EMA – The Grey Ship
Looks like Pitchfork knew about this back in December but I just came across it on a blog recently – and her album, Past Life Martyred Saints (Spotify link) was released on Souterrain Transmissions in May of this year. She’s a cross, for me, between Anika‘s dirty, underground rock and CoCoRosie, who are also on … Read more
Abbe May – Mammalian Locomotion
Received the album from a PR company (thank you!) and it reminded me I found this track on a blog a while back – been meaning to post it, so here it is: Getting back into the rock lately – from this song alone Abbe May exhibits the sass of “Trick Pony” by Charlotte Gainsbourg or … Read more
FILM – Shutter Island
I wanted to try and expand the content of this blog a little – so first up: Shutter Island.
I was reluctant to give this a shot as I’m not so great with films that I’d rather not watch by myself in the dark during a thunderstorm – but Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese and the “psychological thriller” genre classification made me give this one a try last night.