For this week's edition of Bandpicked, let Suki Sou & Iain Laws from Novella take you on a journey from the experimental pop of legendary Japanese composer Haruomi Hosono to Krautrock pioneers Can, via Turkey's incomparable Esmeray and afrobeat king Fela Kuti.
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Cameraperson offers a complex meditation on life behind the lens
Cameraperson offers a collage of juxtaposed scenes, all of which are taken from Kirsten Johnson’s work over the last 25 years in order to form a non-chronological memoir that says more about the life behind the lens than it does about the subjects in front of it.
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Eight best new songs of the week (8th Feb): Dirty Projectors, Chance the Rapper & Cowtown
Welcome to this week's collection of best new songs from the last seven (ish) days. Featuring Dirty Projectors, Future Islands, Chance The Rapper, Cowtown, Tennis, Salt Cathedral and Syd.
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Bandpicked: Fufanu pick their 10 favourite Icelandic sporting heroes
“Sports! We’re no good at them!” was the original mooted strapline for this website, before it was replaced by something vaguely related to pop culture.
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Eight best new songs this week (31st Jan): Pins, Missy Elliott, Arcade Fire
This week... PINS, Arcade Fire, Thundercat, Missy Elliott, Aristophanes, Bonobo, Anohni and Matt Martians.
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Sadako Vs Kayako – Movie Review
To bastardise the tagline of another movie monster mega-brawl, "whoever wins… we still won't be able to drain the shower properly."
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King Cobra – Move Review
Justin Kelly’s lithe and hypnotically gripping new thriller King Cobra centres on the real-life 2007 murder of a gay porn producer and succeeds thanks to some deeply committed performances across the board.
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13 best horror films of 2016
In more ways than one, 2016 was a startling year for horror, with real-life events far outstripping any terrors or unexpected shocks on the screen.
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10 best albums of 2016
This year’s best, and indeed most important, albums seem to reflect the terrifying complexity of the world we’re in right now.
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A bunch of songs I loved in 2016
Who am I? Just some dufus who likes music. Who are you? Just some other dufus who likes music. Let's hang out and listen to the best songs of 2016.