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My guests this week are Florida rapper Denzel Curry and British producer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Bobby Krlic AKA The Haxan Cloak. We spoke about Nightcrawler, Collateral, their mutual appreciation for Takashi Miike, their respective paths through music, the power of being yourself, and the creative process behind Bobby’s score for the new horror film HIM and Denzel’s contribution to the soundtrack’s titular song. Come fuck with us.

HIM (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Follow Denzel on Instagram (@denzelcurryph), Twitter (@denzelcurry), and TikTok (@denzelxcurry). Follow Bobby on Instagram: @thehaxancloak

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If you'd like to see full video of this and other episodes, join the Reel Notes Patreon at the Homie ($5/month) tier or higher. Each episode is also available to buy individually for $5 (BUY IT THROUGH A WEB BROWSER, NOT VIA THE PATREON iOS APP. YOU'LL GET CHARGED EXTRA MONEY AND IT WILL TAKE LONGER TO PROCESS.) You also get early access to episodes, an invite to our Discord server, access to the Reel Talk movie night archives, and more!

My guests this week are Colorado rapper-producer Teller Bank$ and producers Killer Kane, q no rap name, and Philth Spector. We spoke about the Nichola Winding Refn movie Drive, Sinners, The Toxic Avenger, concept albums as short films, honing their crafts in Colorado, Philadelphia, and California, a brief history of Flip A Beat Club, and the extensive creative process behind their collaborative album Drug$$$. Come fuck with us.

Drug$$$ is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping directly from Teller's Bandcamp page. Follow Teller on Instagram (@teller_banks) and Twitter (@Teller_Banks357). Follow Killer Kane on Instagram (@ourleaderkane) and Twitter (@killerkanebeats). Follow q no rap name on Instagram (@qnorapname) and Twitter (@qnorapname_). Follow Philth Spector on Instagram and Twitter (@philth_spector)

My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.

Reel Notes stands in solidarity with American immigrants against ICE and the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti. Protest, fight back, and fuck the system.

Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), Letterboxd (@CineMasai), and subscribe to my weekly Nu Musique Friday newsletter to stay tapped in to all things Dylan Green. Follow Hearing Things at hearingthings.co or @hearingthingsco on all platforms

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If you'd like to see full video of this and other episodes, join the Reel Notes Patreon at the Homie ($5/month) tier or higher. Each episode is also available to buy individually for $5 (Buy it through a web browser and not the Patreon app. You'll get charged extra if you purchase through the app.) You also get early access to episodes, an invite to our Discord server, access to the Reel Talk archives, and more!

My guest this week is Bronx-based rapper, singer, producer, co-host of Victory Light with The Kid Mero, and tattoo artist Rainey Ovalle. We spoke about the shadiness of the music industry and Spotify numbers, the Japanese crime thriller Battles Without Honor & Humanity, Tarzan, Sinners, listening to Raekwon’s Only Built 4 Cuban Linx for the first time on 9/11, evolving from slam poetry to rap music, his love for reggaeton and darkwave music, his feud with Alchemist, and the creative process behind his latest album Cigarettes With Dead Men and his latest single “Malona.” Come fuck with us.

Cigarettes With Dead Men and "Malona" are available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Follow Rainey on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok: @RaineyOvalle. Listen to Victory Light on YouTube or wherever else you get your podcasts.

My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.

Reel Notes stands in solidarity with American immigrants against ICE and the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti. For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!

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