May 16th, 2013 
Justin Proper For The Love Of Film is a weekly column from film nerd and lover of all movies Justin Proper. Sometimes you need some help to figure out how to enjoy movies, and we are here to help! No longer will you need to fear movie night because your friends have no taste in film. With this column you will be able to love even the worst gems to ever grace the silver screen.
It is no secret that Vin Diesel is a badass. As soon as you see him show up in a movie you know shit is about …
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May 16th, 2013 Kriston McConnell Artist Escape The Fate
Album: Ungrateful
Genre: Rock
Label: Eleven Seven Records
I’ve been listening to Escape The Fate for quite some time, even before Craig Mabbitt joined the group. Their first release with him, This War Is Ours, was their first step in a new direction towards a more mainstream, radio-ready rock sound. A couple years later, they released their self titled full length that again showed the group headed toward a sound with more mass appeal. While the album did receive good reviews and was their “best selling album to date,” I really disliked it. I was …
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May 15th, 2013 James Shotwell Film: No One Lives
Starring: Luke Evans
Directed by: Ryûhei Kitamura
It is no well kept secret that horror has long been a viable cash cow for studios hoping to make a quick buck. People love scary movies for reasons that allude many, and as long as the ad campaign is slick and the production cost low enough you can almost guarantee some level of return on your investment. Unfortunately, the knowledge of this information has resulted in many people attempting to cash in without having any real passion for the genre. The results of those efforts, while sometimes admirable …
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May 14th, 2013 Dan Bogosian Artist: She & Him
Album: Volume 3
Genre: Alternative, Indie Pop
Label: Merge Records
She & Him belong in the 1960s. They formed as a combination of the new, 2010s indie rock scene and the 1960s music; their songs were meant for nostalgia. That’s their whole deal. This whole deal creates a problem for reviews and opinions, though: how can a band making formulaic tunes based on fifty years ago make constant progress? What IS progress for that?
I don’t know the answer to that, and it’s lead me to mixed feelings on Volume 3. On one hand, virtually …
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May 14th, 2013 James Shotwell Artist: Design The Skyline
Track: “Deathgaze”
Genre: Metalcore
Label: Victory
Design The Skyline arrived on Victory Records already being considered a joke by many in the heavy music community. At the time, the band used the current fads of the scene as crutches on which to hoist their generic-yet-intense brand of metalcore. Genre fans cried foul, as did label fans, and by the time their debut arrived a wide selection of press had already stopped covering the group’s activities. Victory has never been one to admit that it has made a mistake, however, and this morning the lead single off …
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May 14th, 2013 James Shotwell Artist: Feed Her To The Sharks
Album: Savage Seas
Genre: Melodic Metalcore
In the three years that have passed since their formation, Melbourne’s Feed Her To The Sharks have gone from Australian sensations to rising international stars whose popularity shows no signs of slowing. Their pulverizing take on modern melodic metalcore has helped them quickly garner praise worldwide, thanks no doubt to the viral success of their debut, The Beauty Of Falling, and now the group take another bold step forward in their career with the release of Savage Seas.
When we last heard from Feed Her To …
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May 14th, 2013 Adrian Garza ARTIST: Hot Damn
ALBUM: Sleep Alone
LABEL: We Are Triumphant
GENRE: Pop-Punk
In my opinion, of all of the artists on We Are Triumphant’s overpopulated roster, the most unique act that the label has signed would be one of their most recent signings from South Wales, Hot Damn. The band’s sound sits somewhere in between laid back pop-punk and grunge (à la Basement and Daylight) — a sound that’s been massively growing in popularity over the past couple of years.
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May 14th, 2013 James Shotwell The takeover of hip hop by A$AP Mob inches a bit further ahead this morning with the release of A$AP Ferg’s star-studded remix to “Work.”
Debuting on A$AP Mob’s website via Soundcloud overnight, the official “Work” remix pairs the A$AP heavyweight with new verses from French Montana, A$AP Rocky, ScHoolBoy Q, and young favorite Trinidad James. The final product is a banger overall, but the quality of each appearance is debatable. James’ lack of experience in music is starting to show about as often as he references lyrics from his hit “All Gold Everything.” Likewise, Rocky’s verse takes a decidedly …
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May 13th, 2013 James Shotwell Hip hop phenomenon Kendrick Lamar continues to prove why he’s the greatest Freshman to emerge from 2012 with the release of the video for his latest single, “Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe.”
One of the more chill tracks off good kid, mAAd city, “Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe” is the type of song that speaks for itself. From the beat, to the lyrics, to the impact Lamar’s flow leaves on the listener, everything about this track is a hit. The hook will certainly inspire a flurry of annoying Twitter trends and shirts with oversized lettering, but when it plays …
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May 13th, 2013 James Shotwell Atlanta has been a hotbed for urban music for the better part of the last decade, and today two of its biggest names collide for a banger that may just leave your speakers smoking.
Gucci Mane and 2 Chainz have joined forces to deliver “Use Me,” a Gucci-lead track that boasts a beat so ferocious you can literally do nothing to prevent it from linking with that part of your soul that loves good bass usage and making you convulse intensely for the better part of four minutes. 2 Chainz leads things off with his strongest bars in recent memory, …
May 13th, 2013 Tyler Osborne Band: The Front Bottoms
Album: Talon of the Hawk
Genre: Punk/Acoustic
Label: Bar/None Records
I initially wrote The Front Bottoms off because I thought they were something hipster kids listened to while smoking out in their parents’ suburban basement. I will admit that. I hold really hard preconceptions, and I don’t know why, but that’s how I’ve always been. However, when one of my best friends told me that I needed to listen to The Front Bottoms, I decided to revisit the group because I figured they must have something good going on. When I first heard their self-titled record, …
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May 13th, 2013 James Shotwell Artist: Deerhunter
Album: Monomania
Genre: Indie
Label: 4AD
Let’s think about Georgia in the summer. Let’s consider the overpowering humidity, a physically oppressive sun, greedy vines strangling trees, and everyone competing for oxygen buried in the thick air. The microphone may be inanimate but somehow it captures the tiniest bit of the dense air of the Deerhunter’s hometown (even all the way from Brooklyn where Monomania was recorded).
This album is my introduction to Deerhunter and while I’ll pursue previous efforts later, I’m taking this one as it is right now. They kick things off with “Neon Junkyard.” One might …
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