Movie Breakdown: The Walk (Noah)
The Impression: Robert Zemeckis has managed to sort of bulldog his way through the lingering memory of some of his awful films based on the fact that he made Back to the Future and Forrest...
Monthly Archive: September 2015
Show Of The Week
ACL takes over Austin this weekend, and I totally get it if that’s where all of your attention is set to go. However, I don’t think it would hurt if you took a moment to...
Quickdraw: The Mantles, Protomartyr, Pujol, Pity Sex, Expert Alterations
Music! Enjoy. :The Mantles – Hate To See You Go: The Mantles have a way of drawing me in and holding tight. Hard to tell whether it’s more their familiar-feeling music or the stellar songwriting. ...
Sweet Spirit
My sister’s wedding dominated my weekend and now Fantastic Fest is set to consume my Monday, so instead of a Quickdraw today (look for one tomorrow) I’m just tossing out a single track. On the...
Movie Breakdown: Sicario (Noah)
The Impression: Denis Villeneuve makes great films. Seriously. Incendies, though hinged on a pretty singular plot occurrence, is beautiful, gripping and horrifying. Prisoners was, if I’m remembering correctly, my favorite film of a few years...
Movie Breakdown: The Martian (Noah)
The Impression: Andy Weir’s The Martian is possibly my least favorite book I’ve ever read from start-to-finish. Trite, boring, and told through the eyes of the type of nerd you’d shoe off your porch with...
Hip Hop Hooray (Leah)
Ever thought to yourself, “Self, man I think I’d like hip-hop if it weren’t for all that rapping?” Well, here’s your chance to enjoy it rap-free with my mix of instrumentals provided below! Happy zoning out...
Joanna Newsom
As I’ve said before, I love Joanna Newsom. I find her voice and her music entrancing, and anything new from her is always a high priority listen for me. So, naturally, I have her latest...
Show Of The Week
The good folks at Do512 have gone and built a crafty app for themselves, and this Saturday they’ll be celebrating the release of it at Empire Control Room & Garage with White Denim, Christian Bland...
Ringo Deathstarr
I woke up in a pure shoegaze kind of mood, and then promptly noticed that Austin’s own distortion-conjurers Ringo Deathstarr just put out a new single from their upcoming album, which is titled Pure Mood. ...
