It’s time for another classic album and this week on Built For Speed we go back 20 years to Supergrass’ thrilling debut “I Should Coco”. We also have plenty of terrific recent music from Australia and O.S. For those looking to head to the cinema we review animated family adventure Walking with Dinosaurs and confronting drama Short Term 12. Don’t forget our
Read moreBuilt For Speed – Playlist – Friday 10th January2014 THE POWDER MONKEYS – I stand bare. (Aus) PARQUET COURTS – You got me wonderin’ now. THE CLOUDS – Soul eater. (Aus) TELEKINESIS – Lean on me. THE LUMINEERS – Slow it down. THE HIVES – Main Offender. THE WONDER STUFF – Size of a cow. DAVID BOWIE – Suffragette City.
Read moreBuilt For Speed – Playlist – Friday 3rd January 2014 THE LIQUOR GIANTS – Happy New Year. PALMS – A supposedly funny thing I’ll never do again. (Aus) KVELERTAK -Bruanne Brenn. METZ– Knife in the water. THE GOOCH PALMS – We get by. (Aus) THE SMITHS – This Charming Man. ARCADEFIRE – Reflektor TODD RUNDGREN – I saw the light.
Read moreOnly a viewer with ice in their veins could fail to be moved by low-budget US indie drama Short Term 12. Based on writer/ director Destin Cretton’s 2008 short film, Short Term 12 is set in a foster care facility for troubled and abused teenagers and focuses on social worker Grace (United States of Tara’s Brie Larsen) who supervises the
Read moreThis week on Built For Speed we take a look at two films designed for slightly different audiences: Disney animated adventure/ comedy Frozen and the emotional story of a mother (played by Dame Judy Dench) searching for a child lost decades ago in the drama Philomena. There’s also some fine music from Australia and overseas including a tribute to David Bowie who turned 67 on
Read morePhilomena, starring Dame Judy Dench and Steve Coogan is an unashamed tear-jerker but an extremely affecting one. The film, based on an article by British journalist and former political spin-doctor Martin Sixsmith, tells of elderly Irish woman, Philomena Lee’s quest to find the son taken from her 50 years earlier. While a teenager in the early 1960’s, Philomena gave birth
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