Colette Carr arrives at the 3rd Annual Teen Nick HALO Awards at Hollywood Palladium.
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When considering the new films of 2011, Many people were mocking the notion of remaking a movie like “Footloose.” Why bother? Well the reviews and are, and so are the box office numbers, and “Footloose” is a solid hit. It turns out people like well-made movies with music and dancing.
The movie stars Kenny Wormald, Julianne Hough, Dennis Quaid and Andie MacDowell and the performances are excellent. The story is also better than the original. In an time when shows like “Glee” are popular, this movie has an even easier time finding an audience. Given the good reviews, it will be interesting to see if this one can sustain its success for a while.
Of all the latest movies, this one has to be the biggest surprise. It’s also the opposite of all the Halloween films out this time of year, so that had to help as well.
(*Spoken as Jimmy Fallon doing wacky FM DJ*) And we’re back! Actually, we were planning on being back a few weeks ago, but Andrew McMahon, lead singer and songwriter of Jack’s Mannequin, is a tough guy to pin down. Turn your back on him for a second, and he’s peeled off in his tour bus to do another four months of dates. We caught his final show with Guster last month, and it was a blast, especially when the two teamed up for a cover of Peter Bjorn and John’s “Young Folks.”
The Mannequin’s third album, People and Things, was released last week, and when McMahon finally decided to sit down and rest for a second, we were quick to strike: Tell us the 10 songs rocking your world at the moment, or your piano bites it. Surprisingly, there is little piano to be found here, but there are lots of happy techno beats. Rave on, rave on.
“Safe and Sound,” Capital Cities
A great tune in the indie/techno vein.
“Our Hearts Are Wrong,” Jessica Lea Mayfield
“The only time I miss you is every single day.” That says it all.
“Heartbeats,” Jose Gonzales
Hypnotizing guitars and vocals on this sad jam.
“I Think It’s Going to Rain Today,” Randy Newman
Randy’s not normally my jam, but this is a haunting song.
“Wonderful The Way I Feel,” My Morning Jacket
Damn, this dude can sing and the lyric on this tune is genius.
“The Day Is Coming,” My Morning Jacket
Killer groove and production on this track.
“Holocene,” Bon Iver
A truly beautiful piece of music.
“Patience Gets Us Nowhere Fast,” Capital Cities
So true.
“Go Outside,” The Cults
The song does the title justice, it makes me want to go party in the sunshine.
“Young Blood,” The Naked and Famous
Reminds me of the “Breakfast Club” soundtrack, and that’s hard to argue with.
It’s clinically proven that the Beatles make life better. Combine the Beatles with the relaxing vibes of reggae, or more accurately reggae’s trippy cousin dub, and it’s quite possible that you could cure cancer. All right, perhaps some research is required before making a definitive statement, but it would not surprise us in the least to discover that a dub Beatles album serves as one hell of a placebo.
A quick Google search revealed a small army of reggae tributes to the Beatles, including another complete album makeover dub-style. Huh, who knew? But none of those other bands matter. We’re here to talk about Yellow Dubmarine, which is comprised of seven of the the most Anglo white men you’re likely to meet. (The only thing their press photo is missing is Damon Albarn, Graham Cozon, a monocle, and a Great Dane.) They sure don’t play like uptight English white boys, though, as this version of “Something” will show. It’s unclear where this will take them career-wise, but it’s a pretty interesting detour at the very least. We bet the Quiet One would have gotten a kick out of it, that’s for sure.
It’s nice to see that ’60s lounge cool has yet to go out of style. Heck, if anything, it’s making a big of a comeback in the indie community. Jon Fratelli put his “Chelsea Dagger” day job on hiatus in order to make a boy/girl ’60s pop record with his wife’s best friend (they’re called Codeine Velvet Club, and they’re super cool), and let us not forget the ultimate hipster, slightly retro boy/girl duo the Bird and the Bee, whom the blogosphere keeps trumpeting, even though their tribute album to Daryl Hall and John Oates left us cold. More than cold, really. Frozen.
Enter the Moor, boldly going where, well, no one has made money in decades. This is to our immense gain, of course, not to mention some up and coming filmmaker who wants to use a Nancy Sinatra song without paying for a Nancy Sinatra song. “Warm Winter,” the leadoff track to their self-titled album, actually brings to mind a couple of bands from across the pond, with an extra jump over a fjord – Club 8 and the Acid House Kings. Those bands, like the Moor, are boy/girl duos, and all three are suckers for the mellow ’60s vibe, not that there’s anything wrong with that.
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