Savages: "Husbands" on SoundCloud . Violence and domestication rub against each other on London four-piece Savages ' debut single, out digitally on May 28 through Pop Noire , though the pairing veers wildly from the obvious conclusion. In the chorus, French-born singer Jehnny Beth shrieks "husbands, husbands, husbands, husbands," over and over through shards of hysteria, orgasm and indignance, the lustful repetition of the spousal noun rendering it meaningless and empty as the soulless eyes next to which the song's narrator awakes one day. "Husbands" investigates the terrifying possibility that the familiar can flip on a knife's edge, a line straddled ...

Walk into any comedy club or check out any sitcom, and at some point, a guy will question a woman’s sanity. Women and men both dismiss it as lighthearted fun, but what if there existed a world where people actually believed that women are just inherently nuts? That world was Earth in the 1800s, and the romantic comedy Hysteria shows how a few of the planet’s inhabitants set out to change it with the help of … the vibrator?...

Dictators, hitmen, and navy officers – oh my! It’s a big weekend for the dudes, the professional advantages mentioned above notwithstanding, and we can expect screens clogged with manly men doing male things. Even the invention of a sex toy (by a man, duh) and male grooming get sweet turns in the theaters. If only the powerful sight of pregnant women was enough to combat the male-dominated market. Ah well, perhaps another weekend. Let’s jump into the testosterone-fueled fray, shall we? Political satire, social comedy, and gross-out humor each take their turn in the Larry Charles-directed “The Dictator,” which ...

There's only a few weeks left before all the mystery that shrouds Ridley Scott's "Prometheus" is whisked away with the film's theatrical release. The movie is reaching 'Dark Knight' levels of hysteria, and as you may have noticed, it's been regularly filling up the Playlist home page. A new profile with The Hollywood Reporter now sheds a little more light on the film and Scott's upcoming plans to get your interest further piqued. While the plan for a sequel to the upcoming film isn't news, THR now notes that the project is something Scott ...

Shut Up And Play The Hits We Are Legion: The Story Of The Hacktivists [Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, May 1, 6:15 pm] "The geeks shall inherit the earth" may be a phrase you may have perhaps heard of. On one hand, Microsoft's Bill Gates and the late Steve Jobs of Apple have proven this well from a corporate standpoint. But from a political standpoint it's grassroots protest groups such as Anonymous , the subject of this documentary, who've proven to be conduits for change and influence against political oppression and repressive behaviors from other groups. We Are ...

On May 4 th this year, the turntables of hip-hop stopped suddenly when the shocking announcement of Beastie Boy Adam Yauch’s death started appearing in our Twitter’s timelines. Music fans across the globe were left spinning and in disbelief by the news, but alas, it was true. The hip-hop pioneer, activist, film director and founding member of one of the genre’s most influential groups, had lost his three-year-long battle with cancer and passed away in his native New York City aged only 47. In his wake, he left a huge legacy, including countless classic albums, tracks and ...

Fight for Your Right to Party - Coldplay (YouTube) Adam Yauch is dead, and there was no good reason for this news to affect me. Sure, the Beastie Boys have been a part of my life since before my first teenage girlfriend, but they weren’t close friends of mine. Musically, the Beasties were more like those distant relatives you see at family reunions every few years, and you don’t mind seeing them and sharing some friendly banter, but once you part ways, you don’t really miss them much, either. My friends and I openly fought liking License to ...

Ralvero is a dutch producer who is hitting hard with his newest release "Rage" out now on Hysteria Records through Beatport.

Now for the second outing from this crazy equine fusion outfit from Germany. They are the brainchild of Wolfgang Schmidtke (saxes and keys) and Jan Kazda (bass and keys) who co-composed all the tracks. On this record, we have phenomenal fiddler Billy Bang (remember him?) guesting as well as Randy Becker on trumpets and flugelhorns. A certain Markus Wienstroer is on guitar. Singer is Rosay Wortham (great voice). Here we have an interesting case, not uncommon, in which the band is being pulled in two different directions. We have the logical extension of the ST's instrumental prog jazz with ...

You may’ve noticed some speculation over the weekend that two new mixes posted to a mysterious website called Pinchy & Friends were by none other than The Avalanches’ Robbie Chater and Darren Seltmann. It lead to even more speculation that the Melbourne outfit were doing something other than creating speculation for a follow-up to Since I Left You that may never materialise. The mild hysteria started when The Avalanches posted a link via Twitter to a mix called “Sleepy Bedtime Mix for Young Ones” , saying it "may or may not be mixtape” by The Avalanches. The mix was created under ...

Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Washed Out, Hard Mix, Yalls Song: FTHRSN - On Our Way [download here ] What's so good? Back in November, I gave you a preview of Hysteria , FTHRSN’s most recent EP. Since then I have been graced with a single that is sure to fill your auricles with hypnotic, sun-drenched pleasure. “On Our Way” is a track that is said to come from an upcoming release in June, although no name has been decided yet. What we get from FTHRSN here is definitely a familiar implication of sounds, not straying too far from ...

It may be on a lot of peoples wish lists, but the Smiths are not reuniting, despite hopeful hysteria that swept the online community [...]

Welcome to the introduction of our new feature! One that hopes to make you reflect on all the good times (and possibly some bad times) over the last month. So, what events in April stood out for you? Before you go off into a train of thought, here's our top 10 highlights for the month (in no particular order): 1. Coachella Music Festival Unless you've been living under a rock, Coachella was the topic on everyone's lips, from the bragging rights to watching the live stream on YouTube, discussions of how the second weekend barely received any ...

It turns out that all Sabina Spielrein needed to get over her hysteria was not Freud or Jung or the talking cure, but just a really good fingering. Indeed, the course of sexuality and/or psychoanalysis might have been irrevocably altered had Sabina taken a trip to London to visit Dr. Robert Dalrymple (Jonathan Pryce), in "Hysteria," a "based on true events" comedy about the invention of the vibrator. But like any bad lover, the film is heavy on foreplay but when it finally takes its pants off, the resulting encounter is less than satisfying. When we first meet Mortimer ...

Bigger things are just around the corner for "Like Crazy" star Felicty Jones. With the period-based vibrator comedy "Hysteria" on the way to theaters, and her untitled movie with Drake Doremus sure to arrive at the festival circuit later this year, her star is only going to continue to rise. And later on in 2012, she'll team up with Ralph Fiennes for "The Invisible Woman." But coming first is another festival apperance by the actress, this time at Tribeca with her latest effort, "Cheerful Weather For A Wedding."  Two clips from the film have landed online in advance of ...