SPEND VALENTINES DAY WITH THE SMITHS

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February 14, 2012
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SPEND VALENTINES DAY WITH THE SMITHS

“What came first, the music or the misery? Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to pop music?” It’s a question pondered by Rob Gordon in Nick Hornby’s ‘High Fidelity,’ as he surveys his record collection built on broken hearts. If you are asking yourself the same question this Valentines Day, why not mope with the Pope of Mope and the perfect anti-Valentines day band: The Smiths.

GOING OUT:

Unloveable: A Smiths & Morrissey Valentines Day at The Bell House in Brooklyn. Featuring the legendary NYC Smiths & Morrissey tribute band: The Sons & Heirs , plus a special pre-party with DJ Ceremony, spinning Brit-pop in the front lounge from 8-9 and in the main space from 9-10.

8pm Doors / 10pm Show / $10 adv / $12 dos
Get your advanced tickets here.

STAYING IN:

Hear all the best new music, flawlessly presented on East Village Radio by Mike Joyce, former Smiths drummer, and host of Mike Joyce’s Coalition Chart Show: the UK’s fastest growing ‘net based independent chart show. From the UK to the EV! Listen to select tracks from The Smiths recently remastered box set, Complete which has just been released on Rhino Records. Joyce simply found it just too difficult to choose, so he’s been whittling away and has managed to get it down to 24 tracks, which is a rather convenient 2 hours… which is conveniently the same time as the show.

 

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February 12, 2012
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DOWNLOAD STARFAWN: GREENLIGHT [TEEEL REMIX]

Check out this dark disco remix of Starfawn’s “Greenlight” from Teeel.

Download a copy of Starfawn’s EP – available digitally now through Moodgadget, more info at moodgadget.com/starfawn/

Starfawn is a collaboration between Producer Misha Mross and Vocalist Amber Schaefer that began in early 2011. The two met through mutual friends and connected over a shared love for synthesizers and electronic music.

Misha Mross currently lives in Brattleboro Vermont and splits his time between his day job as an electro-optical engineer, writing music, and his musical engineering projects, which include building custom MIDI controllers and interfaces, and programming synthesis software. Influenced by both the organic (Vermont woods, classical music, physics, math) and the technological (NES/SNES, electrical engineering, synthesizer music), his production style, while heavily synth based, has natural motion and melody.

While Misha Mross is the technical expert of the duo, Brooklyn resident Amber Schaefer brings her natural charisma and song-writing abilities to the project. Amber tangibly brings her acting and improv background to their performances, cooing as she nonchalantly rolls around on the stage.

Together as Starfawn, they craft highly personalized electronic music that has been described as “an instantly recognizably retro, yet strange and otherworldly soundscape … that revels in experimentation while still understanding the importance of actually having a song amongst the indulgence.”

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February 11, 2012
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BEYOND THE BLACK RAINBOW: THEATRICAL TRAILER



Set in the strange and oppressive emotional landscape of the year 1983,

BEYOND THE BLACK RAINBOW
is a Reagan-era fever dream inspired by hazy childhood memories of midnight movies and Saturday morning cartoons. We are hoping the transgressive mind-trip of a sci-fi throwback, lives up to it’s trailer, which looks like a cross between 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Tron and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. The film was spawned from the pre-teen fantasies of debut writer-director Panos Cosmatos and premiered at the 2010 Whistler Film Festival and showed at several film festivals throughout 2011, including Tribeca and Fantasia. The good folks at Magnet, the genre division of Magnolia Pictures are gearing up for a limited domestic theatrical release for the film.

Cosmatos was born in Rome in 1974 to the late Greek movie director (George Cosmatos) and a Swedish experimental artist mother. He spent his early formative years traveling all over the globe before settling in Canada. In 1981, the family lived for a year in Mexico where exposure to the strange local interpretations of American pop culture had a profound and lasting effect on his creative life. Growing up in the isolated suburbs of Vancouver Island during the 80s, he obsessed over the minutiae of heavy metal, fantasy art, and science fiction horror films, which he still does to this day. He then immersed himself in the underground art and music scenes making short films, album covers and music videos with a burgeoning group of influential and groundbreaking artists. Panos currently lives and works in Vancouver, British Columbia.

 

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February 10, 2012
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ADULTSWIM PRODUCED NEON INDIAN VIDEO: FALLOUT

The new video for Neon Indian‘s “Fallout” is an Adult Swim-produced cartoon directed by Lilfuchs. Paying homage to 80′s Saturday morning cartoons and sexy commercials, a scantily clad, pink maned, chill-wave Barbie cruises the scene in her 80′s convertible while paralyzing gas station workers with her gaze.

 

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February 8, 2012
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NEW VIDEO FROM THE BLACK KEYS: GOLD ON THE CEILING

The Black Keys Follow up their buzz-worthy viral video for “Lonely Boy”, with a new video for ”Gold On The Ceiling” off of their late 2011 release, El Camino. The video, directed by Reid Long, keeps it simple, following the band through their recent world tour intertwining studio footage with clips of the band behind-the-scenes and performing on stage.

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February 7, 2012
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NEW MUSIC FROM LELAND SUNDRIES: APPARITION

Brooklyn’s indie strummers Leland Sundries’ 2nd release The Foundry EP is out Feb 21, 2012 on L’Echiquier Records. Led by Nick Loss-Eaton the EP was recorded in Greenpoint, Brooklyn in an old creamery building with Loss-Eaton on resonator guitar, banjo, harmonium, harmonica, and vocals.

The lead single “Apparition” is now available for free download.

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February 6, 2012
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NEW MUSIC FROM FUCKED UP: YEAR OF THE TIGER


Toronto punks, Fucked Up are streaming their new 15 minute single “Year Of The Tiger” off  Year Of The __: a series of Chinese Zodiac singles. Every year, the band releases a track to celebrate a year on the Chinese calendar and this years track is highlighted by some prominent collaborators likes director Jim Jarmusch, electro pop band Austra, and Duchess Says leader Annie-Claude Deschênes.

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February 6, 2012
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NEW VIDEO FROM BIG DEAL: TALK

Kacey Underwood and Brit Alice Costelloe aka Big Deal just released a new video for “Talk”, off their most recent album Lights Out.  Directed by the talented, Brooklyn director Yoonha Park (Washed Out, Deerhoof and Beach House) the video  captures the bands innate ability to tap into the innocence, insecurity, wonder and (sometimes unrequited) love and lust of relationships. With a combination of sparse interweaving lo-fi guitars, emotive lyrics, set against the fuzzed out chords of an electric guitar and the tones of a boy / girl vocal create a sound that is sweet and seductive. Understated and discreet, it feels like a love note passed between classes.

Big Deal will be coming to the US in March for SXSW, including two special shows in New York and a show in Los Angeles, marking the band’s live debut in the US.

DOWNLOAD MP3: BIG DEAL: “CHAIR”

 

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February 2, 2012
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RYAN ADAMS, CHILDISH GAMBINO + MICHAEL MCDONALD ON 30 ROCK

Michael McDonald, Cee Lo, Ryan Adams and Childish Gambino (aka Donald Glover) share song cameos in this animated 30 rock webisode. Donaghy needs to find a Super Bowl halftime performer to replace an injured Madonna and the four singers must compete against each other, while singing NBC theme songs. Don’t miss the Michael McDonald Saved by the Bell theme cover.

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January 24, 2012
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STREAM AU PALAIS: TENDER MERCY

Stream the Tender Mercy EP from Toronto bred- now London based Au Palais.  On Tender Mercy, Brother and sister duo Elise and David Commathe have crafted a calm and cool collection of beat heavy, goth-pop tracks, shimmering with soaring vocals and elegant beauty.

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January 18, 2012
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INSIDE THE BICYCLE FILM FESTIVAL IN NEW YORK CITY

Born in New York, The Bicycle Film Festival has evolved hand in hand with the unprecedented boom in urban cycling internationally. From its roots in New York City, The BFF has grown into a multi-faceted, global event that will travel to over 25 cities this year, from Milan to Tokyo, Minneapolis to Sydney. In 2001 Brendt Barbur, Founding Director, was compelled to start the Bicycle Film Festival after being hit by a bus while riding his bike in New York City. He was inspired to turn this negative experience into a positive one, and created a festival that celebrates the bicycle through music, art, and film. The festival merges many creative communities, including fashion, music and art, as well as various bicycling communities – road cycling, mountainbiking, fixed gear, BMX, cyclocross – over a shared passion for bike riding. Watch above as Discosalt goes inside The Bicycle Film Festival’s headquarters in New York with its creator Brendt Barbur.

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January 12, 2012
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NEW VIDEO FROM A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS: SO FAR AWAY

A Place To Bury Strangers have just premiered the new video for their song “So Far Away”, created by band member Oliver Ackermann using a collage of his own photos. Using the iPhone application Hipstamatic, Ackermann got the idea after importing some photos from his phone to his computer & watching them flash in quick succession across the screen: ”The pictures are all take with Ina’s 1969 Film with the iPhone application Hipstamatic. I did this because it is one of the most common ways photos are taken and shared at this moment in time. The photos were all taken since our van was stolen in Italy. Once I started importing photos and assembling them then I realized with a couple of the cool driving sequences that I shot I should shoot some things in an animation style. The story in the video is personal and reflective of our lives over the past year or so.”
A Place To Bury Strangers have also announced they will tour with The Joy Formidable across the US this Spring. The bands will start on the west coast with dates in San Francisco and LA before heading across the Midwest through to the East Coast & wrapping it up with dates in Montreal and Toronto. A full list with details is below. The dates will follow the release of their Onwards To The Wall EP, which is out on February 7 on Dead Oceans. The EP contains 5 brand new, face-melting tracks that explore the limits of loud.
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