Trace Mountains, the side project of LVL UP’s Dave Benton, is gearing up to release their first full-length debut album, A Partner ... More
Album by Trace Mountains
Trace Mountains, the side project of LVL UP’s Dave Benton, is gearing up to release their first full-length debut album, A Partner To Lean On at the end of the month, before embarking on a spring tour. The album, which the Brooklyn-based musician describes as a continuation of his “life-long relationship with music-making as a social process,” showcases a collaborative effort of tender and idiosyncratic low-fi pop, brought vividly to life through Benton’s evocative lyrical imagery. (Figure 2 RC)
Levon and Kennedy: Mississippi Innocence Project is a photo book by acclaimed photographer Isabelle Armand that documents the time she spent over ... More
Book by Isabelle Armand
Levon and Kennedy: Mississippi Innocence Project is a photo book by acclaimed photographer Isabelle Armand that documents the time she spent over the span of five years with Levon Brooks and Kennedy Brewer, two African American men from rural Mississipi who were both wrongfully convicted of murder in separate trials the early 1990s. Brooks, despite an alibi, was sentenced to life and was imprisoned for 18 years. A few years later Brewer was convicted and sentenced to death. He was incarcerated for 15. In 2008, the nonprofit legal organization Innocence Project in New York exonerated both men. The intimate and at times heartbreaking photographic essay puts faces on the victims of wrongful conviction, capturing their lives, bonds, obstacles and environments, and raising consciousness about the critical issues in our criminal justice system. (powerHouse Books)
›› ISSUE Feature: Inteview with Isabelle Armand and Tucker Carrington of the Innocence Project
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New York trio Sunflower Bean’s spirited sophomoric album arrives almost two years and two months after their critically acclaimed debut Human Ceremony, ... More
Album by Sunflower Bean
New York trio Sunflower Bean’s spirited sophomoric album arrives almost two years and two months after their critically acclaimed debut Human Ceremony, and finds all three members twenty-two. Co-produced by Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s Jacob Portrait, Twentytwo in Blue stays true to their raucous, rock-inspired roots, while exhibiting a softer and more refined sound, and delving into progressive and political themes without sacrificing an ounce of their blissful, youthful cool. (Mom + Pop Music)
Keep The Change, the directorial debut from Rachel Israel, which took home the prize for Best U.S. Narrative Feature and Best New ... More
Film by Rachel Israel
Keep The Change, the directorial debut from Rachel Israel, which took home the prize for Best U.S. Narrative Feature and Best New Narrative Director at the Tribeca Film Festival, tells the unlikely love story of two New Yorkers who meet in a support group for adults with disabilities. Under the guise of an off-kilter romantic comedy merged with a docu-reality aesthetic, the film features a cast of nonprofessional actors with autism, starring Samantha Elisofon and Brandon Polansky. Poignant and thoroughly charming, Keep the Change offers a portrait of a community seldom depicted on the big screen, challenging our pre-conceived notions of what love is supposed to look like. (Kino Lorber)
From executive producers Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, OH LUCY!, the full-length directorial debut from Atsuko Hirayanagi, is a remake of the ... More
Film by Atsuko Hirayanagi
From executive producers Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, OH LUCY!, the full-length directorial debut from Atsuko Hirayanagi, is a remake of the 2014 short by the same name. Starring Shinobu Terajima, Josh Hartnett, and Kaho Minami, this Japanese dark comedy follows Setsuko Kawashima (Terajima), a lonely office worker in Tokyo who discovers a new identity when she takes an English class: her American alter ego, ‘Lucy.’ The film follows her quest to the outskirts of Southern California to find her English instructor (Hartnett) after he abruptly disappears. (Film Movement)
Los Angeles trio Lo Moon’s highly anticipated self-titled debut is a dark and meditative dreamscape of crescendo rock and sparkling electronics, bridging ... More
Album by Lo Moon
Los Angeles trio Lo Moon’s highly anticipated self-titled debut is a dark and meditative dreamscape of crescendo rock and sparkling electronics, bridging the gap between soft experimental rock and atmospheric electronic pop. After spending much of last year opening for the likes of Phoenix, The War On Drugs, London Grammar, Glass Animals, Ride, and more, they’re embarking on their own headlining tour in March. The band will be celebrating their release with a special in-store performance at Amoeba on February 27th. (Colombia Records)
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“I needed to get more personal, more aggressive, more humorous and more sonically diverse than my older material,” says songwriter-producer Caroline Rose ... More
Album by Caroline Rose
“I needed to get more personal, more aggressive, more humorous and more sonically diverse than my older material,” says songwriter-producer Caroline Rose about her darkly comedic second album. Armed with an arsenal of new instruments, a burgeoning sense of self, and a relentless tendency towards cheeky humor, LONER delivers a powerful set of serious songs seen through a sprightly and satirical lens. (New West)
The debut feature from writer-director Sophie Brooks, The Boy Downstairs features a cast studded with indie darlings, such as Zosia Mamet (Girls), ... More
Film by Sophie Brooks
The debut feature from writer-director Sophie Brooks, The Boy Downstairs features a cast studded with indie darlings, such as Zosia Mamet (Girls), Matthew Shear (Mistress America) and Sarah Ramos (Parenthood. Diana (Mamet) returns to New York after living abroad and is forced to reflect on the nature of her first relationship when she inadvertently moves into her ex-boyfriend’s apartment building. (FilmRise)
Loma, comprised of Jonathan Meiburg of Shearwater, and Emily Cross and Dan Duszynski of Cross Record, release their self-titled debut this week, ... More
Album by Loma
Loma, comprised of Jonathan Meiburg of Shearwater, and Emily Cross and Dan Duszynski of Cross Record, release their self-titled debut this week, an arresting and enigmatic collection of songs that reveal an obsession with defying classification and exploring sound. Delicate and abstract, the emotionally rich album delves into the process of letting someone go (written and recorded while Cross and Duszyski were navigating their divorce), mixing unique melodies with Cross’ haunting vocals. (SubPop)