I recently “unearthed” episodes of the first podcast I did called “Sean’s Unsigned Rock Show” which then became “IndieUprising.” With this “Retro” series, I plan on featuring interviews I did back in 2007 and 2008 with bands/artists that are still making music today. Hopefully I’ll get a chance for new interviews in the near future.

This is my 2007 conversation with TW Walsh about his project The Soft Drugs. Buy his records HERE. Enjoy!

 This week discover State Lines, Banquets, The Here And Now, Crimes, Dikembe, & Belgrade.

Show Notes:

Artist #1: State Lines
Album: For The Boats
Song: Linger
Release Date: 5/28/13 (Digital | LP)
Label: Tiny Engines
http://tinyengines.limitedrun.com/

Artist #2: Banquets
Album: Banquets
Song: Call It A Comeback
Release Date: May 7, 2013 (Digital | CD | LP | Cassette)
Label: Black Numbers
http://banquets.bandcamp.com/

Artist #3: The Here And Now
Album: Born To Make Believe Part I
Song: Broken By You
Release Date: Out Now (Digital)
Label: Black Numbers
http://thehereandnow.com

Artist #4: Crimes
Album: Crimes
Song: In My Time Alone
Release Date: Out Now (Digital | Cassette)
Label: Black Numbers
http://blacknumbers.bandcamp.com/album/crimes

Artist #5: Dikembe
Album: Chicago Bowls EP (Remaster)
Song: Scottie Spliffen
Release Date: Digital Out Now, Vinyl Coming Soon (Digital | Vinyl 7”)
Label: Self Released
http://dikembe.bandcamp.com/

Artist #6: Belgrade
Album: Self Titled
Song: Protest
Release Date: Out Now (Digital | LP)
Label: Self Released
http://www.belgradeband.com/

This week discover Ra Ra Riot, Renny Wilson, Lost Animal, Torres, Thinking Machines and hear brand new music from Denison Witmer!

Artist #1: Ra Ra Riot
Album: Beta Love
Song: Dance With Me
Release Date: Out Now (Digital | CD | LP)
Label: Barsuk Records
http://rarariot.com/

Artist #2: Renny Wilson
Album: Sugarglider
Song: Nobody
Release Date: Out Now (Digital | LP)
Label: Mint Records
http://rennywilson.com/

Artist #3: Lost Animal
Album: Ex Tropical
Song: Lose The Baby
Release Date: Out Now (Digital | CD | LP)
Label: Sub Pop
http://www.myspace.com/lostanimal76

Artist #4: Torres
Album: Torres
Song: Mother Earth, Father God
Release Date: Out Now (Digital | CD | LP)
Label: Self Released
http://torrestorrestorres.com/

Artist #5: Thinking Machines
Album: Extension Chords
Song: Lunge
Release Date: Out Now (Digital | CD)
Label: Self Released
http://thinkingmachinesband.com/

Artist #6: Denison Witmer
Album: Denison Witmer
Song: Keep Moving Brother, Keep Moving sister
Release Date: April 30th, 2013 (Digital | CD | LP)
Label: Asthmatic Kitty Records
http://denisonwitmer.com/

This week discover Of Seed And Soil, Lonesome Leash, Wooden Wand, Social Studies, Ohvaur, and Pony Time!

Artist #1: Of Seed And Soil
Album: Warm Winter
Song: Movement
Release Date: Out Now (Digital)
Label: Self Released
http://www.ofseedandsoil.com/

Artist #2: Lonesome Leash
Album: I Am No Captain
Song: Ghosts
Release Date: Out Now (Digital)
Label: Self Released
http://lonesomeleash.bandcamp.com/

Artist #3: Wooden Wand
Album: Blood Oaths of the New Blues
Song: Southern Colorado Song
Release Date: Out Now (Digital | CD | LP)
Label: Fire Records
http://www.woodenwand.org/

Artist #4: Social Studies
Album: Developer
Song: Away For The Weekend
Release Date: Out Now (Digital | CD | LP)
Label: Antenna Records
http://www.socialstudies-music.com/

Artist #5: Ohvaur
Album: A Memories Chase
Song: A Memories Chase
Release Date: March 5, 2013 (Digital)
Label: Self Released
http://www.ohvaur.com/
http://www.facebook.com/ohvaur
Timothy Den’s letter

Artist #6: Pony Time
Album: Go Find Your Own
Song: Because I Care
Release Date: February 19th, 2013 (Digital | CD | LP)
Label: Per Se Records
http://pony-time.bandcamp.com/

RIP Collector’s Edition Podcast. Sean says goodbye to the movie podcast. BUT, he has two other shows. The Backstage Pass and The AxPx Podcast. Subscribe to those instead. There are a ton of other movie podcasts out there…too many, in fact.

This week, discover Kat Edmonson, Lights & Motion, GLISS, Man The Change, The White Papers and Sonny Smith.

Artist #1: Kat Edmonson
Album: Way Down Low
Song: Lucky
Release Date: Out Now (Digital | CD)
Label: MRI
http://www.katedmonson.com/

Artist #2: Lights & Motion
Album: Reanimation
Song: Home
Release Date: Out Now (Digital)
Label: Deep Elm Records
http://www.facebook.com/lightsandmotion

Artist #3: GLISS
Album: Langsom Dans
Song: Blur
Release Date: Out Now (Digital | CD | LP)
Label: Modern Outsider Records
http://www.facebook.com/officialgliss

Artist #4: Man The Change
Album: Defeated EP
Song: Val Killed Her
Release Date: Out Now (Digital | CD | LP)
Label: Hooked On Records
http://manthechange.com/

Artist #5: The White Papers
Album: Bonfire On West Beach
Song: The Western Badmen
Release Date: Out Now (Digital)
Label: Ojet Records
http://www.ojet.com/site/thewhitepapers.html

Artist #6: (Sonny Smith) Don Adora’e
Album: 100 Records: Vol. 3
Song: If You Don’t Make a Change
Release Date: Out Now (Digital | Cassette | LP)
Label: Polyvinyl Records
http://www.sonnysmith.com/

Artist: On Being Human
Album: eVe
Label: Self Released

On Being Human is a band that appeared on my radar after I discovered their clever covers of video game themes on RetrowareTV.com with their web series “The Humans Are Coming.” The life they breathed into these themes (especially Metroid and Street Fighter) was impressive. Jumping off the momentum of this show, the band has released their new EP, eVe.

This isn’t the band’s first release, they’ve released a couple other EP’s as well as a 2010 full length To Light The Coals Of Our Hearts. Honestly, their 2010 album did nothing for me, however eVe is a HUGE step up from the blandness of that album. The songs on eVe are memorable, concise and seem to compliment one another. These songs are more akin to the band’s 2011 single Addicted which introduces a ferocity and edge missing from Coals. My favorite song on the EP, Dream Garden is a perfect example of this.

The rest of eVe seems to tone down some of that ferocity but substitutes some electronic elements and production value that work most of the time. While this EP is superbly commercial and will no doubt turn a lot of heads, some of the bite I’ve come to love from both the song “Addicted” and their “RetroWare” songs has been watered down. There are moments, as illustrated in the EP’s strongest track “Dream Garden” but the album as a whole leaves me somewhat wanting. Especially when it comes to the cover song on this EP.

While most people love covers, the band’s cover of Tears For Fears’ “Shout” is serviceable but to me, this is the EP’s lowest point and at almost 6 minutes the song wears out it’s welcome fast. eVe starts out strong, but unfortunately ends on a whimper making the EP feel unfinished.

Looking back at their discography, On Being Human’s 2013 EP eVe is their strongest music to date, a launching pad for bigger and better things. From here on out, On Being Human is more confident than ever and have only began to mine their potential.

Rating: ★★★★☆ 

Artist: The End Of America
Album: Shakey
Label: Self Released
RIYL: Band Of Horses, Wilco

When I heard their debut album Steep Bay I knew the band The End Of America was something special. That album was recorded in 2010 in upstate New York at an isolated cabin. Founding members Brendon Thomas, James Downes and Trevor Leonard recorded the album live using only a two track, battery powered recorder. What they recorded was an impeccable achievement and still one of my all time favorite albums.

Fast forward to 2012, the band is still focused on organic songwriting and recording. The album title “Shakey” is a homage to Neil Young, who recorded most his albums live, with minimal rehearsal. Following in his footsteps, The End Of America did the same with this album. Over 7 days the recorded live, to tape with minimal rehearsal and as few takes as possible. The result is yet another astounding recording from the band.

This process gives an immediacy to the songs, beautiful imperfection and a snapshot of a true creativity. While the songs don’t grab me as much as their debut, Shakey is still a stunning achievement. The album consists of 5 full length songs broken up with an intro and interlude. Each song has it’s own personality and before you know it the album is over. Which brings me to my main complaint of both albums…when it’s over I wish there was more!

The End Of America are a true example of artistry in an industry that has very few pioneers left. The are proving that creativity can go a long way and, when used correctly, analog recording is far from being extinct. The band is mulling over releasing their music on vinyl and that seems to be the only way I’d want to experience their music. Until then, both albums from The End Of America are top notch, inexpensive and well worth your time and money.

Rating: ★★★★½ 

Donnie Darko is alive and all growed up in End Of Watch but he doesn’t know how to put down the video camera in a tense situation, Dolph Lundgren and Jean-Claude Van Damme get 10 minutes of screen time in another Universal Soldier flick, giant ticks terrorize horny teenagers and Wes Craven kills some Amish folk!

Show Notes

What I’ve Been Watching/News

V/H/S
Roadracers

New Releases: New to Blu Ray

The Quiet Man
Deadly Blessings
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
Ticks
Cujo

Music Break #1: On Being Human – “Ken’s Theme” RetrowareTV.com,  onbeinghuman.bandcamp.com
Also check out On Being Human’s new EP eVe featuring 4 original songs and 1 cover.

New Releases: New to Home Video

End Of Watch
Searching for Sugar Man
Universal Soldier: Day Of Reckoning
The Paperboy
Death Race 3: Inferno
A Thousand Cuts
Nature Calls

Music Break #2: On Being Human – “Super Metroid – Intro & Prologue” RetrowareTV.com, onbeinghuman.bandcamp.com
Also check out On Being Human’s new EP eVe featuring 4 original songs and 1 cover.

New to Netflix

Death Race 3: Inferno
Primer
Lars and the Real Girl
October Baby

Expiring on Netflix

The Longest Day (Jan 31)
976-EVIL 2 (Jan 31
Cyborg 2 (Jan 31)

Blu Ray Pick Of the Week

Dredd
Looper

This week, discover Spoken, Signals Midwest, Derek Webb, The End Of America, Parlour Tricks and On Being Human.

Band #1: Spoken
Album: Illusion
Song: Through It All
Release Date: February 12, 2013
Label: E1
http://www.spokenmusic.com/

Band #2: Signals Midwest
Album: Latitudes and Longitudes
Song: The Quiet Persuader
Release Date: Out Now (Digital, Vinyl)
Label: Tiny Engines
signalsmidwest.bandcamp.com

Band #3: Derek Webb
Album: Ctrl (Acoustic)*
Song: I Feel Everything
Release Date: Out Now (Digital)
Label: self released
http://www.derekwebb.com
*I was mistaken about CTRL (acoustic) being free at noisetrade.com. That was apparently a limited time run and has expired. You can get it as a packaged deal via Derek Webb’s website, though.

Band #4: The End Of America
Album: Shakey
Song: Cemetery
Release Date: Out Now (Digital)
Label: Self Released
theendofamerica.bandcamp.com

Band #5: Parlour Tricks
Album: Parlour Tricks
Song: Cathedral
Release Date: Out Now (Digital)
Label: Self Released
http://www.facebook.com/prlrtrcks

Band #6: On Being Human
Album: eVe
Song: Dream Garden
Release Date: Out Now (Digital)
Label: Self Released
http://onbeinghuman.bandcamp.com

Merry Christmas! Welcome the the Backstage Pass Christmas Spectacular! Discover Christmas through the sounds of Pillar, Bella Ruse, The Eastern Sea, Ben Rector, Deep Sea Diver, Sleeping At Last, Sufjan Stevens, Andrew Ripp, Beta Radio, and Great Lake Swimmers.

Band #1: Pillar
Album: n/a
Song: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Release Date: Out Now (Digital, Vinyl)
Label: n/a
http://noisetrade.com/pillar

Band #2: Bella Ruse
Album: Welcome Christmas
Song: Christmas Presence
Release Date: Out Now (Digital, CD)
Label: Self Released
http://bellaruse.com/

Band #3: The Eastern Sea
Album: First Christmas
Song: This is Christmas
Release Date: Out Now (CD, Digital)
Label: WhitelabBlacklab
http://theeasternsea.com/

Band #4: Ben Rector
Album: Jingles and Bells
Song: Let It Snow
Release Date: Out Now (Digital, CD)
Label: Self Released
http://benrectormusic.com/

Band #5: Deep Sea Diver
Album: n/a
Song: It’s Christmas Time (and I’m still alive)
Release Date: Out Now (Digital)
Label: Self Released
http://thedeepseadiver.com/

Band #6: Sleeping At Last
Album: Yearbook (December EP)
Song: It’s Christmas Time (and I’m still alive)
Release Date: Out Now (Digital)
Label: Self Released
http://sleepingatlast.com/
http://sleepingatlast.com/snow-how-it-was-made/

Band #7: Sufjan Stevens
Album: Silver and Gold
Song: Christmas In The Room
Release Date: Out Now (CD Box Set, Limited Edition Vinyl, Digital)
Label: Asthmatic Kitty
http://music.sufjan.com/

Band #8: Andrew Ripp
Album: Christmas Tunes
Song: Blue Sky Christmas Eve
Release Date: Out Now (Digital)
Label: Catapult
http://www.andrewripp.com

Band #9: Beta Radio
Album: The Songs The Season Brings, Volume II
Song: Winter Eclipse
Release Date: Out Now (Digital)
Label: Self Released
http://betaradio.bandcamp.com/

Band #10: Great Lake Swimmers
Album: Paste Holiday Sampler 2012
Song: Hang A String Of Lights
Release Date: Out Now (Digital)
Label: Self Released
http://www.greatlakeswimmers.com/

The Total Recall you love, just minus Mars and muscles! Also, Joseph Gordon-Levitt can ride a bike…fast…escaping bad guys, too while no one cares about Clint Eastwood’s trouble with curves. Music by Wavelets and Cattle Drums.

Show Notes

Sponsors: Charming Beard Coffee

News/Announcements:

48 FPS
http://movieline.com/2012/12/14/hobbit-high-frame-rate-science-48-frames-per-second/

BD Releases for December 18, 2012

New:

• Premium Rush (Friday)
• Total Recall
• Trouble With The Curve
• Sleepwalk With Me
• Pitch Perfect
• Liberal Arts
• Ten Years
• The Good Doctor

Catalogue:

• Flight Of The Navigator
• Hans Christian Anderson
• Sometimes A Great Notion
• Death Ship

Musical Break #1 – Wavelets, “We’re Really Jazzed About The Gig” from the album Athaletics (Tiny Engines) Release Date: out now
http://tinyengines.bandcamp.com/album/athaletics

Netflix Instant Picks of the Week

• The Forgotten
• After Porn Ends
• Cleanflix
• It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Expiring on Netflix (December 20)

• Che (20)
• Iron Man 2 (25)
• The Keep (31)

Musical Break #2 – Cattle Drums, “Who Punched Pat Moore’s Face” from the album The Boy Kisser Sessions + 3 (Tiny Engines) Release Date: out now
http://cattledrums.bandcamp.com/

BD Collector’s Edition Pick of the Week

West Side Story

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This week, discover Harouki Zombi, of Montreal, Showbread, Dikembe, State Lines, and CHURCHES.

Band #1: Harouki Zombi
Album: Objet Petit A
Song: Objet Petit A
Release Date: Out Now (Digital, Vinyl)
Label: Polyvinyl Records
http://www.haroukizombi.com/

Band #2: of Montreal
Album: Daughter of Cloud
Song: Our Love is Senile
Release Date: Out Now (Digital, Vinyl)
Label: Polyvinyl Records
http://www.ofmontreal.net/

Band #3: Showbread
Album: Cancer
Song: Sex With Strangers
Release Date: Out Now (Digital)
Label: Self Released/Come & Live (nonprofit)
www.comeandlive.com/CLD/Cancer/
www.facebook.com/showbread
www.twitter.com/rawrock
www.showbread.net
www.comeandlive.com

Band #4: Dikembe
Album: Broad Shoulders
Song: We Could Become River Rats
Release Date: Out Now (Digital, Vinyl)
Label: Tiny Engines
www.facebook.com/dikembefl

Band #5: State Lines
Album: Self-Titled 7”
Song: Win Free
Release Date: Out Now (Digital, Vinyl)
Label: Tiny Engines
http://tinyengines.bandcamp.com/album/state-lines
https://www.facebook.com/statelinesband

Band #6: Churches
Album: Lovelife EP
Song: Lovelife
Release Date: Out Now (Digital, Vinyl)
Label:  Self Released
http://churchescalifornia.bandcamp.com/

Cocaine, ninjas, rock and roll and best of friends! It’s Miami Connection! Also, a stuffed teddy bear has a midlife crisis, and Avengers Origins: Hawkeye arrives on Blu-ray. Music by Dragon Sound.

Show Notes

Sponsors: Charming Beard Coffee

News/Announcements:

Disney strikes deal with Netflix

BD Releases for December 11, 2012

New:

• Miami Connection
• Ted
• Ice Age: Continental Drift
• The Bourne Legacy
• Why Stop Now
• Bill Cunningham New York
• Doomsday Book (Korean)

Catalogue:

• The Island
• Death Valley
• Dick Tracy
• Following
• The Quatsi Trilogy
• The Blue Lagoon (Twilight Time)
• Heavyweights
• Les Miserables
• Babes In Toy Land
• The Wild Geese
• Baron Blood
• Ashanti

Musical Break #1 – Dragon Sound, “Against The Ninja” from the Miami Connection Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Drafthouse Films) Release Date: out now
http://drafthousefilms.com/film/miami-connection

Netflix Instant Picks of the Week

• The Muppet Movie
• The Nightmare Before Christmas
• Alice in Wonderland
• Dumbo
• The Great Mouse Detective
• James and the Giant Peach
• Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
• Craigslist Joe

Expiring on Netflix 

• Beyond the Mat
• Humpday
• Che

Musical Break #2 – Dragon Sound, “Friends” from the Miami Connection Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Drafthouse Films) Release Date: out now

http://drafthousefilms.com/film/miami-connection

BD Collector’s Edition Pick of the Week

MIAMI CONNECTION!
http://drafthousefilms.com/film/miami-connection
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvJNCHTPpi0

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Artist: Our Lost Infantry
Album: The New Art History
Label: Deep Elm Records
RIYL: Brand New, Arcade Fire, Explosions In The Sky, Grammatics, She Bears

The New Art History by Our Lost Infantry is a 36 minute musical movement in 9 parts. Still with me? Most bands who try this sort of approach to an album usually come across as pretentious assholes. Anyone a fan of Mars Volta? If you are, hear me out before you string me up. These rock-opera type albums usually come across as forced, silly and pretentious to the average music listener but embraced by other musicians. What sets Our Lost Infantry apart is the seamless blend of artistic integrity with infectious hooks, soaring vocal melodies and rousing harmonies.

Hailing from Aldershot, England the band locked themselves away for about six months writing this album. Emerging with a self-produced masterpiece, the band was signed to Deep Elm Records therefore unleashing The New Art History to discerning music aficionados worldwide. It’s a remarkable debut.

During it’s brisk 36 minutes, The New Art History packs a punch and is surprisingly epic. Even though it is technically one 36 minute song, Our Lost Infantry has crafted 9 memorable movements. All related, yet all original. It’s a feat that not many bands can pull off successfully. The New Art History is one work of art that can be enjoyed in pieces, but also as a whole. The album is neither pretentious nor forgettable and is more sweeping and epic than one would think.

Our Lost Infantry is Thom Ashworth on vocals, Joe Ashworth on bass, Matt Phelps on keys and Michael Parkin on drums. All contribute to the vocals during choruses and harmonies. The musicianship and vocals are so impeccable that I have added Our Lost Infantry to my “Must See Live” list, just to see if they can pull all this off live. If they can, I hope this band is filling arenas with their sounds in about 10 years.

Our Lost Infantry has created one of the finest releases of 2012. It’s an album that can be embraced by the elite audiophiles to the average music lover. From start to finish, The New Art History is an epic journey wrapped in a brief 36 minutes. Each piece of the album can be enjoyed separately, however, I’d suggest starting at the beginning and let the album grab hold and envelope you.

Rating: ★★★★★ 

This week discover Go Tell The Eskimo, Saturday Looks Good To Me, Dig It Up, Prevenge, Deep Time and Run, Forever!

Band #1: Go Tell The Eskimo
Album: Smoke Signals
Song: When The Lights Go Out
Release Date: Out Now! – Digital ($2.97)
Label: Red Parade Music
RIYL: Arcade Fire, Lunatic
http://gotelltheeskimo.com/

Band #2: Saturday Looks Good To Me
Album: Sunglasses
Song: Sunglasses
Release Date: Single, out now. Full length ONE KISS ENDS IT ALL to be released Spring 2013
Label: Polyvinyl Records
RIYL: Belle and Sebastian, Animal Collective
http://saturdaylooksgoodtome.bandcamp.com/

Band #3: Dig It Up
Album: Prevenge/Dig It Up split EP
Song: Move My Way
Release Date: Out Now
Label: Pavones Records
RIYL: Dillinger Four, The Sainte Catherines, Fifth Hour Hero, Junior Battles
https://www.facebook.com/digitupmtl
http://digitup.bandcamp.com/

Band #4: Prevenge
Album: Prevenge/Dig It Up split EP
Song: Buried Alive
Release Date: Out Now
Label: Pavones Records
RIYL: Dillinger Four, The Sainte Catherines, Fifth Hour Hero, Junior Battles
https://www.facebook.com/prevengemtl

Band #5: Deep Time
Album: Deep Time
Song: Clouds
Release Date: Out Now – Digital
Label: Hardly Art
RIYL: Young Marble Giants, Grass Widow
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Deep-Time/289440897779247

Band #6: Run, Forever
Album: Settling- Digital
Song: Basement
Release Date: Out Now
Label:  Tiny Engines
RIYL: The Thermals, Desaparecidos, Titus Andronicus, The Menzingers, Against Me!
http://www.facebook.com/runforevermusic

The Dark Knight Rises, VHS is still relevant and Santa Kills. Music by No Motiv.

Intro

Sponsors: Charming Beard Coffee

News/Announcements:

BD Releases for December 4, 2012

New: 

• The Dark Knight Rises
• Beasts Of The Southern Wild
• The Odd Life of Timothy Green
• Hope Springs
• Silent Night
• V/H/S
• Eastbound & Down, Season 3

Catalogue:

• Finding Nemo
• Brazil
• Purple Noon
• Catch Me If You Can
• Ninja Scroll
• Existenz
• Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 2

Musical Break #1 – No Motiv, “Beginning From The End” from the album Winterlong (Sound The Siren) Release Date: out now
http://soundthesiren.bigcartel.com/product/no-motiv-winterlong

Netflix Instant Picks of the Week

• The Hole

Expiring on Netflix (December 8)

• Ghost Adventures

Musical Break #2 – No Motiv, “Once Again Sundays” from the album Winterlong (Sound The Siren) Release Date: out now
http://soundthesiren.bigcartel.com/product/no-motiv-winterlong

BD Collector’s Edition Pick of the Week

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End

This week discover music from Oceanography, Denison Witmer, The Album Leaf, Bright Archer, The Reveling and Nightlights.

Band #1: Oceanography
Album: Parachutes of Plenty
Song: American Cars
Release Date: 12/12/2012 – Digital / CD
Label: Self-Released
RIYL: Interpol, British Sea Power, U2
http://oceanography.bandcamp.com/

Band #2: Denison Witmer
Album: The Ones Who Wait
Song: Brooklyn With Your Highest Wall
Release Date: Out Now
Label: Asthmatic Kitty Records
RIYL: Paul Simon, Jackson Browne, Cat Stevens, Nick Drake
http://denisonwitmer.bandcamp.com/

Band #3: The Album Leaf
Album: Forward/Return
Song: Descent
Release Date: Out Now
Label: Self Released
RIYL: Sigur Ros, Jonsi, Explosions In The Sky
http://www.thealbumleaf.com/

Band #4: Bright Archer
Album: Hidden Systems
Song: Hidden Systems
Release Date: Out Now
Label: Bear Island Records
RIYL: Tori Amos, Regina Spektor
http://brightarcher.bandcamp.com/

Band #5: The Reveling
Album: Tributaries
Song: Left At Forkright
Release Date: Out Now
Label: Black Numbers
RIYL: Gaslight Anthem, Social Distortion, Green Day, Face To Face, Alkaline Trio
http://blacknumbers.bandcamp.com/album/tributaries

Band #6: Nightlights
Album: So It Goes – CD
Song: That John Denver Is Full Of Shit!
Release Date: Out Now
Label:  Eulogy Recordings
RIYL: Latterman, The Menzingers, Iron Chic, Red City Radio
http://www.punknews.org/bands/nightlights

John Hillcoat takes on the Wettest County In The World, the Sixth Sense Kid gets animated, Will Smith time travels and the late Whitney Houston Sparkles. Music By The Wild and Run, Forever.

Show Notes:

Sponsors: Charming Beard Coffee

News/Announcements:

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/11/24/researchers-find-megaupload-shutdown-had-a-negative-effect-on-box-office-revenues/

BD Releases for November 27, 2012

New:

• Lawless
• Paranorman
• The Day
• The Apparition
• Transformers Prime, Season 2
• Men In Black III (Nov 30)
• Sparkle (Nov 30)

Catalogue:

• None this week

Musical Break #1 – The Wild, “Street Names” from the album The Wild / Run, Forever Split 7″ (Solidarity Recordings) Release Date: out now
http://solidarityrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/split-7

Netflix Instant Picks of the Week

• American Horror Story
• Hugo
• The King’s Speech
• Meeting Evil

• Big Lebowski
• Breathless (Richard Gere)
• Dog Day Afternoon
• Donnie Brasco

Musical Break #2 – Run, Forever, “Silver Screens” from the album The Wild / Run, Forever Split 7″ (Solidarity Recordings) Release Date: out now
http://solidarityrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/split-7

BD Collector’s Edition Pick of the Week

Lawrence Of Arabia
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDCompare2/lawrenceofarabia2.htm
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Lawrence-of-Arabia-Blu-ray/200/
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Lawrence-of-Arabia-Blu-ray/52492/

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Artist: Big Awesome
Album: Birdfeeder EP
Label: Self Released
RIYL: Algernon Cadwallader, Minus The Bear, Samiam

With a name like Big Awesome it’s easy to assume they could be an Andrew WK party band. That couldn’t be further from the truth. Mixing melody with the grit of punk rock, Big Awesome’s EP takes hold and after four songs you wanting more.

Birdfeeder opens with the song “Grey’s Birthday” with John Blanken’s strong vocals accented by Colin Czeriwnski’s clean guitars and Tyler Giarratano’s driving drums, going to a birthday party never felt so important. It’s the perfect song to kick off a Friday night of debauchery.

The sense of urgency stays strong throughout the EP. Each song is a compliment to one another while maintaining their own personality and strengths. The EP’s second track “Birdfeeder” is driving, short and sweet accented by a steady bass line and complex clean guitars.

While there seems to be a simplicity to the overall melody there is a meticulous finesse to the song that most punk bands sacrifice for sheer power and drive. Big Awesome juggles raw emotion and power with intricate song writing, creating a sense of humanity with each track.

Big Awesome’s Birdfeeder EP is a snapshot into great things to come. The band is getting ready to record a full length album and I have high expectations. Never judge a band by it’s name because you may be missing out one something groundbreaking and new. Big Awesome is shaping up to be one of my favorite bands of 2012, making me love their name even more.

Rating: ★★★★½ 

Artist: Dandelion War
Album: We Were Always Loyal To Lost Causes
Label: Deep Elm Records
RIYL: Explosions In The Sky, Sigur Ros, Appleseed Cast, Moonlit Sailor, Antlers

It’s easy to get lost in the wasteland of post-rock, ambient, shoegaze bands. They seem to have saturated the music scene in the past few years, I blame Explosions In The Sky and Friday Night Lights. While most of these bands are capable in creating lush, ambient landscapes, most of these sounds bleed from one band to another making it hard for anyone to stand out. Enter Oakland, California’s Dandelion War. While they are very much in the same vein of these bands, Dandelion War seem to take the best elements of this sound and craft them into something wholly their own.

Their sophomore effort, We Were Always Loyal To Lost Causes is an exquisite barrage of ambient landscapes with Larry Fernández’ vocals floating over each meticulously crafted note. Larry’s vocals are a welcomed departure from the falsetto of bands like Sigur Ros and Radiohead, more like Chris Martin from Coldplay after some whiskey and cigarettes. Smothered in reverb, the vocals act as a part of this auditory painting and are never overpowering.

We Were Always Loyal To Lost Causes isn’t an album that lends itself to cherry picking certain tracks. The 55 minute album is meant to be enjoyed as a whole. Therefore, judging this album track-by-track doesn’t do it any favors. Listening to Dandelion War you find yourself slowing down to enjoy each moment they have to offer. The album is best enjoyed on long drives, contemplative writing sessions, sipping brandy and smoking a pipe.

Dandelion War rises above a genre that can get stale very quickly. While We Were Always Loyal To Lost Causes has it’s quiet and contemplative moments of beauty, but it can also crescendo into moments of melodic and meticulously crafted noise. Their blend of reverb-laden guitars, ghostly vocals and even electronic textures are very much welcomed in this sophomore effort. While We Were Always Loyal To Lost Causes should  catapult Dandelion War into our collective, artistic consciousness.

Rating: ★★★★½ 

Music by: Jowls, Placeholder, Restorations, Ghost Robot Ninja Bear, Broadcaster, Family Lumber

Show Notes:

Band #1: Jowls
Album: Cursed
Release Date: 11/20/2012 – Digital / Vinyl
Label: Tiny Engines
RIYL: Unwound, Twelve Hour Turn, Shotmaker, The Jesus Lizard, Hoover
http://jowls.bandcamp.com/
http://www.facebook.com/jowlsband

Band #2: Placeholder
Album: Thought I Would Have Been Somebody By Now (EP)
Release Date: Out Now
Label: Broken Rim Records
RIYL: Far, Balance & Composure, Polar Bear Club, Further Seems Forever, Hot Water Music
http://www.facebook.com/PlaceholderPA

Band #3: Restorations
Album: Self-Titled
Release Date: Out Now
Label: Tiny Engines
RIYL: Constantines, Red Collar, Lucero, Fugazi, Jets To Brazil
http://www.facebook.com/RestorationsTheBand

Band #4: Ghost Robot Ninja Bear
Album: Self Titled
Release Date: Out Now
Label: n/a
RIYL: Nakatomi Plaza, Burning Airlines, Small Brown Bike, At The Drive-In
http://ghostrobotninjabear.bandcamp.com/

Band #5: Broadcaster
Album: Joyride
Release Date: Out Now
Label: n/a
RIYL: Cheap Girls, The Get Up Kids, The Thermals, Nada Surf, Superchunk
http://broadcasterny.bandcamp.com/

Band #6: Family Lumber
Album: Look To The Sidelines EP
Release Date: Out Now
Label: n/a
RIYL: Built To Spill, Death Cab For Cutie, Grandaddy, Nada Surf, Pavement
http://familylumber.bandcamp.com/

Old, veiny men blow stuff up in The Expendables 2, Tarantino celebrates 20 years of films and Star Wars gets “Despecialized.” Music by Billy Wallace and the Virginia Blues & Placeholder.

Show Notes

Sponsors: Charming Beard Coffee

News/Announcements:

Harmy’s Star Wars: Despecialized
http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Harmys-STAR-WARS-Despecialized-Edition-HD-REMASTERED-is-now-released/topic/12713/

BD Releases for November 20, 2012

New: 

• Expendables 2

Catalogue:

• Heaven’s Gate
• Grave Of The Fireflies
• Game Of Thrones Season 1 Collector’s Edition
• Tarantino XX

Netflix Instant Picks of the Week

• Casa de mi Padre
• House of Cards (Netflix Exclusive, David Fincher TV Show)
• Re-Animator

Expiring on Netflix (December 1)

• Amorres Perros
• Analyze This
• The Big Lebowski
• Dog Day Afternoon
• Donnie Brasco
• Fraggle Rock
• Mean Girls
• Network
• The Rocky Movies
• The Video Dead

Musical Break #2 – Placeholder, “Resent” from the album Nothing Is Pure (Better Days) Release Date: Out Now
http://placeholderpa.bandcamp.com/

BD Collector’s Edition Pick of the Week

African Queen

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Artist: The Keystone Kids

Album: Things Get Shaky

Label: Deep Elm Records

RIYL: The Postal Service, Stars, Death Cab For Cutie, Public Radio, Rilo Kiley

Pennsylvania natives, singer/songwriter/pianist Carly Comando and punk rocker Ryan O’Donnell (Yo Man Go) team up for a collaborative project called The Keystone Kids. Their debut EP Things Get Shaky is, in many ways,  a fun and charming experiment with many highs. However, the electronic element drags the experiment down and as a whole making Things Get Shaky a frustrating experience depending on your musical preferences.

Things Get Shaky opens up very strong with the song “Crumble”, a combination of acoustic guitar, piano and drums balanced with wonderful vocal harmonies. Carly’s sweet voice carries the song accented by Ryan’s vocal harmonies. The interplay between the two throughout the album is a perfect match.

After a tone setting first song, things literally get shaky when we’re introduced to the electronic element of the album. The next two songs, “Mouth” and “What They’re Saying”, have a definite Postal Service vibe but the transition is jarring. While these songs are simple and have their own charm and wit and I’m sure many people will love this element; these drastic style changes between songs ultimately left me a tad frustrated.

With the fourth track, “Falling”, The Keystone Kids are back to live instruments. A song of heartbreak and longing, it’s fantastically executed. Again, the strength of Carly and Ryan as a duet is evident as “Falling” is easily my favorite song on this album.  After the strongest track on Things Get Shaky we get the most forgettable song on the album, “Up All Night.” Luckily, this is the last of the electronic experimentation and The Keystone Kids end Things Get Shaky with two more strong entries, “Miles” and “44.”

While the musical change ups are hit-or-miss, lyrically I find no fault with Things Get Shaky. Themes of love, confusion and loss permeate this EP. I appreciate the honesty each song brings to the expansive journey a relationship can be. Carly and Ryan both bring relevant emotion and relatability to each song.

Things Get Shaky hits more than it misses and is worth taking a chance on. The album could almost be split into 2 EPs; one with the live instrument tunes and the other with the electronic songs. These two drastic styles sandwiched together in one album can be off-putting to some listeners as it was for me. However, take away those three electronic songs and you have 4 of my favorite songs of the year. I’m hoping the duo either abandon the electronic style or incorporates it more seamlessly on their next endeavor.

Rating: ★★★½☆ 

Welcome to the first complimentary music podcast: Backstage Pass. Discover music from Tin Horn Prayer, Ghost Heart, One Win Choice, Half Hearted Hero and The American Scene.

Show Notes:

Band #1: Tin Horn Prayer

• TIN HORN PRAYER (Denver, CO)

GET BUSY DYING 12″ LP - Bermuda Mohawk Productions (02/08/11)

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RIYL: Drag The River • Lawrence Arms • Murder By Death • Tom Waits • Uncle Tupelo • Hot Water Music

• BIO

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The concept of combining the gruffness and intensity of punk with Americana and frontier-based folk has been toyed with for many years within the indie rock scene, but very few have blended the two sounds as well as Tin Horn Prayer. Featuring ex-members of the Blackout Pact, Pinhead Circus, Only Thunder, Ghost Buffalo and Love Me Destroyer, Get Busy Dying is soulful and chalk-full of whiskey-soaked narratives that nod toward Lucero, Tom Waits and Murder By Death, but also stay true to the band members’ post-punk roots. If you’ve ever wondered what it would sound like if the Lawrence Arms and Uncle Tupelo got into a rowdy bar fight, look no further than this amazing record.

Band #2: Ghost Heart

• GHOST HEART (Grand Rapids, MI)

THE TUNNEL CD / LP - Friction Records (01/29/11)

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RIYL: Animal Collective • Local Natives • Grizzly Bear • Vampire Weekend • Pink Floyd

• BIO

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Ghost Heart performs accessible yet expansive rock songs that synthesize electronica, American folk, samples, tribal percussion, shoegaze guitar sounds and layered vocals to produce an effect that is at once joyously communal and deeply personal. The band’s sound has been described by the Detroit Metro Times as “a little of Animal Collective and Vampire Weekend, only with more heart.” The Tunnel  is instantly gratifying in some moments, challenging in others, but by any standard a unique listening experience.

Band #3: One Win Choice

• ONE WIN CHOICE (Philadelphia, PA)

CONVEYOR CD / LP - Jump Start Records (03/01/11)

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RIYL: Strike Anywhere • No Trigger • Comeback Kid • A Wilhelm Scream

• BIO

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Channeling the ethos and intensity of bands such as Strike Anywhere and Refused, and and combining melodic elements not unlike Rise Against or A Wilhelm Scream, Philly’s One Win Choice is a bastion of  everything hardcore punk should strive to be. Conveyor burns with an underlying fire and passion, and the term “sonic annihilation” comes to mind more than once during the album’s 33 minute run time.  Still, this explosive full-length also frames a group of individuals who have grown immensely as songwriters; these 13 tracks are meticulously crafted, underscored by thought-provoking lyrics and a palpable sincerity.

Band #4: Half Hearted Hero

 • HALF HEARTED HERO (New Bedford, MA)

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RUNNING WATER 12″ EP - Animal Style Records (04/05/11)

RIYL: Transit • Small Brown Bike • The Starting Line • The Fullblast

STREAM: Bandcamp

• BIO

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Running Water finds Half Hearted Hero blasting through six cuts of infectious and introspective pop punk while wielding a razor-sharp edge and reveling in a much grittier tone than its peers. With ample energy and hooks galore, the band tips its proverbial cap to contemporaries such as Transit and The Starting Line, but it also explores varying tempos and unique song structures, giving nods to punk torchbearers such as Small Brown Bike and The Fullblast.

Mastered by Jason Livermore at The Blasting Room (Rise Against, A Wilhelm Scream, Propagandhi), Running Water is the follow-up to the Half Heart Hero’s 2009 full-length, Defining. Refining. The vinyl is limited to a pressing of 500 on three colorways (100 orange-red marble / 200 opaque olive green / 200 brown)

Band #5: The American Scene

• THE AMERICAN SCENE (Berkeley, CA)

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BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION CD - Pure Noise Records

RIYL:  Jimmy Eat World, Mansions, The Starting Line

STREAM: Bandcamp

• BIO

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Comfortably rooted between the heart-on-sleeve songwriting of Mansions and the infectious, driving melodies of Jimmy Eat World, By Way Of Introduction finds newcomers The American Scene cranking out an incredibly confident and accomplished debut. Still these Bay Area kids manage to balance an uncommon maturity with well-timed bursts of intensity and an overall sense of fun more akin to the pop punk sect. Nine rock-solid songs that swim in warm textures and nostalgic tones while keeping things upbeat and airy, By Way Of Introduction radiates positive energy and comforts the soul. Get acquainted with The American Scene.

Brave is beautiful but underwhelms, Oliver Stone goes full Tarantino and Ben Stiller fights aliens, plus music by Again For The  Win and Homelife.

Show Notes:

Intro

Sponsors: Charming Beard Coffee

News: n/a

BD Releases for November 13, 2012

New: 

• Brave
• Savages
• The Watch

Catalogue: 

• Lawrence Of Arabia
• Empire Of the Sun
• Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure
• Watchmen Collector’s Edition: Ultimate Cut + Graphic Novel
• Criterion – Trilogy of Life set (The Decameron, The Canterbury Tales, Arabian Nights)
• Criterion – Weekend

Musical Break #1 – Again For The Win, “The Legend Of” from the album We’ve Been Here Forever (Deep Elm) Release Date: Out Now – Digital / CD / Vinyl
againforthewin.bandcamp.com

Netflix Instant Picks of the Week

• Lockout
• Bernie

Expiring on Netflix

• Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) – Nove 15

Musical Break #2 – Homelife, “Viewfinder” from the album Translation (Black Numbers / Bermuda Mohawk) http://homelife.bandcamp.com/

BD Collector’s Edition Pick of the Week

The Amazing Spider-man

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The Amazing Spider-man arrives a few days past Tuesday, Nazi Zombie/Ghosts offer up scares without Ray Stevenson and Steven Seagal teams up/fights with “Stone Cold” Steve Austin? Music by Red Collar and Our Lost Infantry.

Show Notes:

Intro

Sponsors: Charming Beard Coffee

News:

• Disney Buys Lucasfilm, plans Star Ward Episode 7.
  http://www.digitalbits.com/columns/my-two-cents/103012_1300

• Deal signed and announced earlier today – includes Star Wars franchise and all Lucasfilm operating businesses.
• Indiana Jones franchise rights ARE also included in this deal.
• Disney loves the Indiana Jones franchise, but it wasn’t included in the studio’s Lucasfilm valuation due to its “encumbrances” (meaning existing financial/legal involvement of Paramount).
• First project under the joint under Disney/Lucas partnership will be Star Wars: Episode 7 in 2015, followed by Episode 8 and Episode 9.
• Disney purchased “extensive and detailed” treatment for Episodes 7-9 as part of this deal which they “feel very good about.”
• Disney long term plan is to release a new live-action Star Wars film every 2-3 years – films may eventually explore entire 20,000 year time-span of the franchise.
• It’s Lucas’ plan to stay retired, but he will serve as creative consultant on new Star Wars films. Kathleen Kennedy will executive produce. Both are now sitting down with writers to discuss stories.
• Fox retains certain distribution rights to the existing Star Wars films but not the new franchise films going forward.
• Kennedy will serve as Lucasfilm president, reporting to Bob Iger at Disney.
• Disney plans to expand Star Wars brand into many new product categories and internationally.
• Star Wars brand will also be expanded into Disney parks, games and TV businesses.
• Iger feels Disney XD would be a good TV home for the franchise going forward.
• Star Wars interactive strategy: Disney will focus more on social and mobile platforms, opportunistically on consoles.
• Deal was 50% cash and 50% stock – $4.05 billion
• Disney believes Lucasfilm value is comparable to value of Marvel, but valuation is only based on Star Wars alone – value of other Lucasfilm intellectual properties are in addition to this.
• Disney plans to let ILM continue operating as it currently does.

BD Releases for November 6, 2012

New: 

• Maximum Conviction
• Outpost: Black Sun
• The Amazing Spider-man (Aug 9th)
  • 3 Disc Combo (BD/DVD/Ultraviolet/Digital Copy
  • Commentary with Marc Webb, Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach
  • Rites of Passage Documentary
  • 4 Disc 3D combo with exclusive documentary 3D Film School with Marc Webb.

Catalogue: 

• The Muppet Christmas Carol, 20th Anniv Edition
  • Please note, apparently this version is missing a 4 minute scene including the song “When Love Is Gone”
• They Life
• Dark Star – Thermostellar Edition
• Planes Trains & Automobiles
• Sunset Boulevard
• Rashomon

Musical Break #1 – Red Collar, “American Me” from the album Welcome Home (Tiny Engines) Release Date: Out Now – Digital / CD / Vinyl

http://tinyengines.bandcamp.com

Netflix Instant Picks of the Week

• The American Scream
• Footloose (2011)
• Airheads
• Barton Fink
• Bloody Sunday (in HD, but no Blu Ray
• Bottle Rocket

Expiring on Netflix

• The Punisher (2004)

Musical Break #2 – Our Lost Infantry, “All The Streetlights Of My Hometown” from the album The New Art History (Deep Elm) http://deepelmdigital.com

BD Collector’s Edition Pick of the Week

They Live (Collector’s Edition)

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This week is a semi “make-up” week as we discuss Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and Magic Mike, but we also dive into this week’s new releases such as Will Ferrell’s newest, The Campaign.

Show Notes

Intro

News:

Paramount Home Entertainment has agreed to a three-year deal to license some 600 catalog titles to Warner Home Video for distribution on Blu-ray, DVD and digital via Warner’s Flixster service. Not just any catalog titles either, but gems like Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Airplane!, Terms of Endearment. It does however, EXCLUDE tent pole titles as the Transformers, Star Trek and Indiana Jonesfilms.

http://www.digitalbits.com/columns/my-two-cents/102312_0600

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) has just officially “Ultra High-Definition” or “Ultra HD” as the new standard for display technology in the home. The term was approved yesterday by a vote of the organization’s Board of Industry Leaders.

The standard technically refers to displays with a minimum of 4K resolution (“at least” 3,840 x 2,160 pixel resolution) but may also be used to refer to 8K displays as well – the term “UHDTV” is used for both resolutions in Japan.

http://www.digitalbits.com/columns/my-two-cents/101812_1600

BD Releases for October 23, 2012

New: 

• Magic Mike
• Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
• Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

Catalogue: 

• Blade Runner (30th Anniversary Collector’s Edition)
• Universal Monsters Coffin Box Collection
• Sunday Bloody Sunday (The Criterion Collection)

BD Releases for October 30, 2012

New:

• The Campaign
• Safety Not Guaranteed

Catalogue:

• Rosemary’s Baby
• Alfred Hitchcock: the Masterpiece Collection

Musical Break #1 – The Eeries, “Should’ve Stayed Home” from the album Home Alone (Evil Weevil) Release Date: 10/23/2012 – Digital / CD / Vinyl

Netflix Instant Picks of the Week

• The Artist
• Paranormal Activity 3
• Bug
• Mirror Mirror
• Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Expiring on Netflix

• Apocalypse Now
• Battlefield Earth
• Bubba Ho-tep
• Cat on a hot tin roof
• Vanilla Sky
• Superman II
• Creepshow
• Demolition Man
• Driving Miss Daisy
• Funny Farm
• Hurcules In New York
• Little Shop Of Horrors
• All 007 Films

Musical Break #2 – Big Awesome, “Birdfeeder” from the album Birdfeeder (Self Released)

BD Collector’s Edition Pick of the Week

Nightmare On Elm Street Collection (Best Buy exclusive)

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Moonrise Kingdom is this week’s new release worth paying attention to, however, Shout Factory continues it’s Scream Factory release dominance with Terror Train and The Funhouse! Music by Marine Electric and Save Ends.

Show Notes:

Intro

BD Releases for October 2, 2012

New: 

• Alcatraz: The Complete Series
• Madmen: Season 5
• Madagascar 3
• That’s My Boy
• Chernobyl Diaries
• Excision
• Moonrise Kingdom

 Catalogue: 

• Avatar 3D
• Pete’s Dragon
• A League Of Their Own
• Terror Train
• Funhouse

 Musical Break #1 – Marine Electric, “Murder Mile” from the album Restrained Joy (Insrgnt/Unbuckled) Release Date: 11/13/2012

Netflix Instant Picks of the Week

• Bruno
• Kill, Baby…Kill
• Black Sunday
• Bay of Blood
• Knives Of The Avenger
• ATM

Musical Break #2 – Save Ends, “Sweet Defeat” from the album Strength Vs Will (Self Released) 

BD Collector’s Edition Pick of the Week

ShoutFactory’s Terror Train and Funhouse

Universal Monsters Collection…UK Version!

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This week we discuss Prometheus’s lack of Director’s Cut, @TwilightTimeDVD’s Night Of The Living Dead (1990) debacle and nerd rant about Star Wars.

Show Notes:

Intro

BD Releases for October 2, 2012

NEW:

• PROMETHEUS (2 DISC)
• PROMETHEUS (4 DISC)
• THE RAVEN
• ROCK OF AGES
• WEREWOLF: THE BEAST AMONG US

CATALOGUE:

• ET
• THE GREAT MOUSE DETECTIVE
• DIAL M FOR MURDER (3D)
• LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS: DIRECTOR’S CUT
• RED DAWN
• STRANGERS ON A TRAIN
• WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE
• ICE STATION ZEBRA
• DEAD RINGER
• DEEP RISING/THE PUPPET MASTERS
• FIND ME GUILTY

 BD News/Updates

• Twilight Time NOTLD90 debacle

Musical Break #1 – The Mighty Fine, “To Indiana” from the album In Revival (Solidarity Recordings)

 Netflix Instant Picks of the Week

• THE TALL MAN
• KLOWN
• CORIOLANUS
• GET THE GRINGO
• A GOOD OLD FASHIONED ORGY
• SHERLOCK, SEASON 2
• SLITHER
• THE INNKEEPERS

EXPIRING SOON:

•  OCT 13TH – EARTH GIRLS ARE EASY
• OCT 18TH – RED STATE

 Musical Break #2 – The Mighty Fine, “Paper Trails” from the album In Revival (Solidarity Recordings)

 BD Collector’s Edition Pick of the Week

SHOUTFACTORY’S HALLOWEEN II AND III BLU RAYS

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Back from over a year’s hiatus, Sean discusses Dark Shadows, Sound of My Voice, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Indiana Jones.

Show Notes:

Intro

BD Releases for October 2, 2012

• Cinderella
• Dark Shadows
• Sound of My Voice
• Cyborg
• Death Warrant
• Double Impact
• Masters Of the Universe
• Bond 50 came out last week, they all are individual this week
• Pet Sematary
• The Princess Bride
• Iron Sky
• The Hole
• Dark Star
• Universal Classic Monsters: the Essential Collection

BD News/Updates

• Arrow Films going to release only Region B locked Blu Rays next year, due to contractual obligations.
• Region Free Blu Ray players

Musical Break #1 – A Lull from the album Meat Mountain – Weapons For War

Netflix Instant Picks of the Week

•  Headhunters
• Walking Dead Season 2

Musical Break #2 – Yourself and the Air from the album The Torches EP – Trampolines

BD Collector’s Edition Pick of the Week

• Arachnophobia
• The Cabin In The Woods
• Indiana Jones: The Complete Adventures

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In this mini-episode, Sean Duregger (@geekcouch) runs down the new DVD/BD Releases for February 15, 2011 including Unstoppable.

Sean Duregger (@geekcouch) and guest host Trever Schoenfeld (@schofizzy, Schofizzy Movie Review) from the Top 5 Film Podcast (@top5film) discuss new DVD/BD Releases for February 8, 2011 including I Spit On Your Grave & Paranormal Activity 2.  Other topics include Barb Wire, Never Let Me Go & 13 Tzamati.

SHOW NOTES

What we’ve been watching:

Let Me In

Last House on the Left

All Quiet on the Western Front

New Releases:

I Spit on Your Grave (remake)

Paranormal Activity 2

Ong Bak 3

Life As We Know It

You Again

Wild Target

It’s Kind of a Funny Story

Repo Chick

My Soul To Take

Re-Releases:

I Spit on Your Grave

Amacord (Criterion)

Still Walking (Criterion)

Thelma & Louise

Uncle Buck

The River Wild

A River Runs Through It

Legends of the Fall

Barb Wire

Netflix Instant:

*Manage your Netflix Queue with these websites:

www.instantwatcher.com

www.feedflicks.com

Apollo 13

The Runaways

Circus

Enter the Dragon

Mindwarp

Firefox

Sean Duregger (@geekcouch) and guest host Britt Hayes (@_iheartzombies, www.brutalashell.com) discuss new DVD/BD Releases for February 1, 2011 including Never Let Me Go, Hatchet II, Monsters, & Let Me In.  Other topics include I Sell The Dead and Dogtooth.

Show Notes

What we’ve been watching:

Devil
Dogtooth
Saw: The Final Chapter

New Releases:

Never Let Me Go
Let Me In
Monsters
Hatchet II
Chain Letter
Conviction
A Woman, A Gun and a Noodle Shop

Re-Releases:

Alice In Wonderland Blu Ray
Pleasantville
You’ve Got Mail
An Affair to Remember
All About Eve
Ray
10
Bad Boys (the Sean Penn flick, not the Will Smith flick)
Boys Don’t Cry

Netflix Instant:

Dogtooth
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest
Enter The Void (theatrical cut, not director’s cut)
Get Shorty
Romance & Cigarettes
The Right Stuff
Body Heat

Pick of the Week:

I Sell The Dead

Sean Duregger (@geekcouch) and guest host Allison Corona (@Allison) discuss new DVD/BD Releases for January 25, 2011 including Enter The Void and Red.  Other topics include Nowhere Boy, Broadcast News and The Island.

Sean Duregger (@geekcouch) and guest host Lance Cokel (@lancec50, averagedudelance.blogspot.com) discuss new DVD/BD Releases for January 18, 2011 including Animal Kingdom and Buried.  Other topics include Solomon Kane and The Fountain.

Show Notes

What We’ve been watching:

Solomon Kane

Exit Through The Gift Shop

Battle Royale

New Releases (Buy it):

Animal Kingdom

New Releases (Rent):

Jack Goes Boating

Takers

Justified: The Complete First Season

Buried

Death Race 2

Paper Man

Re-releases new to Blu ray/DVD:

Shock Corridor (Criterion)

The Naked Kiss (Criterion)

Up From the Depths/Demon of Paradise (Roger Corman Double Feature, Shoutfactory)

Attack of the Crab Monsters / War of the Satellites / Not of This Earth (Roger Corman Triple Feature, Shoutfactory)

New to Netflix Watch Instant:

Spartacus: Blood and Sand

Platoon

The Fountain

Red Sonja

BD pick of the week:

Piranha (Original Roger Corman version)

Sean Duregger (@geekcouch) and guest host Brian Kelley (@BTSjunkie, gordonandthewhale.com) discuss new DVD/BD Releases for January 11, 2011 including The Social Network and Piranha.  Other topics include Machete, Step Up 3D, The Keep and Arena.

Show Notes:

Sean Duregger (@geekcouch) and guest host Rick Romonowski (@FreddysFingers, paradiseofhorror.com) discuss new DVD/BD Releases for December 14, 2010 including Despicable Me, The Town, The A Team, and Exit Through the Gift Shop.  Other topics include True Grit (1969), Joyeux Noel and Jingle All The Way.

Sean Duregger (@geekcouch) and guest host Ben Rock (@Neptunesalad, Director of Alien Raiders) discuss new DVD/BD Releases for December 7, 2010 including Inception, Hunter Prey and Restrepo.  Other topics include Cronos, Videodrome and Showgirls.

Show Notes:

What we’ve Been Watching:

The Expendables

Knowing

Showgirls

New BD/DVD Releases (Theatrical or TV)

Inception (BUY IT!)

Shrek Forever (SKIP IT)

Straight to Video

Hunter Prey

Restrepo

Re-Releases

Cronos (Criterion Collection)

Videodrome (Criterion Collection)

Big Bad Mama / Big Bad Mama II (Roger Corman’s Cult Classics)

Lady In Red / Crazy Mama (Roger Corman’s Cult Classics)

Sean Duregger (@geekcouch) and guest host Jay Hawkinson (@sleestakk) discuss new DVD/BD Releases for November 16, 2010 including Avatar: The Collector’s Edition, The Last Airbender, The Kids are Alright and Best Worst Movie.  Other topics include The Warrior and The Sorceress, Barbarian Queen, The Tournament and The Complete Metropolis.

Show Notes:

Sean Duregger (@geekcouch) and guest host Trever Schoenfeld (@schofizzy, Schofizzy Movie Review) from the Top 5 Film Podcast (@top5film) discuss new DVD/BD Releases for November 9, 2010 including Scott Pilgrim vs The World and Antichrist.  Other topics include Tremors, Zombie Girl: The Movie, Damned By Dawn, Young Einstein and Red Cliff.

Show Notes:

What we’ve Been Watching:

Champion (Danny Trejo Doc)
Batman Under the Red Hood

New BD/DVD Releases (Theatrical or TV)

Scott Pilgrim
AntiChrist (Criterion)
Grown Ups
Sherlock: Season One

Straight to Video

Zombie Girl: The Movie
Ticked-Off Trannies With Knives
Hunt to Kill
Robin-B-Hood
Locked Down
Damned by Dawn

Re-Releases

Tremors
Ocean’s 11 (original, 50th anniversary edition)
Rock & Rule (We’ll chat about this again…it’s been delayed TWICE!)

Pick of the Week

Young Einstein
Red Cliff (International Version, parts 1 & 2)

Sean Duregger (@geekcouch) discusses new DVD/BD Releases for November 2, 2010 including Toy Story 3, The Pacific and Centurion. Other topics include The Goonies. Highlander, Psycho and Seven Samurai (Criterion).

Sean Duregger (@geekcouch) and guest host Jonnie Chang (@JonnieChang) discuss new DVD/BD Releases for October 26, 2010 including Winter’s Bone, The Girl Who Played With Fire and Sex and the City 2. Other topics include Back To The Future, The Alien Anthology, Paths of Glory (Criterion) and House (Criterion).

Show Notes

Picks of the Week:

Grindhouse
Seven

* not discussed during the podcast

Sean Duregger (@geekcouch) and guest host Rob Hunter (@FakeRobHunter) discuss new DVD/BD Releases for October 19, 2010 including Predators and Night of the Demons. Other topics include Big Tits Zombie, Psycho, Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl and Bronson.

Show Notes

* not discussed during the podcast

Sean Duregger (@geekcouch) and guest host Jay Hawkinson (@sleestakk) discuss new DVD/BD Releases for October 12, 2010 including How to Train Your Dragon and Jonah Hex. Other topics include Suspiria, Martyrs, Trick ‘r Treat, and The Exorcist.

Show Notes:

Music for the show provided by Fatboy Roberts (The Cort & Fatboy Show) from his Geek: Remixed series:

Releases for October 12th, 2010

NEW RELEASES:

How to Train Your Dragon
Jonah Hex
Ladies & Gentlemen: the Rolling Stones *
Arn: the Knight Templar
8 Diagram Pole Fighter
Doghouse (DVD)
Carnies(DVD) *
Brain Dead
Psycho Shark
S&man

RE-RELEASES:

Gamera: Guardian of the Universe & Gamera: Attack Of the Legion
Sex and Lucia
Magician (The Criterion Collection)

The Darjeeling Limited (The Criterion Collection)
Magic [Blu-ray]

* not discussed during the podcast

Sean Duregger (@geekcouch) and guest host Robert Fure (@RejectRobert) from www.filmschoolrejects.com discuss new DVD/BD Releases for October 5, 2010 including Splice, Human Centipede, Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) and The Karate Kid (2010). Other topics include Faces of Death and 31 Days of Halloween.

Show Notes:

Releases for October 5th, 2010

NEW RELEASES:

The Karate Kid
Holy Rollers
Oxford Murders
Splice
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Human Centipede
30  Days of Night: Dark Days
Grindhouse
Caprica Season 1.0 *
SGU: Stargate Universe Season 1 *

RE-RELEASES:

Beauty and the Beast
The Exorcist
Slumber Party Massacre Collection
The Evil/Twice Dead
Mad Max
Last of the Mohicans *
Maltese Falcon *
The Mission *
High Tension *
Hard Candy *
Bad Lieutenant *
Robocop Trilogy
Secretary *
Troll 2
Delgo
The Blair Witch Project *
Open Water/Open Water 2 *

* not discussed during the podcast

Sean Duregger (@geekcouch) and guest host Trever Schoenfeld (@schofizzy, Schofizzy Movie Review) from the Top 5 Film Podcast (@top5film) discuss new DVD/BD Releases for September 28, 2010 including Iron Man 2 and Get Him to the Greek.  Other topics include The Criterion Collection, Dogtooth and Shout Factory’s Roger Corman’s Cult Classics Collection.

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