Songs for Cineastes: 2012 Edition

Cate Le Bon (The Control Group)Click here for the 2011 edition. Rather than a list of film scores or soundtracks, the following represents an assortment of music recommended for movie lovers such as myself. Some independent film fans prefer mainstream movie fare. Similarly, some art house aficionados prefer major-label music. There's nothing wrong with that; I just can't relate to it (and try to avoid giving the Man my money whenever possible). If you share my taste in movies, there's a good chance you might share my taste in music. Links lead to reviews and previews for Line Out. The Tops:1. Cate Le Bon - CYRK (The Control Group)2. Julia Holter

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Movies for Music Lovers: 2012 EditionClick here for the 2011 edition. Some of these films premiered in the US in 2011, but didn't arrive in Seattle until 2012, in which case I deferred to local release dates. Some missed the city altogether, in which case I caught up via DVD. I wrote about many for Amazon, Line Out, The Seattle International Film Festival, SIFFBlog, and Video Librarian (the links lead to reviews, though Rust and Bone and Amour haven't been posted yet, since they don't open here until January).  The Tops: 1. Patience (After Sebald) (Grant Gee)In his haunting profile of an author's defining novel, Gee created a true work of art.2.

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December Reviews

These are the reviews and other pieces I'm working on this month. Amazon DVDs: Psych - The Complete Sixth Season [four-disc set], Call the Midwife - Season One [two-disc set], and Eastbound & Down - The Complete Third Season [two-disc set].Amazon Theatricals:  Playing for Keeps (withGerard Butler and Jessica Biel), Rust and Bone (Jac-ques Audiard directs Marion Cotillard and Matthias Schoenaerts), and The Guilt Trip (with Seth Rogen and Barbra Streisand).Line Out: Mikal Cronin Signs to Merge Records, METZ Digital Single: "Dirty Shirt," Vex Ruffin: Getting Wiggy in Chino, The Haunting Sounds of Holly Herndon, Django Django: Video, Remix, an

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