Mandy, Indiana : I’ve Seen A Way

The UK experimental post-punk/dance/noise band Mandy, Indiana is the sound of sexy androids building more sexy androids in a cave that doubles as a rave. Robotic rhythms seem to emerge from grinding machines and screeching gears, while the vocals are less a voice singing than another rhythm instrument. It’s grinding, industrial noise for the dance […]

Panos Cosmatos’ ‘Mandy’

Nicholas Cage’s Red Miller seems like the kind of guy that left a lot of darkness in his past. He lives a simple life as a logger in the Pacific Northwest with the love of his life Mandy Bloom. You get the idea that before they had met Red lived a pretty raucous existence; drugs, […]

Panos Comsmatos’ ‘Mandy’

There have been hints, rumors, and allegations about Panos Cosmatos’ follow-up to his hyper-stylized and strangely beautiful Beyond The Black Rainbow for some time now. Nicholas Cage…satanic cult…revenge thriller…extremely violent…1983…all of those things had me hooked from the get go. Panos achieved so much with so little in Rainbow. It was a tour-de-force of style […]