Monday 30/05
Cults - Cults
Not a band afraid to draw on, or indeed acknowledge an indebtedness to the past, Cults self-titled debut is one infused with much boy/girl sha-la-la-ing. But this is no criticism. It also happens to be an album bursting at the seams with small quirks ranging from samples to the use of glitchy electronic texture. Stand out tracks are the supremely summery Go Outside and Spectre-esque Bumper.
http://www.npr.org/2011/05/25/136463353/first-listen-cults-cults#playlist
Wednesday 01/06
Benjamin Francis Leftwich @ The Kazimier
Hailing from York, troubadour Benjamin Francis Leftwich brings his brand of fine acoustic indie-pop to The Kazimier this Wednesday. Name checking Elliott Smith and Nick Drake as influences, BFL could either be a great find or a great disappointment.
http://www.myspace.com/benjaminfrancisleftwich
Fri 03/06
Senna
Ayrton Senna's death at the San Marino grand prix in 1994 was and remains one of the great tragedies of motor racing in the modern era. The tag-line to this timely documentary reads 'No Fear. No Limits. No Equal.' and rarely can anyone have lived up so fulsomely to the hype; more than a decade on and Senna is still widely recognised as the greatest there ever was. Not likely to be an easy watch (the trailer for this film had the hairs on my arms standing up and my eyes getting mysteriously dewy), this film, one hopes and suspects will do the man and the racer's memory justice.
http://www.sennamovie.co.uk/
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