We love art fusion; stopmotion + history + music = good times. Ok, so the history may be a little “light”, but hey, points for the effort. And the stopmotion is clever. The song used is “Thick as Thieves” by Kalle Mattson, who also, along with artist Kevin Parry, put together this cool little video. … Continue reading
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What do you do when your favorite new band from Manchester happens to not only be passing through your city, but is also playing around the corner from your apartment? You drop everything and go. It was barley a month ago that the heavy, poppy, noisy sounds of Wu Lyf first rattled my senses. Who … Continue reading
When Microphones front-man Phil Elverum joins forces with singer/songwriter Julie Dioron, beautiful things happen. Mount Eerie, the latest incarnation of Elverum’s collaborative musical project, shares much of the lo-fi drone rock early Microphones fans will remember. But with ‘Lost Wisdom’ Elverum and Dioron take lo-fi to a new, dare I say, prettier, place. … Continue reading
If the world were to end tomorrow, this is the song I’d want to represent my last day. Elbow’s ‘One Day Like This’ is about hope, love and the promise of better things to come. If you’re lucky, you’ve had one or two epic days in your life. A day full of love, maybe even … Continue reading
The golden kids of the Bay Area art-rock scene are on tour, and they’ve released some live tracks to prove it. Deerhoof has been confusing your eardrums since 1994, with something like 10 studio albums, most released on Kill Rock Stars (Olympia, Wa), and arguably they’re the biggest “art-rock” band to come out of the … Continue reading
Phosphorescent’s song, ‘Wolves’ is as beautiful as it is deceptively simple. The out of tune ukulele plays so well off the wintery lyrical images of, well, wolves. You’d be surprised. Kind of makes us want to sip hot chocolate by a roaring fire. Or maybe a hot whiskey. The video is fan-made, too. Kudos. For … Continue reading
10 of my friends agree that celebrities should use their, well, celebrity, for something positive. Some may send food to the starving children of an impoverished nation, while others just take the entire population of children home with them. Either way, it’s doing some good we reckon. But what of the starving artists of the … Continue reading
Like a Country Time Lemonade commercial, the song (and video) ‘What’s in it for?’ by Avi Buffalo will drench you in nostalgia for things that haven’t even happened yet. Rumor has it the song was recorded just for fun, then posted on Myspace. Of course, it went viral, and soon SubPop came a’knockin.
NME reported Thursday that rock musician and long time animal rights activist Morrissey used the attacks on Norway as an opportunity to once again remind his fans that, yes he’s still around and yes, he’s still the music industry’s pre-eminent douchebag. Morrissey, whose song “meat is murder” stands as a call to arms for vegetarianism, … Continue reading
