This new video from Minus the Bear fascinates me with it’s Mondrian technicolor themes. The look of this band rather confuses me as well. They look like indie rockers but sound like indie poppers. And the whole thing sorta smacked me in the face with a hint of Bee Gees. Am I wrong?
The latest video for “Albatross” by The Besnard Lakes from their Jagjaguwar release “The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night.” REALLY looking forward to their show Monday night 5/10 at The Independent in San Francisco! See you there.
First Yo Gabba Gabba, now Apples in Stereo. Elijah Wood is making quite a name for himself on the hipster video circuit. He did a whole series of videos with Apples in Stereo. Interesting career move.
For Record Store day this Saturday, April 17, Apples in Stereo will pre-release their covers album “Future Vintage”. For a list of participating retailers, click here.
I don’t care what all you hipsters say, I love Jack White and can’t wait to see him with The Dead Weather this Thursday at The Fillmore. Yeah.
Not necessarily music related but such a fun local tradition I felt compelled to share. This year my neighborhood played host to the 10th Annual Big Wheel Races held every Easter Sunday. Hundreds, thousands of people bust out their vintage Big Wheels, Green Machines, and custom rigs to race down San Francisco’s real crookedest street, Vermont Street in Potrero Hill. In costumes to boot! Good fun.
The new video for “Jail La La”, off Dum Dum Girls’ debut full-length released last month.
The first video from Titus Andronicus‘ second album, “The Monitor”.
God damn, these guys blew my mind in Austin. One of my favorite live performances and one of my favorite albums from ’09. What a voice, what a drummer. These Aussies are going to be huge. Mark my word. Check out their new video for the track “Sweet Disposition” off the album Conditions. Then sing out loud with me…”A moment, a love, a dream, a laugh, a kiss, a cry, our rights, our wrongs….Won’t stop till it’s over/ Won’t stop till you surrender.“
Massive Attack has been blowing my mind with their collection of videos, rather short films, promoting their latest album Heligoland. This one for the track “Saturday Come Slow” is by far the most intense. Directed by Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin, the short was filmed inside Cambridge University’s anechoic chamber (designed to create total silence) and features former Guantanamo Bay detainee, Ruhal Ahmed, reflecting on his experiences while in detention there and how he was interrogated using high-volume music.
Nirvana! Fashion and music…from LCD Soundsystem nonetheless. By way of @Pitchfork, I came across this video of LCD Soundsystem spinning a new song for the Yves St. Laurent Fall 2010-11 fashion show. There is no word as to whether or not this track will appear on their forthcoming album expected to release May 17. So until then all we can do is speculate what they have in store for us and how this Flying Nun look those YSL models are sporting will work for me. What do you think?
