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Music For: Nostalgia
A song can take you back—both to places of your past and, interestingly, sometimes to places you've never been before...sometimes the artists haven't been either. Here is some music-evoked nostalgia for you.
New On Netflix: Ronin
Robert De Niro leads an amazing car chase from Double-Cross City to Triple-Cross Town in the late John Frankenheimer's manly thriller.
Ghostfunk
Producer Max Tannone is back with a new mix, this time turning his attention to swirling Wu-Tang's Ghostface Killa with Afro-beat/funk and psychedelic rock. Like all of Tannone's projects, it's a good one.
In Debt We Trust Documentary
Americans are maxing out credit cards. Power is shifting into fewer hands. Credit card companies, lobbyists and media conglomerates are ensuring a culture dependency.
New On Netflix: Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
Steven Seagal returns as the Navy cook who's good with knives in this not-bad action sequel set aboard a speeding locomotive hijacked by bad guys who want to blow stuff up.
What’s New In Music This Week
This week: Beirut's Balkan ballads; Widowspeak's downer lover songs; DOM brings in a top producer for their new one; Pepper Rabbit uplifts and haunts; Neil Young's "Lost Tapes" from 1991 are recovered.
New On Netflix: Vanishing on 7th Street
Brad Anderson's low-budget survivalist thriller featuring Hayden Christensen and John Leguizamo hiding from shadowy bodysnatchers has an A-level premise undone by a C-level script.
Best of Netflix: Swimming Pool Scenes
Summer's winding down, but that doesn't mean the pool is closed just yet -- here are a few movies that will help you beat the heat on Netflix Instant. Get your suit on and jump in.
Rise of the Planet of the Apes Movie Review
The summer's smartest and scariest film is a gripping, crowd-pleasing rabble-rouser featuring astonishing work by Andy Serkis as one revolutionary simian.
New On Netflix: Get Carter
Sylvester Stallone avenges the death of his brudda and even sheds a few tears in this uninspired remake of the terrific 1971 revenge flick starring Michael Caine.
New On Netflix: Birdemic: Shock and Terror
Grab a bunch of friends, make sure there's plenty of alcohol on hand and watch the feathery terror unfold (starting at about 47 minutes in, anyway).
Music For: Headphones
We've been looking at music from a vibe perspective; this has brought us to headphones, one might say more beat-based stimulation on the whole—the stuff that can really move around the ear cabin.
New On Netflix: The Resident
For some reason, two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank stars in this lame direct-to-DVD thriller about the dangers of having Jeffrey Dean Morgan as your landlord.
Electric Zoo 2011 Lineup
Labor Day weekend is going to be pretty crazy on Randall's Island in NYC. The lineup is major: DJ Tiesto, David Guetta, and Armin Van Buuren headline, with Moby, Chromeo, Afrojack, John Digweed, Benny Benassi, Plastikman (Richie Hawtin), Carl Cox, John Wink, Carl Craig, MSTRKRT, SeastiAn, and about 50 more acts DJing and performing.
Lollapalooza 2011 / Park Life
This weekend Grant Park will host the 20th anniversary celebration of Lollapalooza in Chicago. Whether or not you are going to make it to the festivities you can still rock out with this mix, kindly presented by Spin. Artists include Black Lips, Lykke Li, Foster The People, Ratatat, Titus Andronicus, Jay Electronica, Beirut and more.
Escape To New York 2011 Lineup
This weekend the Shinnecock Indian Reservation in Southampton, NY hosts Escape To New York. This year's artists include: Patti Smith, Best Coast, Chairlift, The Vaccines, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, The Psychedelic Furs and Of Montreal.
New On Netflix: Trainspotting
There were few '90s movies cooler than Danny Boyle's alternately hilarious and harrowing portrait of young Scottish heroin addicts.
What’s New In Games This Week
Yet another slow week, but that just means one less trip to the game shop! Cuz everything you need can easily be found online.
What’s New In Music This Week
This week: one of Wolf Parade becomes Moonface; Fruit Bats head in a refreshing direction; Collections of Colonies of Bees release their sixth album; Mode Moderne explore goth-pop; the Archers of Loaf re-release is on-trend for 90's nostalgia.
New On Netflix: Cool and the Crazy
Underground animator Ralph Bakshi's first and only live-action film is a fast and flashy '50s-set low-budget quickie starring Jared Leto and Alicia Silverstone.
Best Of Netflix: Obscure Shower Scenes, Vol. 1
You know the "classic" shower scenes in movies like Psycho, Porky's and Carrie. Here are a few unsung shower scenes that you might not be as familiar with... but most definitely should be. Grab a bar of soap and get wet and steamy on Netflix Instant.
Treasure Island Music Festival 2011 Lineup
Treasure Island Music Festival celebrates its fifth birthday in October with a great lineup: Empire of the Sun, Cut Copy, Death From Above 1979, Flying Lotus, Dizee Rascal, Chromeo, YACHT, Shabazz Palaces, Warpaint, The Antlers, Friendly Fires, Death Cab For Cutie, Explosions In The Sky, Beach House and more.
Cowboys & Aliens Movie Review
Director Jon Favreau's genre mashup makes for both a dull Western and a mediocre piece of science fiction, but Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford manage to ride into town and save at least part of the day.
New On Netflix: The Fighter
Believe the hype: this Oscar-winning boxing drama starring Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale is a heavyweight cinematic champion.
New On Netflix: Man’s Best Friend
More like Man's Worst Enemy! Ally Sheedy adopts a mean and mighty Tibetan Mastiff that's been subjected to Lance Henriksen's mad scientist experiments in this silly '90s horror flick.
Music For: Positive Vibes
Comfort is the core of this tunes round-up— all these songs feel good; complimenting healthy serotonin levels, or perhaps sending them sky-high.
New On Netflix: Skyline
L.A. is punished for its sins in this grim and visually impressive low-budget alien invasion flick from the Brothers Strause.
Stroked: A Tribute to Is This It
Hard to believe it, but The Strokes debut album, Is This It, is about to turn 10 years old. To celebrate, the good folks at Stereogum put together an album of covers for you to download. Free. Hear Austra, Peter, Bjorn and John, Real Estate and others rework your favorite tracks.
New On Netflix: Four Rooms
Every once in a while, really talented people come together and inexplicably make a piece of crap; this hotel-set anthology film starring Tim Roth as an ever-mugging bellhop is one of these unfortunate incidents.
What’s New In Games This Week
Believe it or not, this summer's hottest game actually lands this week! Plus two other titles that certainly aren’t too shabby either.
