tuesday tomorrow!

Back when I did a music show online, I did this segment called Freshly Pressed, which went over lots of the new music releases every week.  The mainstream ones were in there, as well as popular underground titles and then the ones I just felt could use the exposure.  It's awesome how much power they gave me, really.

So anyway, I shall do the same on this blog.  But I'll incorporate DVDs in it as well.  And I won't bother to cover what I'm not interested in for this one.  Bad grammar!  But it will help me keep up if I have to look into it every week.  Maybe I'll also do new movie releases every Friday.

Although honestly I will probably only buy one this week.  I am, after all, unemployed.

Let's get started.

Cat Power - Jukebox

This is the one I absolutely plan on buying.  I think I'll get it on vinyl, though it'll be double vinyl and pretty expensive.  But when the option is available, and it comes with a free download, it seems like it has to be worth it.  Anyway, the album only got a 5.3 or something from Pitchfork.  But I don't care.  The one song I've heard, Song To Bobby, is absolutely brilliant.  Although p4k said that was the only song they really liked.  Still, it's Cat Power.  I'm just upset about the fact that original track listings had The Dark End Of The Street on them, and it didn't make the final cut.  So that is the song I'll post.  The original.  SO GOOD.

James Carr - The Dark End Of The Street

MGMT - Oracular Spectacular

This is a band that has been getting quite a bit of buzz lately.  So if you read blogs, you probably are familiar with them.  I learned about them when they opened up for of Montreal on tour last year.  I showed up to the show while they were playing.  I can't say I was spectacularly impressed.  They were likable, but not lovable.  Perhaps it was the context, but I kind of felt like they were a poor man's of Montreal.  Although with oM standards, that can't be saying much.  They were like a more boring version though.  Although maybe I was wrong.  I might eventually pick this up, if the hype on it gets too crazy.

Black Mountain - In The Future

I just decided to check them out when they were on the top of elbo.ws because a song had leaked off their new album, In The Future.  I really doubt I'll get this though.  It's good for what it is, but what it is is really not my style.  I can see myself getting into it sometimes, but I do not plan on getting it.  If you like what you've heard, check it out though.  At least it's something different.  Wow, I'm really saying nothing at all about what it sounds like.  Kind of reminds me of Black Sabbath, but more experimental.  There ya go.

Judy Garland - Live at the Coconut Grove

You think this may have been released to cash in on the Rufus tribute?

Julie Andrews - The Lass with the Delicate Hair

and this one?

Rancid - B-Sides and C-Sides

If I was still in high school I'd be pumped.  I used to LOVE Rancid.

Soul Summit - Soul Summit

Lots of great soul singers that I don't know have come together.  I'm sure it's great.

Hot Water Music - Till The Wheels Fall Off

I used to like them, never LOVED them.  Loved a few songs.  But lots of people are pumped because they got back together.  This is just rare tracks and stuff though.  Not "new" material.

and...the DVDs.

let me just say: without Criterion, there would be NOTHING this week.  I looked through it.  But luckily, Criterion has 3 DVDs out this week.

Miss Julie (Alf Sjöberg)

I know nothing about this.  But I just read the synopsis and it should be good.  Swedish movie from 1951.  Pretty dirty by 50s standards.  It's an adaptation of a play about men and women and all that.  You know, what drives most narratives to this day.

The Sporting Life (Lindsay Anderson)

Anderson's first feature narrative film.  Criterion calls it "One of the finest British films ever made," so I assume I have to see this one.  I did enjoy Anderson's If... so if that film is any indication of Anderson's skill as a director, this is a can't-miss.  I'll probably netflix it first though, because those Criterion movies are expensive and I'm poor.

4 By Agnes Varde (Agnes Varde)

This is a box set containing, how about that, 4 by Agnes Varde.  As far as I am concerned, this is essential to film people.  Varde, it seems, doesn't get the credit she deserves.  Scholars consider her first film, La Pointe Courte, to be the kickoff for the French New Wave, so that alone makes her very, very important.  And La Pointe Courte is one of the films included in this set, as far as I'm aware, for the first time on DVD in the US.  A film I have to see.  The other films are from throughout her career as she evolved and matured.  In the set: La Pointe Courte (1956), Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962), Le bonheur (1965), and Vagabond (1985).  If you have the money and are interested in film and its history, I cannot recommend this set again.  I don't have the money, so I'll have to put it in a wishlist for my birthday.  Or if I get a job soon enough, I can pick this one up.