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Depeche Mode Premiere New Songs at SXSW

Michael Gallucci — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 13:00:40 +0000

Depeche Mode's new album, 'Delta Machine,' is all set for release next week, and the band has been hitting up late-night talk shows and South by Southwest panels to promote the thing. Last night they played Austin's Brazos Hall at the music fest.

Heaven and Earth Unveil 'Dig' Album Details + 'No Money, No Love' Video

Chad Childers — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 12:00:45 +0000

Heaven and Earth are ready to take a big step forward with their upcoming album, ‘Dig,’ and the band have just released the risqué Glen Wexler-directed video for ‘No Money, No Love’ to kick things off. The clip finds a man struck by a beauty looking down from a balcony above and deciding he must [...]

'Spring Breakers' Review

Matt Singer — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:45:28 +0000

James Franco might not be the best actor working in movies today, but he's almost certainly the most fearless. His choices are as unpredictable as they are gutsy. He'll try just about anything: television dramas ('Freaks & Geeks'), soap operas ('General Hospital'), comedies ('Pineapple Express'), and big blockbusters ('Spider-Man,' 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes'). His latest role, in Harmony Korine's 'Spring Breakers,' might be his craziest and most daring to date. He plays Alien -- pronounced "A-Leen" in Franco's South Florida drawl -- a drug dealer and aspiring rapper who likes to boast that he's from another planet. Franco's performance is suitably extraterrestrial: hilarious, disturbing, deranged, poignant and endlessly quotable. In an instant classic scene, Alien shows off all his prized possessions -- machine guns and money and nunchucks and 'Scarface' DVDs on constant repeat -- while screaming "Look at my s---!" Alien's orders are superfluous; any time Franco's onscreen, you can't take your eyes off him.

Super Mario Bros As Indy Film

BJ Ragone — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 01:56:37 +0000

I was tooling around YouTube when this popped up on my recommended videos. It is an indy film that tackles the story of one of my favorite video games of all time, Super Mario Bros. It is the video game meets reality, meets awesome. People attending this years SXSW Film fest got a look at the interesting perspective on everyone's favorite koopa stomping plumber.

Bands Announced For SXSW

Jennifer Beaudoin — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 00:19:31 +0000

Next month, the annual South by Southwest, or SXSW Music Festival will be returning to Austin, Texas, just as it has every year since 1987. It takes place over four days, and features dozens upon dozens of bands, most of whom are fairly new and upcoming to the music scene. This year marks the festival’s 25th anniversary, [...]