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Criterion’s Excellent Holiday Season Releases

by Greg W. Locke September 12, 2011

On November 15, just in time for the holiday season, the fine folks at the Criterion Collection will release Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Three Colors trilogy both as a three-disc box set and as three individual films. This is easily on of our all-time favorite trilogy works and, aside from maybe The Double Life of Veronique (also [...]

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She & Him to Release Christmas Album

by Greg W. Locke September 9, 2011

Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward, collectively known as She & Him, are set to release their third record, A Very She & Him Christmas, on Merge Records on October 25. The irony, of course, is that Zooey’s reputation as The Singing Actor kinda/sorta started with the film Elf, where she sang “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” [...]

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Check it out: Wilco’s Eighth Album

by Greg W. Locke August 25, 2011

Set for a September 27 release via the band’s new label, dBpm Records, Chicago band Wilco’s eighth record, The Whole Love, was produced by Jeff Tweedy, Pat Sansone and Tom Schick at the band’s Chicago loft studio. You can pre-order the record over HERE. We think the 2xLP option (which comes with a CD with [...]

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Aleksa Palladino’s Exitmusic Project Signs with Secretly Canadian!

by Greg W. Locke June 19, 2011

Known foremost as an actor with a diverse resume that includes appearances in “Boardwalk Empire,” Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead, “Law & Order,” Storytelling, Find Me Guilty and Manny & Lo, Aleksa Palladino has long been playing music with her husband of eight years, Devon Church. Recording under the name Exitmusic, the duo released [...]

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New Stephen Malkmus Song, “Senator,” Arrives

by Greg W. Locke June 8, 2011

Listen to the new song, “Senator,” HERE. Then listen to it again and again. It’s about getting busted with weed … err … no it’s not, it’s about how much Senators (and pretty much everyone) loves blowjobs. A universal truth. We dig it quite a bit as the latest entry in a long line of super [...]

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Archers of Loaf Get Busy with Reissues, Tour

by Greg W. Locke June 4, 2011

We at the Ze Cat officers like to think of ourselves as pretty huge fans of indie rock, punk rock, college rock, alternative rock, post-rock and all those other rocks. Mostly, we’re big into indie rock, especially 90s bands like Guided by Voices, Sebadoh, Pavement, etc. One band, however, that we just never listened to [...]

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Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life Wins the Palme d’Or!!

by Greg W. Locke May 22, 2011

It feels as if we’ve been waiting on this movie since high school. Well, it’s finally completed and starting to get out there for the world to see. Reactions thus far are mixed, but we wouldn’t have it any other way. That’s how it always goes for the best art. Major congrats to Terrence and [...]

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Neutral Milk Hotel Pop Up on “Parks and Recreation”!

by Greg W. Locke May 16, 2011
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Five New Elliott Smith Songs?!

by Greg W. Locke May 12, 2011

Yep, that’s right. A few days ago five unreleased Elliott Smith songs appeared on YouTube. Is it possible that this is someone pretending to be Ells? Hmm. Listening to these songs, we’re honestly very suspicious. Check ‘em out below and let us know what you think … Hmmmm …

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My Morning Jacket Get Busy

by Greg W. Locke May 12, 2011

Looking through the Ze Cat music collection I was surprised to find that, hey, we own every My Morning Jacket album! Yep, even My Morning Jacket Does Christmas Fiasco Style! Knowing that they have a new album on the way, I figured it was time to listen to these Louisville roots rockers for what is [...]

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