The film is the latest to be released from legendary director Jean-Luc Godard and, at the age of 80, many are speculating that it might well be his last. It also received a fairly mixed reaction when it premièred at Cannes last year – much as you might expect from anything which goes some way to embody the spirit of punk. However, as the film gets it’s UK and US release, it seems that audiences are struggling to decipher it’s complex narrative and arguably ambitious themes.

Film Socialisme is described as being comprised of three ‘movements’. The first section of the film is set aboard a cruise ship, and depicts a variety of conversations which take place amongst the passengers. Many of these are not spoken in English, yet audiences are provided with fragmented subtitles to give a vague idea about what is being said, rather than a direct translation. Characters could be discussing anything from world politics to playing poker online, and the collage of accompanying images are often of little help in understanding the meaning of the dialogue. There’s even an unexpected, although not unwelcome, cameo appearance from punk songstress, Patti Smith – although, again, this does little in terms of offering any explanation as to the film’s general direction.

The second section of the film addresses certain issues much more directly, whilst continuing to remain relatively ambiguous in terms of general purpose within the narrative. Young siblings are seen summon their parents to appear before a ‘court of their childhood’, where they asked to provide answers on the concepts of liberty, equality and fraternity. Lastly, the film visits six world-renowned locations: Egypt, Palestine, Odessa, Hellas, Naples, and Barcelona, with a montage of iconic images.

It’s safe to same that most critics will agree that Film Socialisme is a complex project, and one that many will freely admit to being beyond their comprehension. But is that enough to make it punk? Let us know your thoughts below.

- Local punks fresh out of school
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Local punks fresh out of school
Independent Collegian (subscription)
“Playing solo gigs helps me pay the bills” Hazard said. “As a band we usually end up playing these poorly booked shows where bands pay to play. ”With approximately 30 booked shows to their name Cadence! strives to perform a collaborative blend of punk music with inspiration ranging from Fall ut Boy Blink 182 Green Day—not to mention Hazard’s fanaticism toward the video game series “Kingdom Hearts” which are all heavily infused with within his powerful eloquent and equally catchy lyrics. Their songs are loved by all of their friends and then some. Sure it’s easy to appeal to the people that you know but Hazard and the band are talented and ambitious enough to have a knack for making and maintaining friends through their music. If one thing is for sure it’s that Cadence! has the innate ability to make hits. The band writes songs as a collaborative effort.

Blink 182 had the chemistry all would hope for as they played …
Examiner.com
They have great stage presence and awareness of how to use the entire set up given to them. They keep a crowd entertained with not only their music but their onstage dialect and tactics. As a whole Barker Hoppus and DeLonge are some of the best performers in the punk music scene. Blink 182 is back and the chemistry is better then anyone would have expected. For more info: Although many shows are already sold out remaining tour dates are:August 29 Hartford CT New England Dodge Music Ctr. August 30 Columbia MD Merriweather Posy Pavilion August 31 Saratoga NY SPAC Sept. 2 Cleveland H Blossom Sept.

New York City Hardcore Punk Gets Its LA Fix: The Casualties Interview
Examiner.com
tonight – one of our favorite cities to play. We’ve been having huge turn outs having kids who are into the punk scene and punk music come out having lots of energy. After this tour we’re going be heading out to Japan next month and then South American in December pretty much hitting the road non-stop. "We Are All We Have" came out this past Tuesday have you gotten all the partying out of the way?Rick: Well the partying is part of the tour and it’s something we do – it’s why it’s there. We don’t want to get up on stage and look like retarded drunks.

The Dead Kennedys Welcome new band member – Senator Ted Kennedy
Unconfirmed Sources (satire)
Songs such as “Kill the Poor” “California ?er Alles” “Terminal Preppie” and “Police Truck” actually take the lyrical viewpoint of the band’s hated right-wing targets. The Dead Kennedys were an American punk band formed in San Francisco California in 1978. Pioneers of hardcore punk during the 1980s the band gained a large underground following in the international punk music scene. The music of the Dead Kennedys mixes the more experimental elements of British 1970s punk with the raw energy of the 1980s American hardcore punk scene. Dead Kennedys’ songs mix the deliberately shocking lyrics of punk with a humorous acerbic satirical and sarcastic commentary on current social and political issues. In the late 1980s the band was embroiled in an obscenity trial in the US over the 1985 Frankenchrist album which included a poster with art that depicted penises (Penis Landscape by H.
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- Artwork isn’t by punk-poetess Patti Smith
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Artwork isn’t by punk-poetess Patti Smith
The Detroit News
The musician artist and poet was close to artist Robert Mapplethorpe and musician Bob Dylan and was at the forefront of the Detroit music scene after moving to Motown from New York City in the late 1970s (she later returned to New York in the mid-1990s). Sometimes called “the godmother of punk music” her drawings have been exhibited at the Robert Miller Gallery and the Museum of Modern Art both in New York; the Museum Eki in Kyoto Japan; and the Pompidou Center in Paris. In 2005 she was awarded the Minister of Culture for the French Republic the grade of “Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres” the highest awarded to an artist. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007. Advertisement So it’s understandable that Denise tto of Sterling Heights was more than a little curious when she came across a piece of art called “The Chartreuse Petticoat” signed “P.
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FESTIVALFF: Rockumentary about Ecuador’s underground rock pop …
HotIndieNews.com
Festivalfff will be screening as part of CinemaParque a series of six screenings projected on the handball courts of Sternberg Park in East Williamsburg courtesy of the folks at Moviehouse. Both sides of the handball wall feature remarkable Spanish-language shorts videos and documentaries (complete with sub-titles. ) Following each screening the audience participates in an enriching and lively conversation with the talented filmmakers and curators. Tonight?s event includes a screening of Festivalfff rockumentary film featuring the recent local South-American underground rock pop and punk scene in the context of the 6th Edition of the outdoor Music Festival of Ambato-Ecuador.

CLUMN: Accomplished music producer mixes Hoodies
SUU Journal nline
“We’re at a crossroads point right now and we wanted to show different sides of us” Armbruster said. “I think the five we chose were perfect for what we wanted. The EP is a must-buy for any fans of pop-punk music. It features songs “Backwards” and “Electric Choir” which have been streaming live from their site myspace. Both songs show the strong pop-punk sound that The Hoodies possess much like popular bands like The Starting Line or Jimmy Eat World. The song “Time and Place” combines soft-toned verses with a chorus filled with rough riffs and catchy vocals.

- CLUMN: Accomplished music producer mixes Hoodies
- No holds barred
- Sidebar marks 11th anniversary as place for suits and punks

CLUMN: Accomplished music producer mixes Hoodies
SUU Journal nline
“We’re at a crossroads point right now and we wanted to show different sides of us” Armbruster said. “I think the five we chose were perfect for what we wanted. The EP is a must-buy for any fans of pop-punk music. It features songs “Backwards” and “Electric Choir” which have been streaming live from their site myspace. Both songs show the strong pop-punk sound that The Hoodies possess much like popular bands like The Starting Line or Jimmy Eat World. The song “Time and Place” combines soft-toned verses with a chorus filled with rough riffs and catchy vocals.

No holds barred
VUE Weekly
When Al Boyle of Vancouver’s three-piece punk outfit Hard Feelings was asked in a recent interview with BeatRoute he thought the question was pretty loaded. "I think that I was saying something about that it’s called a youth movement but really it’s kind of not because there are people that are in bands that are much older than me that have been doing it for way longer and are still doing it because obviously they have a blast doing it and they’re doing it" Boyle says. "But not even punk music—if you’re into rap music or hardcore or whatever you’re going to be into it because you’re into it. I think that question was kind of unfair because I’m like What? What do you think? Nomeansno haven’t stopped doing it. [That band is rumoured to be heading into the studio this fall. ]"New bands and old bands still blow my mind" he adds. "That never goes away and that ties into it still being valid.

Sidebar marks 11th anniversary as place for suits and punks
Baltimore Sun
That’s when Jeff Bradford a cigarette company rep and local booking agent suggested Ashburn start bringing in punk bands. At first Ashburn refused. He knew as much about punk music as he did about running a kitchen he said. He didn’t want to scare off the regulars either. “I said ‘I can’t put punk music in here’” Ashburn said. “I’ve got a happy-hour crowd to worry about. Ashburn reconsidered and decided to test the waters.
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Listen: Makeshift Prodigy
Consequence of Sound
It also doesn’t hurt that they will knock the socks off those who like to indulge in certain illegal but hallucinogenic activities. Lacking an acoustic guitar they will not satiate those Jack Johnson and Dave Matthews fans among us. However if you enjoy edgy post punk music with a soft pop heart these guys are for you. A Coldplay comparison cannot be denied but the double-kick pounding drums and the omnipresent guitar distortion steer the music from veering too far in this over used and abused direction. Their lead singer Anthony Bagnera?s high tenor will keep your girlfriend entertained for hours. Although maybe a bit too urban (and poppy) for the Indie crowd these guys stay on the right side of the fine line between credible musicianship and the type of music your parents can enjoy.

Vanessa Hudgens punks out and goes electric in Bandslam movie Special
DigitalJournal.com
(laughs) Before we started filming we went to a music camp. I also learned to play a little bit on the drums which was lots of fun. ??playing in the shuttered New York?s punk music landmark CBGB. ?We built our own CBGB. Since it doesn?t exist anymore we built our own. But it was so neat. You know the fact that we made our very own it was really cool.
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pening night of sf’s Doomed @ Sub Mission is a crowd pleaser
The Bay Bridged
  These guys were on my must see list for the night and they didn’t disappoint. They’re everything I love about punk music: timeless. You could imagine yourself in the late 70’s listening to this kind of music. No grand intentions no rock operettas just 3 chords and the truth.   The threesome had everyone in the place moving playing nothing slower than the tempo of a hummingbird’s heartbeat.

Teen Talk: Genre means nothing to real lovers of music
Friday Flyer
Music to me is a way to relieve stress and cool down. It’s a way to define yourself or keep you out of trouble. ut of all the types of music I like I am particularly fond of punk music. I really don’t know why but I have always just been drawn to it. Punk music has always given me a sort of relief whenever I would listen to it. It would give me the feeling that everything was going to be all right and that all my cares were gone. So whenever I had a bad day I would come home turn on some punk or rock music and everything would be okay again.

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- Teen Talk: Genre means nothing to real lovers of music
- Bands to relive fun at Valley hardcore punk rock reunion
- Review: Warped Tour again a top summer show

Vanessa Hudgens punks out and goes electric in Bandslam movie Special
DigitalJournal.com
(laughs) Before we started filming we went to a music camp. I also learned to play a little bit on the drums which was lots of fun. ??playing in the shuttered New York?s punk music landmark CBGB. ?We built our own CBGB. Since it doesn?t exist anymore we built our own. But it was so neat. You know the fact that we made our very own it was really cool.
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Teen Talk: Genre means nothing to real lovers of music
Friday Flyer
Music to me is a way to relieve stress and cool down. It’s a way to define yourself or keep you out of trouble. ut of all the types of music I like I am particularly fond of punk music. I really don’t know why but I have always just been drawn to it. Punk music has always given me a sort of relief whenever I would listen to it. It would give me the feeling that everything was going to be all right and that all my cares were gone. So whenever I had a bad day I would come home turn on some punk or rock music and everything would be okay again.

Bands to relive fun at Valley hardcore punk rock reunion
Allentown Morning Call
Bands such as the Ramones took up the banner in. Hardcore grew out of punk music in the U. as a faster and more aggressive cousin. Punk hardcore and metal all overlap to an extent and there are subgenres such as straight edge which rejects the use of drugs and alcohol.

Review: Warped Tour again a top summer show
Salt Lake Tribune
Locals Meg and Dia have been on the tour all summer while Utahns Avenue of Embers Drop Dead Julio and others played just for the Salt Lake City crowd. The tour brings more than 60 acts playing 20- 30- or 40-minute sets on seven stages which means patrons decide which acts they’ll see what they’ll do and how the day goes down. If you’re a fan of punk music and have a bad time at Warped Tour it’s your own fault. I started the day off at the Ernie Ball stage with Avenue of Embers a Draper-based rock band that won an online contest to play on the tour. The band was as talented and captivating as any on the tour with charismatic lead singer Angie Lee looking every bit the punk front-woman. Next I wandered through the main Advertisement yld_mgr.

- Review: Warped Tour again a top summer show
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Review: Warped Tour again a top summer show
Salt Lake Tribune
Locals Meg and Dia have been on the tour all summer while Utahns Avenue of Embers Drop Dead Julio and others played just for the Salt Lake City crowd. The tour brings more than 60 acts playing 20- 30- or 40-minute sets on seven stages which means patrons decide which acts they’ll see what they’ll do and how the day goes down. If you’re a fan of punk music and have a bad time at Warped Tour it’s your own fault. I started the day off at the Ernie Ball stage with Avenue of Embers a Draper-based rock band that won an online contest to play on the tour. The band was as talented and captivating as any on the tour with charismatic lead singer Angie Lee looking every bit the punk front-woman. Next I wandered through the main Advertisement yld_mgr.

Bands to relive fun at Valley hardcore punk rock reunion
Allentown Morning Call
Bands such as the Ramones took up the banner in. Hardcore grew out of punk music in the U. as a faster and more aggressive cousin. Punk hardcore and metal all overlap to an extent and there are subgenres such as straight edge which rejects the use of drugs and alcohol.
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Teen Talk: Genre means nothing to real lovers of music
Friday Flyer
Music to me is a way to relieve stress and cool down. It’s a way to define yourself or keep you out of trouble. ut of all the types of music I like I am particularly fond of punk music. I really don’t know why but I have always just been drawn to it. Punk music has always given me a sort of relief whenever I would listen to it. It would give me the feeling that everything was going to be all right and that all my cares were gone. So whenever I had a bad day I would come home turn on some punk or rock music and everything would be okay again.

- The Top 50 begins – Pearl Jam’s countdown surges onward
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- Wear what you Hear

The Top 50 begins – Pearl Jam’s countdown surges onward
Examiner.com
The Top 50 songs of Pearl Jam. Comatose (Pearl Jam 2006) – ne of the fastest Pearl Jam songs to date "Comatose" picks up where songs like "Spin the Black Circle" "Lukin" and "Go" left off taking all the momentum anger and fire of punk music and channeling it through a modern rock post-punk sound Vedder screaming his way throughout. The McCready and Gossard collaboration is a mere two minutes and twenty seconds providing the band just enough time to beat their audiences into submission at live shows. Usually appearing during encores Ed loves throwing the song on setlists just to raise an already feverish crowd energy to a higher more frantic level. As furious as the sound of "Comatose" may be the song is essentially about loving one’s fellow man regardless of authority’s interference or injustices. "High above I’ll break the law" Vedder sings during the bridge in a hoarse weary voice "If it’s illegal to be in love.

Emo: It’s Really Just Rock and Roll
C Weekly
I swear this was completely coincidental. n to thenext definition which was edited for length. [emo] An entire subculture of people (usually angsty teens) with a fake personality.
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Wear what you Hear
Wave
Take it right from black nail polishes (even for guys) to spiky black armlets to black clothes. Punk fashion is all about making a statement. ften seen as DIY (do it yourself) music clothing inspired is also the same. Excessive use of safety pins intentionally torn clothes and deliberately offensive and rebellious statements on t-shirts is the most popular way of expressing your punk attitude.

- Wear what you Hear
- World-famous Alec Empire Remixing Single By Austin’s PSR
- 411 Music Ten Deep 8.6.09: Top Ten Songs by The Who

Wear what you Hear
Wave
Take it right from black nail polishes (even for guys) to spiky black armlets to black clothes. Punk fashion is all about making a statement. ften seen as DIY (do it yourself) music clothing inspired is also the same. Excessive use of safety pins intentionally torn clothes and deliberately offensive and rebellious statements on t-shirts is the most popular way of expressing your punk attitude.

World-famous Alec Empire Remixing Single By Austin’s PSR
PRLog.rg (press release) (press release)
the unconscious personalities that exist simultaneously in a sometimes schizophrenic-like state. Childs who also enjoys a successful career touring the globe as a tech-house DJ is joined in the electro-punk band by Illson on ?dirty? bass and guitar Chris Casual on ?clean? bass and Adam Warped playing keys and DJing a laptop loaded with original synths and drums that Childs produced. PSR executive producer Traey Hatch of Tierra Studios said he views Alec Empire?s involvement as a tribute to electro-punk music?s history and a blessing from the artist who continues to innovate in the genre. ?Alec?s music has moved butts and assaulted crowds all over the globe and we?re truly excited to hear what he has in store for PSR? Hatch said. ?This will give ?Fantasy? and the Known Unknown album some immediate recognition and credibility because it exposes PSR to people who have loved Alec?s music for a long time. ?# # #Tierra Studios is a world-class recording studio in Houston. It is an innovative three-in-one music company that includes a studio record label and music publishing business.

411 Music Ten Deep 8.6.09: Top Ten Songs by The Who
411mania.com
“Substitute” is an insanely catchy pop-rock song that also has some killer vocal harmonies. It should also be noted that the rhythm section of Moon and Entwistle give the song a real heaviness that helps separate it from just a simple pop-rock tune. In fact that’s the case for a lot of early Who songs as Moon’s barely contained drums give off a sense of chaos and the unexpected that predates punk rock. But that doesn’t take away from the melody that Townshend wrote here one that’s infectious and timeless.
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Arrests shine spotlight on an unknown crime fighter
The Star-Ledger – NJ.com
The family legend was that his father was looking for a parking space in Hoboken and ended up some 20 miles away. He played football for Passaic Valley Regional High (“I wasn’t anything great but it was fun) and then went on to Rutgers University where he majored in history and then New York University Law School where he was a member of the law review. Known to frequent CBGB home to the punk music scene in lower Manhattan in the 1980s Marra discovered groups like the Talking Heads and the Ramones. Asked if he named his daughter after the lead singer of the Pretenders Marra only smiled. “I have a big crush on Chrissie Hynde. I’ll confess to that” he said. In fact there is a big poster of the Pretenders on the wall of his office.

Reel Big Fish and English Beat at Club Nokia on 7/31/09
Examiner.com
Reel Big Fish shows you what a truly fun band can do on stage especially with a crowd already riled up for fast dancing. The tour with Reel Big Fish The English Beat and The Supervillains continues on August 3 in San Francisco California then August 8 in Denver Colorado. They continue to Kansas City M Apple Valley MN St. Louis M and Chicago IL through August 14 2009.
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This Could Be Some New Daft Punk Music
Idolator: All About The Music
–>3 Responses to “This Could Be Some New Daft Punk Music”. i hope they’ve got a few new tricks in their space helmets anyway.

New Classics 101: Where did punk music start?
Examiner.com
To its originators if punk could be defined then it was no longer punk. It instead represented a freedom of artistic expression that had no designated fashion or sound. It didn’t even have a name; it was only called punk music in retrospect.

Local Scene: Nuggets Fest
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
“Not just so we could get some interesting covers happening but we wanted to broaden the appeal for this event to maximize the turnout. Bands were invited to play songs from the original double LP the CD box sets “More Nuggets” collection or any songs by bands featured on those compilations. “The 13th Floor Elevators The Sonics and The Monks are often considered the catalyst for what became punk music” Julin says “so it makes sense that their songs were the ones that everyone wanted to cover. Several bands wanted to play ‘You’re Gonna Miss Me’ and ‘Strychnine’ and those songs will certainly be featured. But so many options to select from nobody was discouraged. So how many people have they had to explain Nuggets to?”Gosh. Honestly more than I expected” Hughes says.