NEW VIDEO FROM BEAR HANDS: CRIME PAYS
“Crime Pays”, pays off for Brooklyn’s tribal pop quartet Bear Hands. Dogfighting, illegal gambling, S&M, prostitution, armed robbery and kidnapping have never looked so cool as in this elegantly shot video from Andrei Bowden-Schwartz. Make sure to watch until (1:10) for a cameo from big Mike! (Tyson).
NEW VIDEO FROM NEON INDIAN: MIND, DRIPS
Neon Indian’s music video for “Mind, Drips” off Psychic Chasms is a psychedelic chill wave trip directed by Lars Larsen and Edward Lecki using a technique called the LZX Visionary; an analog synthesizer that manipulates images.
NEW VIDEO FROM NEW VILLAGER: RICH DOORS
Check this (first video/single from the upcoming NewVillager album) It’s cool and weird and sort of like what would happen if the show LOST turned into a hipster music video – symbols & mythology galore. Ben Dickinson directed (LCD Soundsystem, The Rapture, The Juan Maclean etc). You only need to watch this video once (or maybe 6 times in a row like I did) to understand what I mean. The island made me post it…
NEW YEAR, NEW MUSIC: YELLOW OSTRICH AT MERCURY LOUNGE TOMORROW NIGHT
So, it’s a new year, and I think we could all use some new music! What better way to start, than by checking out Yellow Ostrich tomorrow night, Tuesday January 4th, at Mercury Lounge.
Apparently Wisconsin is a really cool, creative place? I didn’t particularly feel that way when I lived there, I mostly felt hung-over and cold…Anyway, the reason I bring this up is that I have had the good fortune to stumble across Wisconsin’s Alex Schaaf, a.k.a Yellow Ostrich. I first heard them live on KEXP while lying in bed listening to John in the morning. The thing that struck me about Yellow Ostrich was not the sound they are creating, but the sounds they are not creating. The minimalist, stripped down harmonies backed by a little drum and even less guitar sounds refreshing in the sea of lo-fi noisy garage rock that seems to be sweeping Brooklyn. The band consists of two guys, Schaff building vocal harmonies with precise looping and a little bit of guitar and Michael Tapper of Bishop Allen and We Are Scientist on drums.
Check out the live KEXP show here and get your hands on some of Schaaf’s many, many EP’s at Bandcamp.
NEW VIDEO FROM ETERNAL SUMMERS: POGO
Warhol-ish new video from Eternal Summers for “Pogo” directed by Cameron Nelson off their new LP Silver.
NEW VIDEO FROM BRITISH SEA POWER: LIVING IS SO EASY
British Sea Power’s latest video for the new track ” Living is so Easy” off their forthcoming album Valhalla Dancehall was shot on London’s Brick Lane. Directed by Luke Seomore and Joseph Bull, the video pulls inspiration from Henri-Georges Clouzot’s unfinished film L’Enfer.
NEW VIDEO FROM SUCKERS: IT GET’S YOUR BODY MOVIN’
Amberley Productions in Berlin just completed a new music video for Suckers for ” It Gets Your Body Movin” off this years release Wild Smile . The video was shot entirely while the band was on their recent Euopean tour is available to watch below:
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NEW VIDEO FROM THE GO! TEAM: T.O.R.N.A.D.O.
The Go! Team may have slipped into the indie back blogs of a few years back, but they are still making explosive music and making another go at the hype with their new video for “T.O.R.N.A.D.O.”off their forthcoming 2011 release, Rolling Blackouts. It’s like day-glo baby Einstein for spastic people.
DOWNLOAD: The Go! Team – “T.O.R.N.A.D.O.”
NEW VIDEO FROM TAME IMPALA: EXPECTATION
Aussie psych-rockers Tame Impala rock out in the new Clemens Habicht’s video for “Expectation”. The track is off this year’s Innerspeaker, which is easily one of the best albums of 2010. After their last video for “Lucid”, the band not only continues to explore their psychedelic sound, but some tricked out camera devices, using a fish-eye panoramic effect that keeps the camera spinning around the band for the duration of the video. Check it out below:
NEW VIDEO FROM SCISSOR SISTERS: INVISIBLE LIGHT
If the scripts from Stigmata, Vertigo and Basic Instinct were re-worked into one perverse triller, then sent back to the 60’s and shot by Roman Polanski, you might get The Scissor Sisters new Nicolás Méndez directed video for the track “Invisible Light”. Trippy evil clowns, unicorns, stigmatas, crotch shots, laser beams, nudity and the most memorable ass-grab of the year after the bump. The track appears on the band’s most recent album Night Work.
NEW VIDEO FROM KISSES: BERMUDA
Official video for the track “Bermuda” by LA based disco-duo Kisses, off the album The Heart Or The Nightlife released by This Is Music and edited by Pomp&Clout.
NEW VIDEO FROM BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE: TEXICO BITCHES
Watch the new Broken Social Scene video for “Texico Bitches,” the most recent from their acclaimed 2010 release Forgiveness Rock Record, directed by Thibaut Duverneix.
A synth-heavy, downtempo remix of the song by up-and-coming UK artist Star Slinger is also available for download today via Broken Social Scene’s website – www.brokensocialscene.ca.
2011 Tour Dates
Fresh off a sold-out North American tour in support of Forgiveness Rock Record, BSS will be playing 10 special shows throughout the U.S. in the New Year, including a one-night only performance in New York City at Terminal 5 January 18th.
A pre-sale for tickets to these shows begin Wednesday December 15th via GalleryAC.com; public on-sale begins Friday December 17th.
Broken Social Scene Winter 2011 Tour
1/16/11 London, ON @ The Music Hall
1/18/11 New York, NY @ Terminal 5
1/29/11 Edmonton, AB @ Freezing Man Festival
2/10/11 Atlanta, GA @ Buckhead Theatre
2/11/11 Tampa, FL @ Ritz
2/12/11 Ft. Lauderdale @ Revolution Hall
2/13/11 Orlando, FL @ Firestone Live
2/15/11 New Orleans, LA @ Tipitina’s
2/17/11 Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live
2/18/11 Austin, TX @ La Zona Rosa
2/19/11 Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
2/20/11 Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom
FREE MP3 FROM AKRON/FAMILY: THE COSMIC BIRTH AND JOURNEY OF SHINJU TNT
Akron/Family has emerged from their volcanic cavern in Japan, and are planning to bring the chronicles of S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT to you. Starting February 17th at Brooklyn’s Knitting Factory, Dana, Miles, and Seth will plunge into a North American tour, unleashing their notoriously savage live set night after night. Joining the AKAK Dreamtime 2011 tribe will be Brooklyn’s Delicate Steve, opening each communal/sing-a-long/ fist pumping gathering. Grab a free MP3 below:
DOWNLOAD:Sound Fragments from S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT
More Info On Akron/Family’s Forthcoming Album
TOUR DATES:
02/17 Brooklyn, NY- Knitting Factory
02/18 Boston, MA- Brighton Music Hall
02/19 Montreal, ON- Il Motore
02/20 Toronto, ON- Horseshoe Tavern
02/22 Detroit, MI- Lager House
02/23 Bloomington, IN- The Bishop
02/24 Chicago, IL- Lincoln Hall
02/25 Minneapolis, MN- Cedar Cultural Center
02/26 Iowa City, IA- The Mill
02/28 St. Louis, MO- Biliken Club
03/01 Cincinnati, OH- MOTR Pub
03/02 Columbus, OH- Wexner Center
03/03 Cleveland, OH- Grog Shop
03/04 Philadelphia, PA- The Blockley
03/05 New York. NY- The Bowery Ballroom
03/24 Seattle, WA- Neumo’s
03/25 Vancouver, BC- The Biltmore Cabaret
03/26 Portland, OR- Wonder Ballroom
03/28 Salt Lake City, UT- Urban Lounge
03/29 Denver, CO- Marquis Theatre
03/31 Dallas, TX- The Loft
04/01 Austin, TX- The Parish
04/03 Santa Fe, NM- Corazon
04/04 Phoenix, AZ- Rhythm Room
04/06 Los Angeles, CA- The Echo
04/07 Santa Barbara, CA- Soho Restaurant & Music Club
04/08 San Francisco, CA- Independent
04/09 Oakland, CA- The New Parish
FREE MP3 FROM KID SISTER: ‘KISS KISS KISS’ AND FAFI-ANIMATED VIDEO FOR ‘DO! DO! DO!’
In the year since the release of Kid Sister’s debut LP Ultraviolet, the Chicago MC born Melisa Young has been shaking it non-stop: studio sessions with the likes of Chicago dance legend Green Velvet, Ed Banger’s Carte Blanche, Travis Barker and Scoop Deville, popping up on your TV in ubiquitous commercials for Bud Light Lime, Kia and MTV’s Jersey Shoresoundtrack, and burning down stages around the globe every single weekend on solo tours of the US, Europe and Australia.
To catch you up, she’s dropping her first mixtape, Kiss Kiss Kiss, on 1/11/11. Fool’s Gold honcho Nick Catchdubs weaves together all Kid Sister’s recent collabs alongside newly recorded freestyles and surprises, bringing the irresistable, kinetic charm of Kid Sis’ live show direct to your headphones. Whether she’s cranking the “fierce” knob to 11 on a house jam or dropping Southside rhymes next to Bun B,Kiss Kiss Kiss is a perfect snapshot of the club innovator and microphone badass we’re all still in love with.
Listen to the title track for a taste of what’s in store from Kid Sister, then check out the Fafi-animated video for her Carte Blanchecollab “Do! Do! Do!” (already beloved by Hypebeast and Perez Hilton alike) and don’t miss her headlining set at the Brooklyn Electronic Music festival on 12/18 at Music Hall of Williamsburg.
Download ‘Kiss Kiss Kiss’:
www.mediafire.com/?spgvl5yt5woyu1t
NEW VIDEO FROM ARIEL PINK’S HAUNTED GRAFFITI DIRECTED BY WAYNE COYNE
Wayne Coyne from the Flaming Lips directed this new Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti video for “Round and Round”, kicking things off with Ariel Pink dipping his feet into a pool of breast milk from 30 women. So… yeah, it’s a weird one, but we really wouldn’t expect anything less from this collaboration.
WOOM: MUU’S WAY REMIXED (FEAT. XIU XIU, DEERHOOF, BUTCHY FUEGO)
Fellow musicians and friends of WOOM, (Xiu Xiu, Deerhoof, Butchy Fuego), recently remixed some tunes off WOOM’s latest release, as part of a new album entitled Muu’s Way Remixed. The album is available for free download via eMusic!
WATCH GIRLS PERFORM FOR MATADOR 21 EVENT
In a couple of days Girls are set to release a new 6 song album “Broken Dreams Club”. And in case you missed this a couple of days ago, Christopher performed a suite of songs he wrote at the Matador 21 event in Las Vegas in October. The video shows a big part of what we love about Girls, touching and heartfelt songs written and performed with the spirit of a true craftsman. Although they’re not currently recorded, they’re definitely worth checking out.
FREE MP3: JESSE HARRIS: IT’S A LONG WAY JUST TO SAY HELLO
Jesse Harris has two new solo albums, sharing the mellow and Brazilian-influenced track “It’s A Long Way Just To Say Hello” from Through The Night. Jesse’s other solo albumCosmo is an all instrumental record, blending folk, soul, Brazilian and rock music.
FREE MP3: JESSE HARRIS: “IT’S A LONG WAY JUST TO SAY HELLO”
Harris is currently on tour in South America but will be playing solo shows in New York through November and December. See dates below.
November 26 – New York, NY @ Nublu
December 10 – Brooklyn, NY @ Zebulon w/ The Cosmo Band
December 12 – New York, NY @ Rockwood Music Hall
February 8 – New York, NY @ The Stone w/ The Cosmo Band
BAND OF HORSES PAY HOMAGE TO 70′S BIKER FLICK: DILLY
Band of Horses has confirmed that its surreal 70s biker flick homage “Dilly” will receive its world premiere today exclusively on IMDb. The unprecedented collaboration is IMDb’s first-ever foray into music video premieres. To watch and learn more about the borderline disturbing “Dilly” video, visit http://www.imdb.com/features/bandofhorses/
“This is the first of our videos to truly capture the essence of what a day in our personal lives is actually like,” said Band of Horses singer Ben Bridwell.
Directed by Philip Andelman, the mini-epic “Dilly” video (runtime 3:40) is a companion to the track off the band’s self-financed Infinite Arms album (released May 18, 2010 on Brown/Fat Possum/Columbia) which was recently voted one of the best releases of 2010 to date by NPR’s listenership. Shot entirely on location in the Mojave desert, the video pays tribute to the biker films of the ‘70s and contains unexpected elements ranging from synchronized dancing to simulated violence and a eclectic cast comprised of actors and bikers. The “Dilly” video reflects the spirit of creativity and freedom that pervades the Infinite Arms album, which was written, recorded and inspired by different locales across America, including the Mojave desert.
THE AGITATOR: GIVE ME ALL THAT YOU GOT (OR AT LEAST 10%)
No guitars, no keyboards, just a big pair of lungs and two drummers attempting to discourage apathy and incite people to stand up and say NO! Really? I’m indifferent….but The Agitator’s rousing call to arms ‘Give Me All That You Got’ video was released this week in an attempt to become a spokesperson for a generation disillusioned with their situation, be it the huge increase in tuition fees, money grabbing bankers, the poverty gap, the return of the McRib, Coffee houses without kombucha or whatever else that is effecting them. The video was filmed in Central London amongst the revellers on a buzzing Saturday night.
