IS INDIE POP FORMULAIC? 6 KEYS TO CLASSIC SUMMER SOUND
Is indie pop formulaic?
Last summer, discosalt writer Casey Bowers pinned down 6 Keys to a Classic Summer Sound:
1. 60’s girl group pop melodies
2. Big, bright surf guitars
3. Vocals drenched (or drowned) in reverb
4. Any sound resembling The Beach Boys or Jan and Dean
5. Lyrics with the words: beach, summer, sun or waves
6. 80’s dream pop influence
This year, with the onslaught of 90s indie rock influence, garage rock leanings and psychedelic or chill vibes, 2011 has been about deviation. Here are some tracks that stayed true and got stuck in our heads and a few others that broke away, blurred the lines and just flat out floored us.
1. Bedroom Eyes - Dum Dum Girls
2. Summer Hits Or J Plus J Don't Like - Mazes
3. Hold On - Yellow Ostrich
4. Speaking In Tongues (featuring David Byrne) - Arcade Fire
5. Bone Orchard - Turrks
6. Where I'm Going - Cut Copy
7. Come to the City - The War on Drugs
8. Georgia - Yuck
You can check out Casey's article " Radiohead: Echoes of the Past, Glimpses of the Future" in the REMIX ISSUE of DISCOSALT Magazine, on sale now.
ROOFTOP FILMS CLOSING WEEKEND: WORLD’S BEST DAD + ROOFTOP SHOTS
This weekend is, sadly, the final two nights of Rooftop Films this summer. Closing Weekend features the World Premiere of World’s Best Dad, and “Rooftop Shots,” a selection of the year’s best short films.
Friday, August 19, 2011:
World Premiere of World’s Best Dad
8:00 PM Doors Open
8:30 PM Live Music by Sport of Kings
9:00 PM Film Begins
10:30 PM Q&A with Filmmaker Joshua Gross
11:00 PM After Party in the Courtyard
Saturday, August 20, 2011:
“Rooftop Shots” Short Film Program and
Rooftop Films Closing Night Party
8:00PM Doors Open
8:30PM Live Music by Lady Lamb the Beekeeper
9:00PM Films Begin
11:00PM After Party in the Courtyard
WHERE: The Old American Can Factory, 232 3rd St. (at 3rd Ave.), Brooklyn, NY 11215
THE FILMS:
Friday, August 19, 2011
WORLD’S BEST DAD – WORLD PREMIERE
(Joshua Gross | New York, NY | 84 min.)
Miles hasn’t seen Matt since their father passed away. Now, they’re going to blast him into space. Once they steal his ashes. And figure out how to launch the rocket. And get him to Nevada. We all have different ways of mourning. In some cultures, you don’t leave the house for a week. In others, you drink and have a big party. There might be praying, rending of garments, fire rituals. And that’s what you get here. Sort of. If you’re an aimless young man who’s life has been traumatized by a domineering father, you start by chucking some rocks at your little brother’s window in the middle of the night so you can show off the new stars and strips paint job on the van and the bright yellow t-shirts you hand-printed. Because for Miles (Charlie Ochs), the lead in this charming indie comedy, the adventure is always on the verge of beginning.
More information at: http://rooftopfilms.com/2011/schedule/worlds-best-dad/
Saturday, August 20, 2011
ROOFTOP SHOTS – CLOSING NIGHT
Short films so sharp we call them shots, fired from the roof one last time. Includes a haunting piece by the late celebrated documentary filmmaker Tim Hetherington.
THE EAGLEMAN STAG (Mikey Please | United Kingdom | 9 min.)
CRAZY BEATS STRONG EVERY TIME (Moon Molson | New Jersey | 26 min.)
DIARY (Tim Hetherington | Brookly, NY | 19 min.)
IT’S ME. HELMUT. (Nicolas Steiner | Ludwigsburg, Germany | 12 min.)
A PIECE OF SUMMER (Marta Minorowicz | Poland | 23 min.)
SCHLAF (SLEEP) (Claudius Gentinetta, Frank Braun | Zurich, Switzerland | 4 min.)
More information at: http://rooftopfilms.com/2011/schedule/rooftop-shots-1/
SNEAK PEAK: TOP SECRET SARA BLAKE PROJECT + 100 GIRLS
Before she heads over to Auckland, NZ to speak at the amazing We Can Create conference series, a 2 day conference for creatives, discosalt artist Sara Blake is sharing some new work. Not only can you can see more of Sara in the new issue of DISCOSALT Magazine, but she has been busy preparing new work for a side event exhibition with several incredible local artists as well. The exhibition will be the first installment of a year long project called 100 Girls—a personal exercise and exploration in creating a large body of work of one of her favorite subjects—pretty ladies. And Sara also has very hush hush top secret collaborations coming up as well, which you can sneak a peak at.
Below are some process images and sneak peaks of the 100 Girls series.
Here are some sneak peaks at Sara’s top secret project…shhhhh:
LISTEN NOW: NEW ALBUM FROM TEAM GENIUS
Our favorite Halloween party house band, Team Genius have a new EP, of pop songs, aptly titled, well, “Pop Songs” coming out on the 23rd. You can give it a listen right here, then come out and support the band this Friday (8/19) at Mercury Lounge for their record release show with opening band Quiet Loudly.SHABAZZ PALACES: BLACK UP
[rating: 4.5 stars]
Shabazz Palaces: Black Up
Label: Sub Pop
Release date: June 28, 2011
Black Up is a hip-hop album that sounds unlike any other hip-hop album this year. Borrowing from African roots, jazz, ambient, electronic and dub-step and led by enigmatic Seattle based rapper Ishmael Butler aka ‘Palaceer Lazaro’, once ‘Butterfly’ of Digital Planets, Black Upis both dense and dissonant. This is a sonic move reminiscent of early Wu-Tang and J-Dilla mixed with the atmospheric magic of DJ Shadow, sounding at once throwback but some how still miles ahead.
DANIEL ISAIAH GETS FOLKY ON LOWER EAST SIDE
Daniel Isaiah’s recent release High Twilight winds it’s way through years of folk references with some refreshing indie ingredients. There are tracks that speak to Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and Conor Oberst, but with bursts of a youthful Montreal indie rock sound. For those looking for an energetic update to more traditional folk songwriting, Isaiah delivers with tracks like “The Naked Night” which features some heavier guitars and synth backgrounds and “Candlemaker Row” with stark percussive interludes. His charming French tracks “J’habites un pays” and “Mélissa” are a sweet addition and also offer a soft contrast to his folkier sounds. I like that he follows “Mélissa” with “Ogygia” which has a similar quality, but is sung in English. The two songs speak to each other melodically and tonally.
Check out “High Twilight” and “The Naked Night” now and don’t miss Daniel Isaiah live Friday 6/24 at Pianos or Saturday 6/25 at Rock Shop.
JOSH OWENS: MANHATTAN TIMELAPSE
Photographer Josh Owens of mindrelic.com recently spent a little over a month (March 12th to April 29th) hotel hopping in Manhattan shooting time lapse with a Canon 5D mark II and two Canon 7Ds. These clips were pulled from over an hours worth of footage with music from NYC based group The American Dollar:
PARTS & LABOR COVERS KANYE WEST
BICYCLE FILM FESTIVAL RETURNS TO NEW YORK!
Herds of bicycle enthusiasts from around the world will flock to New York City this June for the Bicycle Film Festivalʼs Eleventh year in NY, to celebrate the worldʼs best invention: the bicycle.
Born in New York, the festival’s immense popularity and continued growth has evolved hand in hand with the unprecedented boomin urban cycling internationally. From its roots in New York City, the BFF has grown into a multi-faceted, globalevent 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.“NY is one of the greatest bicycle cities in the world” says Brendt Barbur. “We are very happy to bring the BFFback home.”
Film highlights include:
The World Premiere of RACING TOWARDS RED HOOK (Dir. Jessica Scott & HydeHarper)
The story of 3 cyclists of diverse backgrounds competing in one of New York Cityʼs biggest undergroundevents, the 2011 Red Hook Criterium. The rules are simple: 20 laps, one gear, zero brakes.
SUNCHASERS (Dir. Irvin Coffee)
This documentary explores the world of competitive cycling through the lives ofthree disabled women, each in distinct periods of their cycling careers as they prepare for the Paralympics.BFF11 showcases a stellar collection of short films, including
LAST MINUTES WITH ODEN (winner of VimeoʼsBest Video Award)
dramatic documentary about Odenʼs struggle with cancer,
BIKELORDZ: STUNTS ANDSTYLES FROM ACCRA, GHANA
showcasing a new interesting bike culture
BIKE RACE
a bike animationthat puts some of cyclingʼs greats head to head.
Aside from the films, you can also check out
BIKES ROCK, a BFF kick-off concert, June 22
JOYRIDE ART SHOW June 23 at the Spencer Brownstone Gallery
GOLD SPRINTS PARTY June 24 at The Acheron
BFF STREET PARTYJune 25 in the Lower East Side
Celebrating bikes & community, 12-6 PM 2nd street, between 1st and 2nd ave.
The BFF Annual Street Party brings together bicycle enthusiasts and street riders from all over the world foran afternoon of bike fun in the street. Bicycle contests hosted by the best riders in the world. Freestyle fixedgear compettions hosted by the popular group GRIME and BMX Jam hosted by Post BMX. Vendors that spanthe globe will be selling handmade bicycle goods. Thousands of people expected!
LET THE RYTHYM ROCK dance party, June 25 at China Chalet.
300,000 people are expected to attend BFF in 2011. Make sure that youʼre one of them!For the most up to date information on the festival please visit bicyclefilmfestival.com
BAND RADAR: BUZZWORTHY SOUTH FLORIDA DUO: THE BAND IN HEAVEN
Stream the digitial album demos from The Band in Heaven; the latest noise duo making a name in the South Florida Music scene.
“The Band In Heaven sports a strong pop sensibility, and they make sure you hear it. It’s a trophy standing on a pedestal of guitar distortion and feedback. The sounds can be pretty punishing, but there’s a blissful, mind-numbing quality to their music, too. It could be likened to dream pop, but sleep is the last thing on my mind when this is on.” –theneedledrop.com
“If you dig the spacey, droning haze of NYC’s seminal Velvet Underground, Tx.’s primordial psych-pioneers the 13th Floor Elevators or even the dreamy revivalist mantras of such modern-day revisionists as Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Brian Jonestown Massacre or The Warlocks, this buzzworthy Orlando duo will make you smile, nod out and fumble for a massive glass of freshly squeezed orange juice. Their informed, crate-digger take on a genre which seems on the cusp of a major resurgence has all the lazy bombast of The Jesus & March Chain at their least “mature”: it’s a numbing wall of fuzzed-out bass, distorted guitar, combo organ and hypnotic, pounding drums drenched in echo and insouciantly bedraggled.” – Savannah’s Connect
BATTLE FOR BROOKLYN + NEW YORK NON-FICTION + GREEN AT ROOFTOP FILMS
Some more great shows at Rooftop Films coming up this week. On Thursday, They’re presenting a free screening of the David vs. Goliath documentary Battle for Brooklyn, about Bruce Ratner’s controversial Atlantic Yard’s project. Friday is “New York Non-Fiction,” the popular annual program of short films featuringthe quirky, compelling, and captivating local characters that make New York City great. And on Saturday check out a special sneak preview of Sophia Takal’s deliciously creepy sexual thriller Green, which won her the SXSW Chicken and Egg Emergent Narrative Woman Director Award in Austin this year.
Thursday, June 9th
ROOFTOP FILMS: BATTLE FOR BROOKLYN – Free show
(Michael Galinsky, Suki Hawley, David Beilinson | Brooklyn, NY | 93 min.)
A group of people in Rooftop’s beloved Brooklyn come together to fight the Atlantic Yards Project—a massive real estate development that threatens to destroy their homes and neighborhood—in this epic tale of how far people will go to fight for what they believe in. Presented in partnership with the Brooklyn Film Festival. BFF runs from June 3rd through June 12th.
No admission for this show. More information at: http://rooftopfilms.com/2011/schedule/battle-for-brooklyn/
Venue:
The Myrtle Avenue Hill in Ft. Greene Park, Myrtle and N. Portland, Fort Greene, Brooklyn, NY 11205
Enter the park at Myrtle and N. Portland and walk up the path.
Subway: G to Fulton, C to Lafayette, 2,3,4,5 to Nevins or B,M,Q, R to Dekalb
9:00PM Film Begins
Friday, June 10, 2011
ROOFTOP FILMS: NEW YORK NON-FICTION (Short Films)
It’s Your City. Take a Look. One’s a hustler. One’s a magician. Several are men of music. And one’s just a regular guy. But they have two things in common: They’re all New Yorkers, and they all have a story. One that distinguishes them. One that defines them. One that strikes a universal chord, yet is uniquely New York. These New York stories will stick with you.
Tickets are $10 online or at the door. Tickets and more information at:http://rooftopfilms.com/2011/schedule/new-york-nonfiction-1/
Venue:
OPEN ROAD ROOFTOP
350 Grand Street (at Essex), Lower East Side, New York, NY 10002
Subway: F, J, M, Z to Delancey Street-Essex Street; B, D, Q to Grand Street
8:00 PM Doors Open
8:30 PM Live Music by Greg Garing
9:00 PM Films Begin
11:30 PM After Party at Fontanas (105 Eldridge Street, btwn Grand St. and Broome St.)
The Films:
FOUND: LOST PICTURES OF NEW YORK BLIZZARD (Todd Bieber | NYC)
A MAN NAMED MAGICK (Joaquin Perez & Robert Hatch-Miller | Brooklyn, NY)
THE BOWLER (Sean Dunne | NYC)
LEGEND: A FILM ABOUT GREG GARING (Emily Branham | NYC)
FOUND: LOST PICTURES OF NEW YORK BLIZZARD, PART 2 (Todd Bieber | NYC)
WHITE LINES AND THE FEVER: THE DEATH OF DJ JUNEBUG (Travis Senger | NYC)
FOUND: LOST PICTURES OF NEW YORK BLIZZARD, PART 3 (Todd Bieber | NYC)
Saturday, June 11, 2011
ROOFTOP FILMS: GREEN – Sneak Preview
(Sophia Takal | Brooklyn, NY | 72 min.)
An eerily compelling sexual thriller from writer-director Sophia Takal, Green focuses on a young literary couple who encounter an alluring country bumpkin during their weekend getaway. Brooklyn-based filmmaker Sophia Takal’s promising debut focuses on the romantic tensions that develop between a young literary couple and the outgoing country bumpkin they encounter during a getaway from the city. Out in the woods, existing relationships start to fray, and the makings of a dangerous love triangle start to come together. Or do they? Takal’s auspicious debut hovers in remarkable ambiguity. Winner of the Chicken & Egg Emergent Narrative Woman Director Award at the SXSW Film Festival.
Tickets are $10 online or at the door. Tickets and more information at:
http://rooftopfilms.com/2011/schedule/green/
Venue:
OPEN ROAD ROOFTOP
350 Grand Street (at Essex), Lower East Side, New York, NY 10002
Subway: F, J, M, Z to Delancey Street-Essex Street; B, D, Q to Grand Street
8:00 PM Doors Open
8:30 PM Live Music
9:00 PM Film Begins
11:30 PM After Party at Fontanas (105 Eldridge St., btwn Grand St. and Broome St.)
Plays with:
MEN IN LOVE (Keith Davis | Brooklyn, NY | 12 min.)
Following a bitter break-up, Leo’s best friend takes him out to meet a new woman and ‘get over’ his ex. But after a steamy and unexpected encounter with a stranger he’s forced to face what most men fear: they don’t realize they’re in love until it’s too late.
BOB DYLAN REVISITED ON EAST VILLAGE RADIO
In honor of Bob Dylan’s 70th birthday today, East Village Radio is celebrating the occasion with six hours of special Dylan content. Tune in at 2 p.m., to hear Clash magazine editor Simon Harper presenting “Dylan A-Z”, a collection of Dylan songs for every letter of the alphabet. Then, at 4 p.m. Rolling Stone Contributing Editor Austin Scaggs will share his favorite Dylan bootlegs, and at 6 p.m. Chances With Wolves will play their favorite Dylan covers. You can also listen to some interviews from Don’t Look Back and some rare live performances. Listen live at www.eastvillageradio.com. Happy Birthday Bob!
| Excerpt of Albert Grossman | Don’t Look Back 1965 | May 24 |
| Bob Dylan and The Band | You ain’t goin’ nowhere | May 24 |
| Beatles | Interview | May 24 |
| Bob Dylan | Must be Santa | May 24 |
| Excerpt of Bob Dylan | Don’t Look Back 1966 | May 24 |
| Bob Dylan | Maggie’s Farm LIVE at Newport Folk Festival 1965 | May 24 |
| Excerpt of Bob Dylan | LIve at Manchester Free Trade Hall 1966 | May 24 |
| Bob Dylan | Interview from No Direction Home | May 24 |
| Bob Dylan | Just like a woman LIVE at Glasgow Barrowlands 2004 | May 24 |
| Bob Dylan | Hurricane | May 24 |
| Bob Dylan | Interview plus excerpt from No Direction Home | May 24 |
| Bob Dylan | Idiot Wind | May 24 |
| Bob Dylan and Joan Baez | Interview from No Direction Home | May 24 |
| Bob Dylan and Joan Baez | Mama, you’ve been on my mind LIVE 1964 | May 24 |
| Keith Richards | Interview | May 24 |
| Little Richard | Slippin’ and slidin’ | May 24 |
| Mavis Staples | Interview for Clash Magazine 2010 | May 24 |
| Bob Dylan | Tonight I’ll be staying here with you | May 24 |
| Bob Dylan | Thing have changed | May 24 |
| Bob Dylan and Pete Seeger | Interview from 1962 | May 24 |
| Bob Dylan | The lonesome death of Hattie Carroll LIVE Cabadian TV 1964 | May 24 |
| Bob Dylan | Interview from Don’t look back 1965 | May 24 |
| Bob Dylan | Gotta serve somebody | May 24 |
| Bob Dylan | Sara | May 24 |
| Excerpt of Bob Dylan’s | Theme Time Radio Hour: New York | May 24 |
| Bob Dylan | All along the watchtower | MTV Unplugged | May 24 |
| Bob Dylan | Visions of Johanna | May 24 |
| Woody Guthrie | Do re mi |
SLASHER? I DON’T EVEN KNOW HER: ANR’S HORROR FLICK
“It all started with the idea of shooting spear hooks through this girls back, through her boobs, into her boyfriends hands.” That’s what ANR’s singer/ drummer, Michael John Hancock, told us was the premise for the bands new slasher film project. We took the bait too. So here it is, the music video edit of ANR’s slasher film based on “Big Problem” directed by Lucas Leyva, crewed by the fine folks at Borscht Film Festival, and starring a cast of Miami heroes. It’s a 5 minute horror epic along the line of Thriller. Check back with us for the extended 12 minute unrated short film version coming soon too.
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THIS WEEK AT ROOFTOP FILMS: SOUND OF NOISE + DARK TOONS
Two great shows coming up this week at Rooftopfilms. On Thursday, check out Sound of Noise, a maniacally funny Swedish comedy about a band of musical anarchists who break into banks, hospitals, and construction sites and perform guerilla style concerts using their surroundings as musical instruments. The film’s musicians and filmmakers will be at the show, facing off in a live, heavyweight drum battle that we hear has been brewing ever since they started shooting the film. Friday is “Dark ‘Toons,” the popular annual collection of enjoyable evil animation. This year’s batch will include a crazy quilt remix of Bill Plympton’s Oscar nominated short Guard Dog.
Show details below:
Thursday, May 19th
SOUND OF NOISE
A clever and fiercely entertaining Swedish comedy about a group of “musical terrorists” who break into hospitals, banks, and other public places to play compositions using the surroundings as their instruments. The screening will feature a special live performance by the musicians from the film. Presented in partnership with MusicDoc Malmo.
Venue: On the pier at Solar One
2420 FDR Drive (E 23rd Street and the East River)
New York, NY 10010
Subway: R/6 to 23rd St., walk all the way east.
8:00PM Doors Open
8:30PM Live Music by Prylf
9:00PM Film begins
10:30PM Special LIVE Heavyweight Drum Battle between the Drummers and the Filmmakers!
10:45PM After Party Onsite
Tickets and more info at: http://rooftopfilms.com/2011/schedule/sound-of-noise/
Friday, May 20, 2011
DARK ‘TOONS
Venue: On the pier at Solar One, 2420 FDR Drive (E 23rd Street and the East River
New York, NY 10010
Subway: R/6 to 23rd St., walk all the way east.
8:00 PM Doors Open
8:30 PM Live Music by Live Footage
9:00 PM Films Begin
11:00 PM After Party Onsite
Tickets and more info at: http://rooftopfilms.com/2011/schedule/dark-toons-1/
The Films:
GUARD DOG GLOBAL JAM (Bill Plympton | New York, NY | 5 min.)
75 different artists combined their talents (and styles) for this crazy-quilt remake of an Oscar-nominated short. plymptoons.com
THE HOLY CHICKEN OF LIFE AND MUSIC (Nomint | Greece | 3 min.)
A giant, two-headed chicken is the ultimate false god, in this jaw-droppingly surreal fantasy. theholychicken.com
THE GLOAMING (Niko Nobrain | France | 14 min.)
The last man in his world creates new life that quickly spins out of his control – despite his efforts to play God. An allegory for the ages. nobrain.fr
COSMIC JUNGLE (Marie Ayne, Martin Brunet, Alexander Casals, Sebastien DeOliveira Bispo, Fabrice Fiteni, Mathieu Garcia | France | 5 min.)
Two rambunctious mutts upset the order of a robot-run metropolis in this ultra-kinetic future fantasy.
THE REPLICANTS: USER (Edouardo Salier | France | 4 min.)
Old-school flipbook filmmaking – with an angst-rock soundtrack. Courtesy of Autour De Minuit.
TRIUMPH OF THE WILD (Martha Colburn | New York | 11 min.)
An exploration of the impulses that prompt hunting and the resiliency of people and animals in times of battle during 300 years of American history. [Sundance]
THE ONGOING LIFE OF PETER PEEL: CAN, CAN, CAN’T (Felix Massie | UK | 2 min.)
The drudgery of the stock clerk’s day is perfectly encapsulated, in this cheerfully wan vignette.
LGFUAD (Kelsey Stark | Brooklyn, NY | 4 min.)
Sex. Violence. Death. The interior life of the average, alienated suburban teen. riversideflesh.blogspot.com
MOSKITO BRAVO (Emeline Chankamshu, Alexandre Cuegniet, Paul Serrell, Sarah Sutter, Henning Wagenbreth | France | 7 min.)
One dog-eat-dog world is just a speck on the surface of another – which in turn exists inside another. And so on, in a riot of color and ordered chaos.
ENRIQUE WRECKS THE WORLD (David Chai | San Jose, California | 4 min.)
One surly kid with a sling shot accidentally unleashes a cataclysmic chain reaction in this mordant imagining of a whoops apocalypse. houseofchai.net
BEAUTIFUL AND DAMNED: POST-URBAN POP ART
Pam Glew’s forthcoming show features icons from the Roaring 20s, from silent movies to the golden age of cinema. The next generation post-urban pop artist uses her signature style of dyeing and bleaching vintage materials to create poignant portraits of the beautiful and the damned.
‘Beautiful and Damned’, the shows title, is of course taken from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1922 novel, which explores the listless lives of moneyed society during the Jazz Age. This captivating era, drenched in glamour yet tinged with tragedy is the decadent setting for this extraordinary series of work. The exquisitely beautiful movie starlets, society icons and characters on display capture the spirit of the age all who are caught in the unforgiving glare of the limelight and some sadly burn out before their time. As Pam states, “the tragedy amongst the beauty is what has inspired this show, the sharp contrast between a blessed life and one that ends in scandal, hedonism or destitution”.
For this latest series, the artist uses found materials from the same period. This is the first time she has incorporated antiques into her work. Each piece is deconstructed, dyed, and repeatedly bleached until a portrait emerges from the cloth. Rather than add pigment, Glew takes away the pigments in layers, creating ghostly figures, which appear almost woven into the cloth. This technique, mastered by the artist, can also be seen in the ‘Flag’ series and ‘Circus’ series, these prolific luminaries’ faded portraits are not only responsive to the vulnerability of the characters but are also loaded with connotations of the fragility of all human life and the transcendent nature of all our lives. However, in this new body of work Glew explores colour and pattern as a contemporary re-invention of found materials. The vintage materials and antique techniques used, such as crewelwork, further highlight and bring to the surface the precious and tenuous lives of the characters featured.
Household names of the time feature in this ever so evocative exhibition, such as world famous vaudeville performer Josephine Baker, sultry screen goddess Marlene Dietrich and the pioneering aviators of the time Amelia Earhart the first female pilot to fly solo over the Atlantic, who went missing attempting to fly around the world and Charles ’Lucky Lindy’ Lindberg, whose child was notoriously kidnapped and murdered in the ‘Crime of the century’. These highly iconic figures, each with their own personal distressing life stories, represent the true spirit of the age.
Glew acknowledges the influence of some of the great Pop artists like Johns and Warhol while we also see a nod to women’s installation art and post-modern film theory allowing her to comment on contemporary society in a more poetic and subtle way than we usually see in the urban scene. Her gentle and feminine approach to a sensitive subject matter could be the reason why she has been picked up by the likes of the actress of the moment
– Gemma Arterton.
YUCK + TAME IMPALA: LIVE AT WEBSTER HALL
Yuck and Tame Impala played a sold out show at Webster Hall on Monday 25.4.11.
For a band that formed only a little over a year ago, the London/Hiroshima/ New Jersey foursome, Yuck are quickly becoming one of the best new bands out there. They might sound like they belong in the early 90’s but they are one of the more technically gifted guitar acts to tour in a long time, and prove themselves to be more than mere “Nineties revivalists” in concert. Drawing obvious inspiration from grunge and shoegaze bands from over a decade ago, they somehow manage to sound all their own, frontman Daniel Bloomburg channeling a bit of a young Dylan-esc stage swagger on a raw version of “Georgia”, and the band showing a more melancholy dreamlike side on “Suicide Policeman”. Substance o
If you haven’t seen Yuck live yet, there are still Tickets available for their Headline show at Bowery Ballroom on May 27th or you can head over and catch them play a free in-store at Other Music TONIGHT.
Aussie musical ensemble Tame Impala took the stage last and is a beast. Their 70 minute psychedelic hypno-groove melodic rock performance was packed with enough emotion and atmosphere to keep your head swirling around like the light show they project behind them. With 9 flat screen monitors featuring a psychedelic light show rigged up to their guitars, the band tightly ripped through the entire Innerspeaker album, some lesser known tracks off their debut EP and even covered “Angel” by Massive Attack! Check out the full setlist and some pictures from the whole show, below:
VIDEO PREMIERE: NEW NUMBERS: TALK ABOUT YOURSELF
Brooklyn musical duo New Numbers have a new Midnight Cowboy inspired music video, directed by Matt Collison for “Talk About Yourself”, which is premiering right here on Discosalt! The track comes off their self-released debut full length album Vacationland, released on their own label Musiques Primitives. As an added treat… to go along with the release of the video, the band is giving their album away FREE all month. Just click HERE for a direct download.
And to catch the band live, come out and support them this Friday night at The Rock Shop in Park Slope with Hawk and Dove and Kleenex Girl Wonder, 10pm sharp! Check out a video flyer below and we’ll see you at the show:
UFFIE COVERS “WORDY RAPPINGHOOD” FOR EVIAN
French MC, Uffie has paired up the legendary DJ Mehdi to record a cover of the 1981Tom Tom Club hipster dance classic “Wordy Rappinghood” for evian’s new campaign.
Following up evian’s Roller Babies campaign, the evian babies are back in this new Live young campaign but this time around, the evian babies have hung up their skates and are dancing their way back into pop culture to Uffies catchy cover. You have a chance to be part of the campaign which will be released on the web at LetsBabyDance.evian.com and with just a few clicks you can become actors in the video and grab your own four frames of fame.
You can also download ‘Wordy Rappinghood’ from iTunes HERE
MOON DUO’S MAZES MOVES TOWARDS MORE POP-DRIVEN SOUND
Moon Duo, the soulfully noisy psychedelic space-rock side-project from Wooden Shjips guitarist Erik Johnson and keyboardist Sanae Yamad, have a new single and a new video for “Mazes”. Like so many other great artists from Bowie to Liars, the duo transplaned their recording process to Berlin for this album. But, while you might expect a more darker sound, “Mazes” surprisingly moves the band towards a more accessible pop-driven sound, which works in their favor. Watch the video for “Mazes” directed by band-mate Sanae Yamada right here:
"you have punk rock, you have rock, you have blues, you have soul, it’s all disco.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUOsztgBE-I
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