The Goldberg Sisters is the new musical project from Adam Goldberg, the always entertaining actor/filmmaker whose impressive resume includes the likes of Saving Private Ryan, Dazed And Confused, Friends, Entourage, Zodiac, 2 Days In Paris and the Flaming Lips’ Christmas On Mars. The band’s 10-track, self-titled album (on Apology Music/Play It Again Sam) follows Goldberg’s 2009 musical debut, Eros And Omissions, released under the moniker LANDy. As with that project, The Goldberg Sisters finds Goldberg collaborating with Aaron Espinoza (Earlimart, Admiral Radley), though this time out, the duo was assisted by a handful of other musicians, including Goldberg’s girlfriend Roxanne Daner on violin. The result is a satisfying collection of effects-heavy, urbane psychedelia held together by Goldberg’s high-pitched, Lennon-esque croon. Goldberg will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our new Q&A with him.
Goldberg: The greatest film noir ever made. I don’t hesitate to say so. I don’t think it’s subjective. It just is. I’ve seen enough of them, down to D-list noirs, and Double Indemnity is simply a perfect movie. Smarty, moody, tragic, tense, photogenic. L.A. is the locale and the set—no Big Sleep backlot. Raymond Chandler and Billie Wilder adapting James Cain. Unreal. Why the fuck can’t that happen now? We’re screwed. I will add that Scarlet Street, a little-known Fritz Lang and Edward G. Robinson co-venture, is brilliant, but in a totally different, rougher, more meta way. I only discovered it a few years ago when I had figured I had long since tapped out this genre.
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