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What’s New In Music This Week
This week: My Morning Jacket drops album number six, NYC indie-duo Cults makes a first attempt, Eddie Vedder soundtracks Hawaiian bonfires, and Death Cab For Cutie grows up.
Best Of Netflix: Summer Blockbusters
Welcome to Summer 2011! Join us as we celebrate the time of the season with a look back at some of Hollywood's biggest summer movies, all available on Netflix Instant.
Mixtape: DFA Radiomix Gabriel Andruzzi
Dance-punk rockers The Rapture celebrate their upcoming release and return to DFA with an hour-plus Radiomix from band member Gabriel Andruzzi. A hardcore start with Bad Brains quickly drops into a hour-plus set of percussion-heavy and downtempo electro-house. A great mix for the long weekend.
New On Netflix: The Hazing
A fraternity/sorority initiation goes straight to hell in this clever and sometimes extremist low-budget horror flick starring Brad Dourif and Tiffany Shepis.
B.O.M.B. Fest 2011 Lineup
This weekend is CT's B.O.M.B (Bring Back Our Music) Fest at the Comcast Theater in Hartford. The lineup is quite diverse: Weezer, Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalia, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Best Coast, George Clinton, The New Pornographers, Wavves, Dum Dum Girls and a lot more.
The Hangover Part II Movie Review
History repeats itself to almost supernatural proportions in this sequel to "The Hangover" that actually feels more like a remake with the same cast but different location.
New On Netflix: Highlander
There can be only one, and this first installment in the increasingly silly fantasy series is definitely the best.
New On Netflix: Wet Hot American Summer
Start the summer with this lovable tale of summer's end starring some of the funniest people on the planet.
loudQUIETloud: A Film About The Pixies
In the history of modern American music there are few bands like the Pixies. Theirs was an unparalleled musical path, influencing countless others despite modest financial success.
New On Netflix: Blue Velvet
If hell is suburbia, then the devil is Dennis Hopper in David Lynch's mesmerizing masterpiece now available on Netflix Instant.
What’s New In Games This Week
Another week in which the noteworthy releases are a bit on the slim side. But fear not, the two worth checking out are... worth checking out!
Listen to My Morning Jacket, Death Cab and Cults
Stream new music from My Morning Jacket, Death Cab For Cutie, Cults, and Foster The People.
New On Netflix: Stone
A convict unleashes the seductive powers of his sexy wife upon his sad-sack parole officer in this frustrating yet fascinating drama starring Robert De Niro, Edward Norton and Milla Jovovich.
Best Of Netflix: When Animals Attack
Nature always wins. Don't believe us? Check out these creature features and know your place, puny human.
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Movie Review
The big, loud and blustery set pieces, nifty creature effects (zombies! nekkid mermaids!) and the nimble antics of Captain Jack Sparrow make the fourth Pirates movie an enjoyable voyage, even if it won't quite shiver your timbers.
New On Netflix: Austin Powers in Goldmember
The International Man of Mystery returns for the third and probably final time in this big obnoxious mess that still manages to squeeze some good gags out of its tired premise.
Live Red Carpet Premiere of Hangover Part II
Watch the red carpet premiere of the Hangover Part II live. Biggest question I have - will Ed Helms still have the Mike Tyson face tatto or was that just 'movie magic'? Starts at 9:30 PM ET / 6:30 PM PT.
New On Netflix: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Heartbreak is a state of mind -- one that can be removed -- in Michel Gondry's excellent surrealist drama starring Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet.
Northside Music Festival 2011 Lineup
Williamsburg/Greenpoint, Brooklyn's own Northside Music/Film/Art/Idea Festival takes place June 16th-19th. Waves, Surfer Blood, Beirut and Guided By Voices are some names you know, but it's all about new bands for you to discover.
New On Netflix: Striking Distance
Bruce Willis and Sarah Jessica Parker are police officers who team up to find a serial killer...and make some waves. Hop aboard.
The Mechanic Movie Review
I usually wait until the final paragraph before finally telling you whether the film I am reviewing is actually good or not. It's pretty much the number one trick of the trade. This time, however, I can't hold it back.
New On Netflix: Barb Wire
This cheapo action flick was supposed to make Pamela Anderson a bona fide movie star. It didn't quite work out.
Austin City Limits Announces 2011 Lineup
Austin City Limits celebrates its 10th anniversary with a huge lineup: Stevie Wonder, Arcade Fire, Kanye West, and Coldplay headline, with My Morning Jacket, TV On The Radio, Cut Copy, The Antlers, Twin Shadow, Death From Above 1979, Santigold, The Walkmen, Chromeo, Big Boi and many more.
What’s New In Games This Week
At long last, L.A. Noire is finally here. Oh, and two other notable releases you may want to investigate in.
What’s New In Music This Week
This week: debut albums from the Danger Mouse/Daniele Luppi/Jack White collaboration and Canadian synth outfit Austra, as well as releases from Planningtorock, Thee Oh Sees, and a posthmus re-release of Jay Reatard's early tracks.
Listen To Planningtorock, Thurston Moore, Thee Oh Sees
Stream entire albums from Thee Oh Sees, Planningtorock, Thurston Moore, Glasvegas, and others.
New On Netflix: Kick-Ass
Real-world violence and would-be superhero heroics don't always mix in director Matthew Vaughn's uneasy adaptation of the super-hip comic book series.
Best of Netflix: Troubled Marriages
No one can turn love into a battlefield quite like Hollywood. Here are a few films where marriage isn't so much a contract of mutual compassion but a source of heavy (and we do mean heavy) conflict.
Minty Fresh Beats “Jaydiohead”
NYC dj/producer Max Tannone crafted this mashup of Jay-Z and Radiohead. Tannone, who also goes by Minty Fresh Beats, got a lot of buzz around this mix, with even Jay-Z tweeting, “There are 3 or 4 real gems on Jaydiohead.” That means it's good.
Hesher Movie Review
National treasure Joseph Gordon-Levitt burns bright and hard in this dark fable about a foul-mouthed, ultra-tattooed and quite possibly insane guardian angel/demon.
