Nov 13th, 2008 · An adaption of Yasunari Kawabata's 1961 novella, Sleeping Beauties is a wistful erotic mystery centered around an eccentric German brothel. Mark Jenkins calls it artful and delicate — but with an oddly tone-deaf ending.
Oct 28th, 2008 · Old-thyme in instrumentation, but punk rock in spirit, O'Death is an eccentric jug-swigging porch band in a raw, dark way. The band has honed their energetic Americana over self-released CDs and constant touring. O'Death performs music in a session from WXPN.
Oct 21st, 2008 · The musical palette of multi-instrumentalist David Lindley is as varied and eccentric as his colorful onstage apparel. For this intimate Mountain Stage performance, Lindley played instruments as varied as a Hawaiian lap-steel guitar and a traditional Middle Eastern oud.
Oct 8th, 2008 · Rodriguez is a classically trained violinist-turned-fiddler with an eccentric, genre-bending style. She performs music from her latest album on Mountain Stage, with a guest appearance from Crooked Still's Aoife O'Donovan.
Jul 30th, 2008 · Auntie Mame was a popular novel in the 1950s that was made into a famous movie, play and a musical. It tells the story of the adventures of a boy being raised by his eccentric aunt, the free spirit more commonly known as Mame Dennis.
Jul 30th, 2008 · Twitchy undertaker, cubicle fiend, sassy convenience-store clerk — Rainn Wilson has long gravitated toward eccentric characters. But is The Office actor attempting the leap to sex symbol through his titular role in The Rocker? Given the hair-metal coif and the still-goofy humor, probably not.
Jul 22nd, 2008 · At first listen, it's hard to tell if Great Plains, the third album from Chicago-based band Head of Femur, is wildly ambitious in its eccentric, incredibly catchy sound, or is simply a good, old-fashioned pop and rock record. The songs sound new and energetic while taking enough cues from the past to sound like a tribute album. The result is a record that is recognizable, but fresh and surprisingly accessible, despite offering plenty of surprises.
Jul 11th, 2008 · The veteran vocalist has a gift for putting the right words to a melody. She wrote some lyrics for her new CD, Distances, and she blends a poem by an Italian filmmaker with music by eccentric French composer Erik Satie.