3/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Love indie cinema? Live in the London area? Neither of those things but have a diary to fill and a private jet? Well, this year's Raindance Film Festival programme has been announced and it's literally full of films.There will be features, documentaries and shorts from 50 countries on display between September 25 and October 6, with Richard Jobson's Brit thriller Wayland's Song bringing the scars of the Afghanistan conflict to the Vue Piccadilly screens and Earthbound the closest the festival will come to splicing The Man Who Fell To Earth and Pitch Black into a single Rafe Spall sci-fi.The Machine with Toby Stephens is another to look out for. The best of the Raindance line-up will be pored over by Jason Flemyng, Beth Gibbons, Sean Brosnan and Julian Assange - presumably at the Ecuadorian embassy - and garlanded at the Raindance Awards on October 5.Head over to the official Raindance website for all the details.
- 9/3/2013
- EmpireOnline
It's been more than a decade since the 1990s ended, yet the Internet can't seem to go a day without a reminder of the neon slap bracelets that may have been banned from your school.
Yes, we get it. Times are tough and there's comfort in reflection, but enough is enough.
Below, a final goodbye to the 90s to end the nostalgia once and for all. (We're not kidding. There are 1990 items below.)
1. Scrunchies
2. "The Wild Thornberries"
3. Dawson and Joey
4. "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys"
5. Mr. Feeny
7. MTV playing music videos
8. Snick
9. The premiere of "Freaks and Geeks"
10. Levar Burton
11. "Daria"
12. "Arthur"
13. "The Powerpuff Girls"
14. "Smart Guy"
15. Comedy Central globe logo with buildings
16. "The X-Files"
17. Rosie O'Donnell
18. Bill Nye
19. "Dawson's Creek"
20. The Mighty Ducks"
21. "Are You Afraid of the Dark"
22. Cornholio
23. Rachel Green
24. Tim Allen
25. "All That"
26. "Beverly Hills 90210"
27. "Step by Step"
28. "The Ren & Stimpy Show"
29. "The Famous Jett Jackson"
30. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer...
Yes, we get it. Times are tough and there's comfort in reflection, but enough is enough.
Below, a final goodbye to the 90s to end the nostalgia once and for all. (We're not kidding. There are 1990 items below.)
1. Scrunchies
2. "The Wild Thornberries"
3. Dawson and Joey
4. "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys"
5. Mr. Feeny
7. MTV playing music videos
8. Snick
9. The premiere of "Freaks and Geeks"
10. Levar Burton
11. "Daria"
12. "Arthur"
13. "The Powerpuff Girls"
14. "Smart Guy"
15. Comedy Central globe logo with buildings
16. "The X-Files"
17. Rosie O'Donnell
18. Bill Nye
19. "Dawson's Creek"
20. The Mighty Ducks"
21. "Are You Afraid of the Dark"
22. Cornholio
23. Rachel Green
24. Tim Allen
25. "All That"
26. "Beverly Hills 90210"
27. "Step by Step"
28. "The Ren & Stimpy Show"
29. "The Famous Jett Jackson"
30. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer...
- 7/29/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Tags: Uh Huh HerLeisha HaileyCamila GreyClub Skirts The DinahThe DinahIMDb
By the time Uh Huh Her plays The Dinah in April (they’re headlining a live show on Sunday, April 7 at 8 p.m.) they’ll already have begun the task of writing an anticipated new album – only the third full-length album since they picked up their guitars together six years ago.
After the lesbian rock duo tweeted this month about the rumored album number three, ardent fans have been taking to Facebook and blogs to make their own guesses about how it will compare to Nocturnes, the band’s very successful second full-length album loaded with hits like “Human Nature” and “Darkness Is” (the tracks even landed on soundtracks for The Kids Are All Right and Twilight), and their third Ep – aptly titled EP3 – from which fan favorite “Not a Love Song” had so eloquently sprung.
We caught up with...
By the time Uh Huh Her plays The Dinah in April (they’re headlining a live show on Sunday, April 7 at 8 p.m.) they’ll already have begun the task of writing an anticipated new album – only the third full-length album since they picked up their guitars together six years ago.
After the lesbian rock duo tweeted this month about the rumored album number three, ardent fans have been taking to Facebook and blogs to make their own guesses about how it will compare to Nocturnes, the band’s very successful second full-length album loaded with hits like “Human Nature” and “Darkness Is” (the tracks even landed on soundtracks for The Kids Are All Right and Twilight), and their third Ep – aptly titled EP3 – from which fan favorite “Not a Love Song” had so eloquently sprung.
We caught up with...
- 1/28/2013
- by Natalie Hope Mcdonald
- AfterEllen.com
The brooding, intense rock group Zola Jesus earned an enviable slot at this year’s annual Cmj Music Marathon: Last night, their performance at (Le) Poisson Rouge was webcast live by National Public Radio’s NPR Music.
Prior to the show, the band’s singer and songwriter Nika Danilova was a tad nervous: Twenty-two years old, she realized the prime showcase could expand their audience. Or technical glitches could set them back. “What if all the computers won’t work?...
Prior to the show, the band’s singer and songwriter Nika Danilova was a tad nervous: Twenty-two years old, she realized the prime showcase could expand their audience. Or technical glitches could set them back. “What if all the computers won’t work?...
- 10/20/2011
- by Jim Fusilli
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
John Minton Portishead
On the final day of the I’ll Be Your Mirror festival, there were a few repeat performers, to the delight of many fans.
–Shellac gave a surprise encore show at Asbury Lanes bowling alley – to watch them, Speakeasy stood in the gutter. The sound and energy was much more inviting in such a small venue – Steve Albini played his guitar practically in the middle of the crowd.
–Jeff Mangum held another private concert in a half-filled Paramount Theatre (to see him,...
On the final day of the I’ll Be Your Mirror festival, there were a few repeat performers, to the delight of many fans.
–Shellac gave a surprise encore show at Asbury Lanes bowling alley – to watch them, Speakeasy stood in the gutter. The sound and energy was much more inviting in such a small venue – Steve Albini played his guitar practically in the middle of the crowd.
–Jeff Mangum held another private concert in a half-filled Paramount Theatre (to see him,...
- 10/3/2011
- by Barbara Chai
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Atp
Our ears are ringing, our feet are sore, and our bags are laden with new vinyl. But are we complaining? No. Indie-rock camp continues, and we don’t want I’ll Be Your Mirror to ever end. Here are some highlights from day two of the All Tomorrow Parties-organized festival in Asbury Park, N.J.:
– Turns out the first music act of the day was one of the best: Colin Stetson. Montreal-based Stetson plays a number of instruments...
Our ears are ringing, our feet are sore, and our bags are laden with new vinyl. But are we complaining? No. Indie-rock camp continues, and we don’t want I’ll Be Your Mirror to ever end. Here are some highlights from day two of the All Tomorrow Parties-organized festival in Asbury Park, N.J.:
– Turns out the first music act of the day was one of the best: Colin Stetson. Montreal-based Stetson plays a number of instruments...
- 10/2/2011
- by Barbara Chai
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Chicago – Risk-taking visionaries are always exciting to watch in action, even when their gambles don’t quite pay off. Yet while the recent projects tackled by Julie Taymor have sported great promise on paper, their externalized metaphors often work against the material she’s aiming to enhance. In her Beatles musical “Across the Universe,” soldiers were seen carrying the Statue of Liberty into Vietnam while singing, “She’s so heavy.”
That singular image would work great as a political cartoon, but as a live-action scenario in a musical montage, it just looked flat-out silly. Though “Universe” admittedly had its share of sublime scenes, they were always the most spare, minimalist moments of poignant visual poetry. The film’s chaotic effects-leaden second act didn’t work at all, and the same could be said of similar passages in Taymor’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest,” an exuberant hodgepodge of elements...
That singular image would work great as a political cartoon, but as a live-action scenario in a musical montage, it just looked flat-out silly. Though “Universe” admittedly had its share of sublime scenes, they were always the most spare, minimalist moments of poignant visual poetry. The film’s chaotic effects-leaden second act didn’t work at all, and the same could be said of similar passages in Taymor’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest,” an exuberant hodgepodge of elements...
- 9/29/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
John Minton Portishead
Later this month, the British group Portishead kicks off their first U.S. tour in a decade at the I’ll Be Your Mirror festival in Asbury Park, N.J., from Sept. 30-Oct. 2.
The group, comprised of Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons and Adrian Utley, co-curated I’ll Be Your Mirror, which is a new sister event to the more established All Tomorrow’s Parties festival. Portishead is headlining Saturday and Sunday’s lineup, and Jeff Mangum of...
Later this month, the British group Portishead kicks off their first U.S. tour in a decade at the I’ll Be Your Mirror festival in Asbury Park, N.J., from Sept. 30-Oct. 2.
The group, comprised of Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons and Adrian Utley, co-curated I’ll Be Your Mirror, which is a new sister event to the more established All Tomorrow’s Parties festival. Portishead is headlining Saturday and Sunday’s lineup, and Jeff Mangum of...
- 9/19/2011
- by Barbara Chai
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Announcing their first time in 13 years, Portishead will be touring the states and the territories north and south thereof. Kicking it off on October 1st in Asbury Park, New Jersey at the All Tomorrow's Parties presentation, the tour will run for just a month and end in Denver. The talent lineup for the tour includes the regulars Beth Gibbons, Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley along with Jim Barr (bass), Clive Deamer (drums), and John Baggott (keyboards).
If you move fast, you can take advantage of a first-run sale on tickets open from today through Thursday by heading over here. We've included the full list of dates and venues below.
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- 7/11/2011
- by Lex Walker
- JustPressPlay.net
Animated Exeter, Exeter
Last year it was Exeter Castle, this year the animation festival spills over on to the city's best-known landmark, with a son-et-lumière piece projected on to Exeter Cathedral (graphics by artists Tundra* and music from Portishead's Beth Gibbons). Free exhibitions and events include a helpful workshop on how to animate vegetables, while guest of honour Joanna Quinn looks back on her distinctive body of work. Plus, of course, over 140 films, from shorts compilations (like the return of Spike And Mike's "Sick And Twisted" programme) to recent features The Illusionist and A Town Called Panic.
Various venues, Mon to 26 Feb
Glasgow Film Festival, Glasgow
Perhaps Edinburgh should start looking over its shoulder at "the fastest-growing film event in the UK". But Scotland's big enough for the both of them, for now. This one's almost too big for itself, as evidenced by the mini-festivals within it: a promising music and film festival,...
Last year it was Exeter Castle, this year the animation festival spills over on to the city's best-known landmark, with a son-et-lumière piece projected on to Exeter Cathedral (graphics by artists Tundra* and music from Portishead's Beth Gibbons). Free exhibitions and events include a helpful workshop on how to animate vegetables, while guest of honour Joanna Quinn looks back on her distinctive body of work. Plus, of course, over 140 films, from shorts compilations (like the return of Spike And Mike's "Sick And Twisted" programme) to recent features The Illusionist and A Town Called Panic.
Various venues, Mon to 26 Feb
Glasgow Film Festival, Glasgow
Perhaps Edinburgh should start looking over its shoulder at "the fastest-growing film event in the UK". But Scotland's big enough for the both of them, for now. This one's almost too big for itself, as evidenced by the mini-festivals within it: a promising music and film festival,...
- 2/12/2011
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Composer Elliot Goldenthal Will Make His Directorial Debut Shooting A Video For 'O Mistress Mine' While we didn't particularly care for Julie Taymor's latest visually sizzling take on Shakespeare, "The Tempest," the forthcoming soundtrack is certainly piquing our interest. The film was scored by Elliot Goldenthal, and little did we know that Portishead's chanteuse, Beth Gibbons, appears on the closing track "Prospera's Code." You can listen to the track, as well as the rest of the soundtrack, over on Goldenthal's Facebook page. While we were hanging around there, we also noticed that a couple of days ago, Goldenthal announced he…...
- 12/10/2010
- The Playlist
Professional crazy person Julie Taymor is a busy lady. When she's not holed up on Broadway choosing the more expensive of two identical red spotlights, she's making ginormous big screen adaptations of Shakespeare for our viewing pleasure (maybe?). Taymor's adaptation of The Tempest hits theaters this Friday, December 10th, and the soundtrack is available now on composer Elliot Goldenthal's Facebook page. Scroll down to the last track "Prospera's Coda" to hear the gorgeous vocals by Portishead's Beth Gibbons.
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- 12/8/2010
- by Kate Eastman
- Filmology
Portishead has only made three albums in 14 years—and what right-thinking person would have wanted more? If they'd pumped out a new disc every other year, no matter how good, they'd have turned into Morcheeba—a moody relic, forever stuck in a moment when breakbeats and bad vibes for boom times hadn't become the sound of abject nostalgia. Instead, Portishead has become a minor legend by keeping silent. Though Beth Gibbons has recorded with Rustin Man in the meantime, Portishead's producers, Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley, have only loomed larger in their absence, allowing the trio to slip the dated trip-hop tag. The triumph of Third is that it sounds exactly like Portishead and nothing like trip-hop. This is the late-night, beat-driven, torpid-languid music of a zillion coffee shops, sure, but with the blood drained out of it,...
- 4/29/2008
- by Michaelangelo Matos
- avclub.com
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