Tag Archive: Film

Recommended Gem: Perfect Days (Directed by Wim Wenders) (Film)

  A recommended gem of a film.     With so little dialogue it’s almost a silent movie, Perfect Days, directed by Wim Wenders and starring Kôji Yakusho, Tokio Emoto, and Arisa Nakano, finds… Continue reading

Diggin’ This: Grandbrothers – “Arctica” (Official Video)

  Let’s tesselate.     Mightily diggin’ this piano-led jazz beat from Dusseldorf, Germany’s Grandbrothers.   It has those Jazztronik “Samurai” vibes, which is one of my favorite tunes of all time.   Track… Continue reading

“Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton (This Is Stones Throw Records)” – Stones Throw Records Documentary (Official Teaser)

The consistent quality of leftfield hip-hop, soul, and jazz label Stones Throw Records is unparalleled.   “Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton (This Is Stones Throw Records)”  (Official Teaser)   Out 2013. More info… Continue reading

Flying Lotus – “Until the Quiet Comes” (Short Film Directed by Kahlil Joseph)

It’s finally here, and it was worth the wait. Flying Lotus on the beat, Kahlil Joseph on the direction, Storyboard P on the dance. (You should click on all of the above links,… Continue reading

Hidden Orchestra – “Vorka” (Official Video)

Edinburgh, Scotland’s electronic jazz collective Hidden Orchestra returns with “Vorka.” The title references Slavo Vorkapic, a well-regarded Serbian filmmaker who produced short montage pieces in the 1930s for Hitchcock and other film directors.… Continue reading

LCD Soundsystem – “Shut Up and Play the Hits” Trailer (Official Video)

The band that brought together the rock crowd and dance crowd in a way and on a scale that only the Prodigy had managed to do before and only Radiohead continue to do… Continue reading