staff picks - anna

[ POD / CD ]

Release Date: Monday, 30 November, 2009

The music captures the sun-drenched outlook of life in San Francisco. Taking the classic California pop template of Brian Wilson & applying a woozy, narcotic makeover, Girls' music glorifies adolescence. '50s surf-pop, '60s psychedelia & '80s shoegaze are all at play here....

[ Lil' Chief Records New Zealand / CD ]

Release Date: Monday, 15 February, 2010

'Fight Softly' is the new studio album by NZ's pop masters The Ruby Suns. Ryan McPhun (their prime mover) has the kind of voracious musical mind that cites as equal influences '80s New Jack Swing & modern Angolan kuduro, the Beach Boys & Britney Spears, Brazilian tropicalia & Argentinian cumbia. He's the kind of diligent, meticulous soul that spends days hunched...

[ Mistletone / CD/DVD ]

Release Date: Monday, 15 February, 2010

This edition of 'Teen Dream' is a deluxe package with a bonus DVD featuring video clips for each track on the album, each created by a different director. Be quick -- these collectors editions will not last!

"Beach House's dark moods have more shades, and even a little bit of light, making them all the more compelling."
- All Music Guide

Beach House members...

[ Madman Entertainment / 2 DVD ]

Release Date: Thursday, 11 February, 2010

G :-

Region 4 -- Colour -- 100 Minutes -- PAL

Special Features :-
-'The Five Geniuses Who Created Ponyo' Featurette
-Creator Interviews
-Japanese TV Spots and Trailers
-Textless Songs

One morning near his seaside home, five year old Sosuke discovers a goldfish he names Ponyo. Her head stuck in a jam jar, he rescues her, and fascinated with each...

[ Ubiquity Records / CD ]

Release Date: Monday, 8 February, 2010

US artist Georgia Anne Muldrow introduces her new album, 'Kings Ballad', for her new label, Ubiquity Records. Splicing pop n' lock-friendly space funk with gospel & gracious soul, Muldrow is shining as a true West Coast original with 'Kings Ballad': all original, all exclusive material, with Muldrow singing, rapping & making all the beats.

The album features...

[ Warner Home Video / HBO / 4 DVD Box Set ]

Release Date: Wednesday, 10 February, 2010

R16 :- Contains violence & offensive language.

Region 4 -- Colour -- PAL

In the projects. On the docks. In City Hall. In the schools. And now, in the media...

The places & faces have changed, but the game remains the same. Times are tough for the detail. Mayor Carcetti has slashed the departments budget to the bone. Police are operating without overtime...