Emily Ansara Baines | Evil Monito

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Emily Ansara Baines is a native of Los Angeles, California—a fact of life she often finds contradictory to her creative writing goals. When not anxiously writing, Emily spends her time reading literature, researching up-and-coming indie music bands, taking pictures with her old-school Polaroid camera, and contemplating moving to Paris. In a past life she was a cat. After spending a year studying theatre school in the Midwest, Emily attended the University of Southern California. Now a graduate of both the film school and creative writing department at USC, Emily also possesses a fascination for the moving image. She hopes to use her love of music, chiaroscuro, and good writing to either one day make a film she is proud of, or at the very least a film that gives her enough clout to not seem pretentious when mocking particular movies. Emily collects vintage hats, fortune cookie fortunes, dead baby jokes, and has vague feelings of guilt involving her mother. Emily’s role models are J.D. Salinger, Aimee Bender, and Audrey Hepburn. Her favorite word is murmur.

Earth To The Dandy Warhols

The Dandy Warhols
Beat The World Records
(2008)
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Nobody can ever accuse the tragically hip Dandy Warhols of not knowing how to have a good time. The band’s most recent offering, Earth To The Dandy Warhols — its first concept album →

4 June 2008 2:24 pm | 5

Ghost Notes

Everest
Vapor Record
(2008)
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Ghost Notes , the debut album from Everest, an up-and-coming Los Angeles band that is certain to — with the aid of catchy tunes like “Rebels in the Roses” and “Reloader” — gain loyal fans →

25 May 2008 6:00 am |

Narrow Stairs

Death Cab for Cutie
Atlantic Records
(2008)
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In preceding albums Transatlanticism (Barsuk, 2003) and Plans (Atlantic, 2005), Death Cab for Cutie lead singer Ben Gibbard sings about wanting the girl, loving the girl, and possibly losing the girl. In Death Cab’s sophomore effort for Atlantic Records, Narrow Stairs →

19 May 2008 12:37 am |

Honeysuckle Weeks

The Submarines
Nettwerk Records
(2008)
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There’s that blessed, albeit fragile, period at the beginning of every romance, the span of time when your newfound love seems faultless and pure →

10 May 2008 8:02 am | 1

Water Curses

Animal Collective
Domino Records
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While it is hard to listen to Animal Collective’s EP, Water Curses , without recalling its predecessor Strawberry Jam , it is equally difficult to listen to their latest effort and not remember your first →

2 May 2008 7:18 pm |