Arc'Tan'Gent

I'm just gonna throw this in here too for the hell of it.

Quicksand – Sergio Vega (Deftones), Walter Schreifels (Rival Schools/Gorilla Biscuits) dropped a new album this week too, their first in two decades. Post-hardcore-noise stuff, absolute corker.

Loving this new one from Alt J. The rest of the album is a bit meh, but this one has that real Man Next Door by Massive Attack vibe running through its core. Also, superb video.

While of course this film is utter dross, it is highly enjoyable and doesn't take itself too silly. I laughed out loud at quite a few points, and I don't worry about small things like whether the humour was intended or not if I'm entertained. Which is much more than I can say for other films I've seen recently (Along Came Polly, The Tree of Life, The Core, About Time). Utter tripe the lot of them. Also, no fire-breathing killer spiders.

Let's remind ourselves that there was a little artistic licence in BB, too (mercury fulminate scene, the P2P cook being such a high quality, etc).

Fuck, totally forgot that Deftones' album came out last year - that would have been my Number One pick too. What a schoolboy error oversight.

Sorry to be that guy, but there's no way to select just one. Here's a selection of guaranteed man-weepers.

Dark techno godliness.

Isn't she the girl from Ex-Machina? Sure looks like her. Anyway, went to see The Chemical Brothers on Sunday - they were utterly fucking spectacular. Top 10 all-time list.

01 - Radiohead - A Moon-Shaped Pool 02 - Underworld - Barbara Barbara, We Face A Shining Future 03 - Ihsahn - Arktis 04 - Future of the Left - The Peace & Truce Of Future Of The Left 05 - PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project 06 - Savages - Adore Life 07 - A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service 08 - Warpaint - Heads Up 09 - Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker 10 - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree Honourable mentions: Death in Vegas - Transmission Gojira - Magma Bat For Lashes - The Bride Meshuggah - The Violent Sleep Of Reason

1990 Goodfellas Total Recall Jacob's Ladder 1991 Terminator 2: Judgement Day The Silence of the Lambs The Commitments 1992 Reservoir Dogs Alien 3 The Last of the Mohicans 1993 Schindler's List Carlito's Way What's Eating Gilbert Grape 1994 Leon: The Professional Pulp Fiction The Shawshank Redemption 1995 The Usual Suspects Seven Heat 1996 Trainspotting Romeo + Juliet Fargo 1997 LA Confidential Gattaca Hana-Bi 1998 Pi American History X The Thin Red Line 1999 Fight Club American Beauty Magnolia

Great write-ups. Thanks for all the effort.

1980 The Shining The Long Good Friday The Blues Brothers 1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark Southern Comfort Das Boot 1982 Blade Runner The Thing The Dark Crystal 1983 Scarface WarGames Trading Places 1984 The Terminator Ghostbusters Once Upon a Time in America 1985 Back to the Future Brazil My Life as a Dog 1986 Aliens Platoon Stand By Me 1987 Full Metal Jacket Wings of Desire Predator 1988 High Hopes Heathers My Neighbour Totoro 1989 Drugstore Cowboy The Abyss Wallace & Gromit: A Grand Day Out