ICYMI: December 20, 2013
Published on December 20th, 2013 in: ICYMI |
New this week on Popshifter: Jeff remembers “The Power of Love” in the last Waxing Nostalgic of 2013; Less Lee is not totally compelled by Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, but jubilant over Good Vibrations, and recommends Psych-Out Christmas for holiday music blues.
There are Best Of 2013 lists galore!
Singer/songwriter Lewis Watson
Chris Butler of The Waitresses
Jeremy Fury, Jeremy and the Harlequins
Corey Cunningham of Terry Malts
Popshifter writers weigh in, too, with unexpected movie faves from Jeff, and lists from Melissa, Paul, Tim, and Julie
ICYMI: November 29, 2013
Published on November 29th, 2013 in: ICYMI |
New this week on Popshifter: Less Lee takes a look at the experimental School Daze from Hi-NRG pioneer Patrick Cowely and urges movie superfans to donate to the Kickstarter for the “Twenty-Four by Thirty-Six” documentary; Melissa is educated and entertained by the crossover between Jewish and Latin music called It’s A Scream How Levine Does The Rhumba; and Jeff describes the flashes of genius in An Evening with Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer and reminds us of what it was like being a depressed teen in this week’s Waxing Nostalgic.
ICYMI: November 22, 2013
Published on November 22nd, 2013 in: ICYMI |
New this week on Popshifter: It’s Brad Henderson Reviews Horror Movies Week with Jug Face, a new Fernando Di Leo collection, Shiver, and I Am ZoZo; Jeff takes a look at the sardonic humor of Steve Taylor and Chagall Guevara in a new installment of Waxing Nostalgic Connecting The Dots; and Less Lee explains why Passion is a straight-up giallo.
ICYMI: November 15, 2013
Published on November 15th, 2013 in: ICYMI |
New this week on Popshifter: Brad likes Evidence just fine, but he likes Blood way more; Hanna gives a detailed review of four new vinyl reissues of Nikki Sudden and Jacobites albums; Melissa explains why Cate Le Bon’s Mug Museum won’t be for everyone; Jesse rates the wizard rock-iness of two advance tracks from the upcoming Warfaring Strangers: Darkscorch Canticles comp; and Less Lee not only has the lowdown on great new releases from Sleepies and Fuzz, she also has a lot of good things to say about new-to-video releases Broken and Byzantium, as well as Short Term 12, which screens for Toronto audiences starting tonight.
ICYMI: November 8, 2013
Published on November 8th, 2013 in: ICYMI |
New this week on Popshifter: Tim says goodbye to Lou Reed; Brad wonders if everyone thought Scavengers was as bad as he did but suggests you check out The Colony; Melissa waxes rapturous about The Runaround from Wild Child and details why Buck Owens created some of the finest country music there ever was; J explains why Howe Gelb’s The Coincidentalist is much more than “just okay”; Chelsea explores the story behind A Christmas Story in her review of a new book on the film; and Jeff gives an epic intro to the man behind all those epic songs, Jim Steinman.
ICYMI: November 1, 2013
Published on November 1st, 2013 in: ICYMI |
New this week on Popshifter: Chelsea thinks Rene Lopez is headed for Broadway on his latest EP; Melissa raves about two new Patti Page collections from Real Gone Music, is flabbergasted by Jace Everett’s brilliance, gets nostalgic for Thelonious Monster in a new doc about Bob Forrest, and finds an overabundance of easy listening on a Perry Como album produced by Chet Atkins; Paul appreciates the insight into Jimmy Jam’s early musical career that 1514 Oliver Avenue (Basement) provides; Jeff embraces android love in his Waxing Nostalgic installment on Pat Benatar, and comes up with two Top Five lists for Halloween: scary soundtracks and revolting robots; Brad Henderson reviews Scream Factory’s release of The Amityville Horror Trilogy on Blu-Ray and recommends The Pack and Razorback as a double feature from Warner Archive; J Howell is touched by Gary Lucas’s new book about working with Jeff Buckley, Touched By Grace; and get all film geeky over John Carpenter because of Anchor Bay’s new 35th Anniversary Blu-Ray of Halloween.
ICYMI: October 18, 2013
Published on October 18th, 2013 in: ICYMI |
New this week on Popshifter: Less Lee Moore reviews three new movies: Electric Man (now on VOD), the wickedly hilarious Hellaware, and The Battery (screening Saturday at Toronto After Dark); Melissa praises Social Music from Jon Batiste and Stay Human and James Booker’s Classified: Remixed and Expanded; Alexandra West explains why Le Trouble is worth their name; and Jeffery describes how “Carry On, Wayward Son” resonates with memories of childhood fears.