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ARTS RECOMMENDS
In this feature, Daily Arts writers will give their endorsements
for the arts you need to experience to help you deal with current events.
"Archer"
Tonight, tune in to the best raunchy animated
series on television: "Archer." Airing on Thursdays
at 10 p.m. on FX, "Archer" follows Sterling Malory
Archer (codename: Duchess), the world's biggest
asshole and the best international spy in the biz.
On Friday, check out Daily Arts's blog, The Filter,
for a recap that promises to be as explosive and
vulgar as the show.
"Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter"
Seth Grahame-Smith
Anybody ready for some political badassery? No,
I'm not talking about Obama's speech tomorrow
(though that too), I'm talking about "Abraham Lin-
coln, Vampire Hunter," a novel by Seth Grahame-
Smith. With a film adaptation set for a June release
this year, get in the mood for a presidential visit with
this definitive biography of one of America's greatest
leaders and most effective vampire executioners.
"We Need to Talk About Kevin"
In the mood for a darkly haunting flick featuring
a crazy little demon child? If you are, Arts recom-
mends the upcoming Tilda Swinton film "We Need
to Talk About Kevin." Apart from the superb acting
and fearless directing, nothing about the movie is
predictable. Even though we realize the inevitable
ending halfway through the movie, the script is fresh
and keeps us on the edge of our seats.
JEFF WARANIAK/Daily
"I.Need My Girl" - The National
"I Need My Girl" is a lovelorn ballad that can
silence crowds as quickly as a gunshot. When The
National revealed this track on CBC radio station
Q, not a sound was heard beside its thrumming
guitar riff and singer Matt Berninger's vulner-
able voice. This is the type of song that makes you
scared to sneeze. Every note and lyric, however
subtle, cannot be missed.
((B-Side Buzz
James McNamara
Herb David Guitar Studio staff member
What do you like about the Ypsilanti music scene?
(It has a) very healthy open-mic scene, which I think is vital for the
people that need it most.
What makes a good cover song?
I'm always open to hear how one artist is going to interpret or put
their spin on another person's song, especially when the two of
them are radically different.
Any upcoming events in Ann Arbor featuring tribute bands?
I know there's going to be a folk tribute to hip hop at the Blind Pig
called "Folk the Police." It's going to be all kinds of cover bands doing
folk trbutes to hip hop.
Excerpts are taken from the B-Side Buzz video,
which can be found on MichigonDaily.com.
Interview by Jeff Waraniak
TRAILER REVIEW
From the trailer, "Casa de
mi Padre" seems to be a one-
joke movie:
Will FerrellIf
speaks Span-
ish. But this Casa de
joke, which mi Pae
is ostensibly
supposed to Pantelion
sustain the
entire film, gets tired by the end
of the trailer.
"Casa de mi Padre," which
appears to be a parody of tele-
novelas, stars Ferrell asea Mexi-
can rancher who, in trying to 6
save his father's ranch, becomes
embroiled in a war with Mexi-
co's most powerful drug lord. nANTELION
The trailer frames the movie with a heavy Spanish accent. It melodrama, but little else. The
as a successful foreign film seems every joke in the movie movie is peopled with some
finally being released here, say- relies on Ferrell pretending to great Hispanic actors, but if the
ing "the biggest international be Hispanic, which seems like trailer is any indication, "Casa
motion picture of all time is a risky bet, especially for such a de mi Padre" is a movie that
coming to America." It even highly anticipated movie. looks a lot funnier on paper than
gives Ferrell an "introducing" The trailer promises much it will on screen.
credit, pronouncing his name over-the-top action and ironic -PHIL CONKLIN
SINGLE REVIEW
Thus far in her career,
Azealia Banks has shown her-
self to be somewhat like Nicki
Minaj:
they both ****
eschew the
endemic NEEDSUMLUV
sensitiv- (SXLND)
ity that
tends to Azealia Banks
accompa-
ny female
music art-
ists by embracing a playful
toughness.
Yet, unlike Minaj, there is a
side to Banks that delves into
a more emotional realm. On
"NEEDSUMLUV," she strikes UNIVERSAL
a balance between delivering
powerful melodic hooks and autonomy that seems rare voice gives us that satisfaction:
beingsentimental. amid the Auto-Tuned voices It shapes itself in accordance
The raunchy collabora- frequently heard in hip hop with Machinehead's ephemer-
tion features a fast-talking today. al bumps and washes, moving
style that smoothes around Often, there is no harmonic like silk in its harmonic adapt-
Machinehead's bopping inter- interaction between singer and ability.
jections, exhibiting a precious background music. Banks's -GEOFF MARINO
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