Oct 2nd, 2008 · Julianne Moore plays a seeing woman in a sightless world in Blindness, the film adaptation of Jose Saramago's apocalyptic novel. She describes working with director Fernando Meirelles on the eerie film about an epidemic of "White Sickness."
Sep 24th, 2008 · The cover art for Kira Lynn Cain's debut, The Ideal Hunter, depicts the San Francisco-based chanteuse bearing an uncanny resemblance to 1940s actress Veronica Lake. That, along with the dark background and bright red block lettering of the album's name, makes the artwork seem more like a film noir poster than a CD sleeve. The design choices make sense after listening to The Ideal Hunter, which begins with the haunting song "White as a Dove." The track features eerie cello strokes layered with piano and an occasional, ominous drum beat lurking beneath Cain's breathy vocals.
May 12th, 2008 · Poet Lewis MacAdams writes short stories about his downtown Los Angeles neighborhood. He calls them his Close to Home stories. In this one, he and his friends have a strange, even eerie, encounter with a homeless man.
Jul 9th, 2007 · On "Swing (Parts 1 & 2)," guitarist Mick Turner plucks out a simple, dreamy hook as a violin radiates unease and drummer Jim White helps ratchet up the tension over the course of several eerie minutes. As a solo act, Turner expertly emulates his band, Dirty Three.
May 18th, 2007 · The Places are a dark, backwoods folk group featuring the voice and songwriting of Amy Annelle. The instrumentation is mostly traditional with lap steel and dobro. But Annelle sweetens the mix with haunting harmonies, drum loops and eerie, distant voices.
Mar 19th, 2007 · The Bird and the Bee's "I'm A Broken Heart" functions as a great big open wound of a song, a tale of heartbreak that doesn't sound at all heartbroken. Inara George's feathery voice helps render the song eerie and effective, and a miracle of restraint besides.
Aug 24th, 2006 · Every day at four in the afternoon, Lisa Rose hears a mysterious, ghostly sound in her office in Oakland, Calif. Rose explains the origin of the eerie sound: the wind that creeps in through a window.
May 22nd, 2006 · The soundtrack to the film The Da Vinci Code is filled with celestial voices, high and eerie wails that appear on many film tracks. So what do celestial voices sound like when they talk? Renee Montagne finds out in an interview with Hila Plitmann, the classically trained performer who sings the celestial solos in The Da Vinci Code.