"The concept of absurdity is something I'm attracted too." David Lynch

I've been away from this blog for sometime, and for no proper reason then I had little-to-no inspiration to add. But I've just spent my entire day listening to great new tunes for myself, and reading about just absolutely anything to do with film.

This awards season is actually the one that I've been the most excited for. I haven't seen The Artist yet, and although it's reviews are so incredible, I think it might be borderline "pure wank" than "pure art", but I am terrible at judging films before I see them. I saw both Hugo and The Descendants, and both struck a great cord with me. Both fantastically entrancing films and Hugo is beautifully shot - which from Scorsese I would expect nothing less. The Descendants surprised me. I knew that I would enjoy it, but the amount that I did was the unprecedented part. Alexander Payne is fantastic at his job, and his ability to juxtapose overwhelmingly emotional scenes with a hilarious moment is done with such ease, instead of being an obvious attempt of "dark humour". I was left somewhat confused, should I be happy, sad, satisfied? But I felt blissful, it is truly really a great cinematic feat.

If you find yourself with a spare couple of hours, I would also recommend downloading Martha Marcy May Marlene. It's the forgotten Olsen sister's debut, and she's amazing! Elizabeth Olsen had sworn that she would finish college before trying to break into acting, and at 22, she has made an incredible burst onto the scene. The film debut at Cannes last year to great critical reception, but only had limited release in the States, and I'm not sure if it even came to Australia, I know it didn't hit Brisbane. Regardless, it's really beautiful. Slow-paced, the film is a psychological thriller about Martha, who ran away from home joining a strange hippie-like religious sect, only to be over exposed to an irrationally bizarre lifestyle. She again runs away from this back to her newly-wed sister, and the film is a series of flashbacks to her life in the cult, explaining why she acts the way she does.

Anyway, here's some tunes.

Kae - Happy


She's just new onto the music scene, but her album is full of amazing producers and collaborations including The Roots and Robert Glasper. She sounds like Erykah Badu. This is really, really good music.


Frenic - Alright


Jurgen Muller - Sea Bed Meditation


Nest - Kyoto




Goodbye