Azure Ray’s new album As Above So Below marks a turning point for Orenda Fink and Maria Taylor. Two years after the release of Drawing Down the Moon, the band left behind dreamy folk-pop and acoustic guitars for a decidedly electronic sound for their fifth studio album. The result is a more minimal, contemporary sound, which comes off as, according to Taylor, “Azure Ray in an alternate universe.”...
- 9/5/2012
- Pastemagazine.com
Husband and wife duo Chris Senseney and Stefanie Drootin-Senseney are a musician romance success story. Drootin, a member of The Good Life, who toured extensively with acts like Bright Eyes, She & Him and Azure Ray, was wooed one night by Senseney, a charming opening act guitarist. And you know what came next in this musician on musician love -- Big Harp.
Drawing on their respective indie-punk and country-folk roots, Big Harp made beautiful music together. They released their debut album, "White hat," on Saddle Creek with the help of Rilo Kiley bassist Pierre de Reeder at La's Nightingale Studios.
"Everybody Pays" was directed by Danny Drysdale, capturing the natural chemistry of the duo. "The video was made in much the same way as our record -- quick and dirty," Drootin-Senseney said. "Danny scouted while he drove down from Utah, we talked for a few hours, and then we drove up...
Drawing on their respective indie-punk and country-folk roots, Big Harp made beautiful music together. They released their debut album, "White hat," on Saddle Creek with the help of Rilo Kiley bassist Pierre de Reeder at La's Nightingale Studios.
"Everybody Pays" was directed by Danny Drysdale, capturing the natural chemistry of the duo. "The video was made in much the same way as our record -- quick and dirty," Drootin-Senseney said. "Danny scouted while he drove down from Utah, we talked for a few hours, and then we drove up...
- 9/21/2011
- by Brandon Kim
- ifc.com
James Mitchell’s Shortbus was the mark of controversy in 2009, what with its real sex scenes, the potential firing of its star Sook Yin Lee by the CBC and its classification by some as ‘pornographic’. What the movie is, is an intimate and lively portrayal of a women lost amongst the interconnectedness of people in a city as well as the unique and faceted sexual identities of individuals and how each choose to reveal themselves as person and partner. The main plot is about Sophie– a woman who is a couple counselor/sex therapist who has never had a successful orgasm and attempts to find it through a weekly social and sexual salon called Shortbus.
This film is honest and sincere and that is exactly what is reflected back within the soundtrack amongst its eclectic mix of artists. Scott Matthew is utterly charming and earnest with his contribution ‘Upside Down...
This film is honest and sincere and that is exactly what is reflected back within the soundtrack amongst its eclectic mix of artists. Scott Matthew is utterly charming and earnest with his contribution ‘Upside Down...
- 12/17/2010
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
_Achingly beautiful melodies as a cure for the restless blues _ Orenda Fink’s sophomore album leaves behind the sonic experimentation of her debut LP, Invisible Ones. Ask the Night is, instead, a nod to the singer’s Southern roots in a pared-down combination of guitars, strings and banjos that harkens back to another era: “Sister” showcases a clanging piano in a Frontier saloon, and “The Garden” is driven by the mournful violin of a Victorian folk song. What results is a deliciously melancholic mixture, epitomized in “Why is the Night Sad,” which laments, “And you know that you’re not safe here,...
- 10/26/2009
- Pastemagazine.com
Every once in a while there’s a film that slips through the cracks, unseen by most but is well worth seeing. Well, that’s sort of the point of this column, so it sort of goes without saying. Being surprised by a little film like ‘Winter Passing’ (2005) is a welcome treat from first time writer-director Adam Rapp. ‘Winter Passing’ boasts a cast that’s and unconventionally matched, bringing comedic and dramatic talents together in an unexpected harmony.
Reese Holden (Zooey Deschanel) is an aspiring actress, but aspiring to act isn’t paying her bills very well. Reese is approached by a publicist, eager to acquire the rights to print the love letters written by her father to Reese’s mother. Reese’s father, Don Holden, played by Ed Harris, is an accomplished and celebrated novelist who has also fallen off the radar and not published in many years. In fact,...
Reese Holden (Zooey Deschanel) is an aspiring actress, but aspiring to act isn’t paying her bills very well. Reese is approached by a publicist, eager to acquire the rights to print the love letters written by her father to Reese’s mother. Reese’s father, Don Holden, played by Ed Harris, is an accomplished and celebrated novelist who has also fallen off the radar and not published in many years. In fact,...
- 7/6/2009
- by Travis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
After dreamy Nebraska duo Azure Ray disbanded in 2004, Orenda Fink (who made up one-half of the duo, along with Maria Taylor) has kept busy, releasing one solo album (2005's Invisible Ones) and another with side-project Art in Manila (2007's Set the Wood on Fire). Most recently, she formed the duo O+S with longtime friend Scalpelist (née Remy Zero bassist Cedric Lemoyne). The new duo's self-titled debut, released in March on Saddle Creek, is a deeply textured sonic collage of gauzy harmonies, field recordings and moody instrumentation. The ethereally-voiced Fink recently took some time to chat with Paste about O+S and the new music's inspirations and influences. ...
- 5/27/2009
- Pastemagazine.com
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