Sep 9th, 2008 · Shanti and Buck Curran, who write and record under the name Arborea, are pitched as a husband-and-wife folk duo from Maine, but there's very little in their songs that resembles traditional roots music. Arborea is mostly an experimental album, with the Currans bowing and plucking their stringed instruments to create spacey, ambient drones.
Jul 25th, 2008 · The debut, self-titled album from Oklahoma City-based band The Uglysuit is refreshingly bright and cheery, replete with huge spirit-raising piano and guitar anthems. With a blend of spacey dream pop and a few alt-country flavors (lead singer Israel Hindman's voice mimicks Jeff Tweedy one minute, Conor Oberst the next), the group's sound draws comparisons to the Flaming Lips and the Shins, but the grandiosity of the music is that of space rock proportions.
Jul 23rd, 2008 · It's easy to get lost in the eclectic soundscapes of Ohio-based band Trouble Books' fourth self-released album, The United Colors of Trouble Books. The album plays out like a wandering trip through a 13 year-old's subconscious, set to beautifully unique experimental music. The gorgeous mix of meandering instrumental arrangements, expansive ambience, and wonderfully earnest vocals creates a sort of spacey chamber pop that seems to float wherever the wind may take it.
Jun 21st, 2007 · On "Rocket," Working for a Nuclear Free City attempts to solve some of life's most vexing problems. But as the answers get more outrageous, and the lessons get harder to come by, the music's momentum starts to take over.
Apr 9th, 2007 · Kevin Spacey's revival of the Eugene O'Neill play A Moon for the Misbegotten opens on Broadway Monday. He initially staged the play in his role as artistic director for the historic London theater the Old Vic.
Oct 24th, 2005 · Sigur Ros: Giving 'Takk' October 24, 2005 · Sigur Ros, a five-piece band from Iceland, makes spacey progressive music, with often-indecipherable lyrics. Its fourth studio CD is called Takk..., which means "Thanks."
Dec 24th, 2004 · In the new film Beyond the Sea, two-time Academy Award winner Kevin Spacey portrays Bobby Darin, a singer, songwriter and Oscar nominee. Spacey also produced and directed the film, and he sings Darin's songs in it -- and in a nightclub act. Spacey plays in Las Vegas on Dec. 26 and Dec. 27.
Dec 12th, 2004 · In Beyond the Sea, Kevin Spacey plays Bobby Darin, a pop superstar and Oscar-nominated actor who died in 1973 at age 37. Not only did Spacey write, direct and co-produce the film, he also channels Darin in a live musical act currently on tour.