Pushed Crush.

Scottie follows his crush, or is pushed that way by his friends, whichever way you chose to look at it ….

“My friends, quick to ensure that my awkward suffering wouldn’t stop there, convinced me to go to the nightclub that he said he’d be in. I should’ve decided not to, but I’ve never been good at playing it cool.”

Precious Women.

Photographer Jane Hilton talks to Polari Magazine about her book and exhibition Precious, a candid look at the lives of working girls in Nevada.

“I thought that a still photo would iconize them in a way and show that they’re not just hookers. That’s what I really wanted to show and that’s why they don’t have clothes on. I was doing portraits of some amazing women who have been through some really awful hard times and survived.”

A Portrait of James Dean.

Win a copy of the Peccadillo Pictures DVD ‘A Portrait of James Dean Joshua Tree 1951’.

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Miss Kittin, May 8, 2013

Miss Kittin XOYO show sends Little Bastard over the edge.

“I make my way out of the crowd and observe the dance-floor devastation I was a part of. The room is a swirling, sweating mess – and clearly everyone else enjoyed it as much as me. “

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Released May 6, 2013
Ghostpoet’s follow up to his Mercury Prize nominated debut is more of the same but with more bite.

“There’s none of the pretension that normally saturates modern trip hop, but there is the same sense of sadness that throttles you when listening to James Blake and Thom Yorke… “

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Released May 6, 2013
Little Boots sophomore album takes the path of a new direction but doesn’t reach its destination..

“As charmingly catchy as they are, the songs leave a nagging feeling that they’ve been heard before. Nocturnes lacks a distinctive identity to distinguish it from its contemporaries… “

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Released March 27, 2009
Walter Beck finds a filthy gem of hardcore gay rock ‘n’ roll which is a breath of fresh air.

“The lyrics are vulgar, sometimes borderline childish, but it melds well with the sounds of buzzsaw punk rock ‘n’ roll.”

Dramatic Electronic Pop.

Susanne Sundfør on collaborating with M83 for the soundtrack to Oblivion, her work with Röyksopp, and the UK release of her back catalogue.

“I started making songs when I was 17, because all the guys in my music high school who made their own music got a lot of attention. I wanted attention too, and I wanted to be able to live off of my own music, so I guess that’s why I started.”

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UK: 30 min • Brown Eyed Boy & Kudos Film and Television for ITV • April 29 2013

Vicious, with Ian McKellen & Derek Jacobi: 1970s stereotypes abound in this ill-considered farce.

” Why are they now selling their principles (and their community) down the river with this offensive tosh?”

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Cert:15 • Spain: 90 min • El Deseo S.A. • May 3 2013

Pedro Almodóvar’s Los Amantes Pasajeros (I’m So Excited) is possibly his campest film to date.

“It’s a stylish, glossy cartoon of a film by someone at the absolute peak of his powers with nothing really to prove, so here he’s doing exactly what he wants, which is to delight and amuse.”