Doubters might view The Men Who Stare at Goats as an attempt by Hollywood's top brass to partake in some self-deprecating humor. They're half right. Using the early stages of the Iraq War as a backdrop, Goats begins as an earnest young reporter named Robert Wilton (Ewan McGregor) finds himself running dry on material and without a wife. (1) comment
Much of the early press on Cymbals Eat Guitars's debut Why There Are Mountains has focused on just how well the band evokes '90s indie rock icons like Pavement, Built to Spill, and Modest Mouse. But, alongside The Pains of Being Pure at Heart (also released this year), Why There Are Mountains promises to be more than the sum of its influences even if it never quite delivers the way Pains did. (1) comment