This Year's Model.

1. Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold

2. The Virgins - Strike Gently

3. Splashh - Comfort

4. The Boo Radleys - Giant Steps

5. The Rotaries - Before Leaving

6. The Fresh & Onlys - Long Slow Dance

7. Palma Violets - 180

8. Nico - Chelsea Girl

9. Apollo Ghosts - Landmark

10. Tim Hecker - Harmony in Ultraviolet

11. Boys Age - Fake Gold

12. The Orwells - Remember When

13. Iceage - You're Nothing

14. Pidgeon -  Might as Well Go Eat Worms

You Had Me At Wes Anderson.

If you watch the first few seconds of the trailer, movie, web site, or even its movie poster, you'd think they're trying too hard to be Wes Anderson (The film is not directed by Wes Anderson, but did a fine good job). True. But these days, even Wes Anderson becoming too Wes Anderson. And neither is far from a bad thing. Adventures in the Sin Bin is a loose adaptation of "The Apartment" set back in the 60s (or so from Wikipedia), but it definitely has a lot more heart then your average coming-of-age youth story. It's strong points are its script, its acting, and the art direction that makes you question if it is set in the 60s, which it actually is not (which is weird because it creatively keeps the newest of technologies out like land lines instead of smartphones / polaroids instead of... well smartphones). Just watch the trailer, and maybe find it on Netflix so you know what I'm talking about.

Who Cares What They're Saying, It's Nothing Without The Tinkle-Tingle Spotlight in the Hotlight.

Good velocity as Iceage brings rock back to a authentic and rabid state it once glorified to be. Rock music maybe 5 feet above the coffin floor, but you can never kill it off in the moonlight or daylight or any time of rights. I want to be the sensation to bring us back to the glory land and salvation. I hope to one day to make music as cool as it can be because the heart is there but nobody can hear it beat, thus does it make a sound? Que la lumière soit!

Nelson's Not Dead. They Can Never Kill Him Off.

His enemies kept a nasty veil on itself to maintain a now abandoned status quo. Change is ever present and will forever dictate the policies of government and of any nation. Any man who wants that change for good should never stand alone. As there were many who walked beside him, he spent many years alone, apart from the world. Yet, to return to find his beliefs rooted in the hearts of people who have gained the willpower to challenge the status quo and change the path of history. Nelson will never die as long as we remember him and what he inspire us to change.

Getting Lost in the Bayou.

A good composition of minimalistic dialogue and masterful scenery of New Orleans, the directing touch of Jim Jarmusch with his constant theme of a foreigner in a foreign land and close to noir feel to it, Down by Law is something majestic and tasteful.  He makes independent filmmaking as easy as a smile. And i have to say, he's made me chuckle a bit.