TAG: Dead Man’s Bones

Oct06

Dead Man’s Bones – Dead Man’s Bones (Review)

Dead Man's Bones

Dead Man's Bones



Holy shit I want to be Ryan Gosling. When that blue-smoked apparition of a genie finally explodes out of my refrigerator, pouting his chest out and shouting "Son, you have three wishes -- what May they be?," it's a guarantee that I will involuntarily blurt out "Make me Gosling." Without exaggeration, homeboy might be the best young actor going (see "Half Nelson" if you care to try and dispute) but he can also write totally convincing gothic-folk tunes, and he can sing. Motherfucker. Luckily (for ...

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Aug14

Dead Man’s Bones ‘Name in Stone’ (Video)

Usually I’m wary of actors trying to be musicians, but I’m so glad that Ryan Gosling proves me wrong. With bandmate Zach Shields, they directed the video in a graveyard and were satisfied with just two takes. I raise my flag up into your heart, begins the chorus, and it’s a modest production in sepia tones and Gosling and Shields’ costumes are austere– in harmonious accord with their bare bones production. Their self-titled debut doesn’t hit the streets (or the graveyard–ahh creepy) until early Oct on Anti, but it’s gonna be a killer. Okay, no more lame puns. Here’s the video with LA Inner City Mass Choir and the Silverlake Conservatory Choir:

[The Tripwire]

Dead Man’s Bones “Name In Stone” from Cinelicious on Vimeo.

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