In honor of America’s birthday (‘MURICA’S NUMBER 1 MOTHERF*CKERS), post-punk/experimentalists Bear Hands have released a 12-minute video containing 3 songs titled Songs from Utopia Volume 1  — a collection of “quasi-political thought pieces” (tracklist below). The EP serves as a manifestation and recognition of urban consciousness, a collection of aware, outspoken songs regarding what the [...]

It will be a bittersweet day when the final installment of Christopher Nolan’s much revered Batman trilogy drops July 20, as it will be the end to one of the best comic book franchise films of all time. This second trailer does nothting to quiet the buzz this film will generate as 2012 grows into [...]

UPDATE: Miranda July’s second film The Future opens nationwide tomorrow, July 29, so we’re re-posting The Elf’s review plus adding a deleted scene below. It has been about six years since Miranda July’s first feature, Me and You and Everyone We Know, and fans of that oddball love story have been twiddling their thumbs waiting [...]

It’s a big week coming up for Miranda July. The Los Angeles-based artist/filmmaker has an exhibit of eleven sculptures opening at MOCA‘s satellite Pacific Design Center gallery this weekend, and her second feature film, The Future, hits theaters on Friday. She might be giving manic Renaissance man James Franco a run for his money. July’s [...]

Happy America’s Birthday everyone — even to our non-American readers, you can thank us for not electing someone named Bush again. This goes especially out to all the infidels, miscreants, ne’er do wells and cosmic accidents — holidays are for you too! Remember a couple hundred years ago when we told the King of England [...]

We’re not just gonna give you one mixtape to enjoy this beautiful 4th of July weekend, we’re gonna give you 3 and let you decide which you like best. The fist comes courtesy of UK DJ Touchsoul, who brings us this beautifully blended, very deep mix of various classic breakbeat tracks. If there’s an ideal [...]

The second mixtape in our July 4th Summertime 3-Pack series comes courtesy of Brighton’s Benji Boko who shares the mix he delivered to delirious heads at this year’s Glastonbury Festival. Boko promises the set was completely improvised live —”no mixes were pre-prepared or planned. This was the greatest show of my life to date!” Considering [...]

The third (and final) mixtape in our July 4th Summertime 3-Pack series comes courtesy of our past featured Aussies over at Vanishing Elephant who present Captain Franco’s second Hearts Collide mixtape. The Sydney DJ’s mix is some lovely vintage soul and funk, and can have many an application on your upcoming long weekend: either pop [...]