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Girls “Love Like A River” (Live)
For No One captures a lovely rendition of Girls' "Love Like A River" from this year's Father, Son, Holy Ghost, one of this year's great albums.
The 2012 Grammy Nominations List
The 2012 Grammy nominations are out and we've got the list.
New On Netflix: Dylan Dog: Dead of Night
Brandon Routh plays a supernatural private eye in this cheap and uninspired adaptation of a comic book series that deserves a lot better.
Spotlight: Handsome Furs
Now three albums deep, including this year's fiery Sound Kapital, Dan Boeckner and wife Alexei Perry are a post-punk Bonnie and Clyde. Let's peruse their videos.
New On Netflix: Hard Target
Jean-Claude Van Damme takes on Lance Henriksen in the deep dark Cajun bayou in director John Woo's awesome variation on The Most Dangerous Game.
Beer Wars
Head into the backrooms and breweries of the ultracompetitive beer industry and find out what it takes for independent brewers to compete with the corporate giants who dominate the business. Watch the entire documentary.
New On Netflix: Final Destination 2
Young people die horrible deaths and it's awesome in this gruesomely imaginative grand guignol freak show of ridiculous gore galore.
What’s New In Games This Week
The dust has settled and all the big releases are past us. So is there anything else on the horizon? Yes, there is.
What’s New In Music This Week?
This Week: Japanese weirdo rockers Boris' third album for 2011; Gorillaz look back at 10 years of hits with a box set of singles; The Smashing Pumpkins remind you how great they were with reissues of Gish and Siamese Dream; Wilco puts out special vinyl for Record Store Day’s Black Friday.
Shimmering Stars “Sun Is Going Down”
Sun is going down indeed - and way too soon these days. A new one from the Canadian pop trio, heavy on the reverb and the 50's nostalgia. From this year's debut, Violent Hearts.
New On Netflix: The Game
David Fincher's tricksy thriller stars Michael Douglas as a modern-day Scrooge plunged into a life-threatening (or is it?) "recreational service."
Best of Netflix: Great Soundtracks
Sometimes a good movie can be made even better by a good soundtrack -- and sometimes a really bad movie can be redeemed by its music. Here are a few flicks available for your instant viewing (and listening) pleasure that may sound better than they look.
The Muppets Movie Review
You're going to love it, no matter what, so go see some old friends (and some new ones) put on one heck of a good show.
The Rapture “Sail Away”
A weird one from The Rapture. Frontman Luke Jenner and his still undeniable voice sail away in Brooklyn on....a mylar pouch (?) while the rest of the band plays oversized conch shells.
New On Netflix: The Serpent and the Rainbow
Wes Craven goes for a smarter, classier horror film and just about half-succeeds with this tale of Haitian voodoo, black magic and political unrest.
A Hard Day’s Night
The strikingly original classic captures all the fun, and unforgettable music of John, Paul, George, and Ringo at the height of Beatlemania! It's a wildly irreverent day in the life of one of the world's great rock 'n' roll bands. A treasured piece of rock history that remains influential to this day.
Spotlight: Cover Love – Kate Bush Edition
Kate Bush has been out of the spotlight for some time, releasing her first album in 10 years just this week. With that in mind, here are a few tributes, classic wins, and the occasional amusing and/or unfortunate happening.
DJ Shadow & Little Dragon “Scale It Back”
An unusually relaxed track from DJ Shadow with vocals from Yukimi Nagano of Little Dragon. The clip makes sense it you watch it all the way through to the end. Well, more sense.
New On Netflix: Girl, Interrupted
Winona Ryder meets girls who are even crazier than her (and gets upstaged in every way by Angelina Jolie) in this inconsequential adaptation of Susanna Kaysen's mental hospital memoir.
New On Netflix: Teen Wolf
Michael J. Fox learns about peer pressure, the price of celebrity and lycanthropy in this awesome '80s classic.
What’s New In Games This Week
For those who thought they could give their wallets a break after the past couple of heavy hitting new game releases… sorry, not happening yet.
What’s New In Music This Week
This Week: Kate Bush gives us
Fleet Foxes “The Shrine / An Argument”
A new clip for "The Shrine / An Argument" started making the rounds this morning. Directed and co-animated by Sean Pecknold, brother of frontman Robin Pecknold, it's a beautiful and dark eight minute epic. As recommended by the artist: watch in HD with headphones or speakers and full screen if you want the full experience.
New On Netflix: The Others
Nicole Kidman stars in Spanish director Alejandro Amenabar's melancholy supernatural fable.
Best of Netflix: Dysfunctional Thanksgivings
Thanksgiving is, in theory if not in practice, a time when families come together and celebrate the ties that bind. For some, however, those ties serve to keep one "captive, bound and double-chained," to quote ol' Jacob Marley (is it too early for Christmas?). Here are a few cinematic Thanksgiving celebrations that are more combative than "traditional."
The Descendants Movie Review
Alexander Payne's disappointing melodrama starring George Clooney is a top contender for this year's "Most Overrated" list.
New On Netflix: Blown Away
Tommy Lee Jones blows things up and Jeff Bridges tries to stop him in this nerve-shattering thriller featuring some of the worst Irish accents in the history of cinema.
New On Netflix: The Mothman Prophecies
Richard Gere mopes his way through this ludicrous supernatural mystery about a creature whose appearance serves as a prelude to impending disasters.
Spotlight: UK Youth
Let's talk blokes. Three emerging artists, young and from the UK: WU LYF, King Krule and MONEY.
Radiant Silvergun and Sonic Generations Review
SEGA makes an effort to return to form with one game making its long awaited debut on US soil, and an old school poster boy trying to regain his former glory.
