Live – Mac Demarco @ Sneaky Dees, Toronto, ON
“And you’re opening for Phoenix on their European tour after this, that’s crazy! How the hell did that happen!?” Demarco just kinda looks at me with a grin and a shrug. Oh, I donno. They just came to one of our shows in Paris and liked what they saw, I guess. The cool […]
Discosalt Holiday Mix : Volume 3
We are keeping our mix-giving tradition alive this year with volume 3 of the Discosalt Holiday Mix. Volume 3 is loaded up with new indie holiday tracks and old classics from artists like Paranthetical Girls, Chuck Berry, Deanna Kirk, Flowman, The Maytals, 44.1K and Postcode. Happy Holidays from Discosalt! and feel free to re-gift this […]
Grindhouse-esque new video from A Place To Bury Stranger
A Place To Bury Strangers have released a new video for their song “You Are The One.“ Directing duo Matt Moroz & Tracy Maurice deliver a twisted nightmare in this grindhouse-esque clip produced by Greencard Pictures. Shot on 16mm film, their dark, experimental style expertly mirrors the mood of APTBS’s track and elevates the music video […]
Craig Finn : Clear Heart Full Eyes
No one is able to share spot-on observations about indie/punk/rock show culture and speak-sing about it, in as interesting a way as Craig Finn. The voice of Lifter Puller, The Hold Steady, and most recently, Craig Finn and Some Guns – the 41 year-old Brooklyn-ite, by way of the the Twin Cities and Beantown, is by far […]
top 10 albums of 2011
Now that it’s 2012, here is a look back at the past year in music. We’ve rounded up the usual suspects, sat back, reflected and squared in with discosalt Magazine’s “top 10” best albums of 2011. Twenty-two tracks of flawlessly crafted synth drenched in intrepid, day-glo, art-pop scenery, without a wasted moment. Citing Billy Corgan’s […]
Double Exposure – Vintage Photos + Nude Models
Photographer Davis Ayer can’t get enough analogue. He shoots most of his projects on film and his photo essay series called Time Travel, combines two forms of film photography: vintage photographs of cityscapes and forests projected on nude models. The arcs of bridges and trunks of ferns hug the hip lines of partially lit girls. Autumnal foliage wraps […]
Best Albums of 2011
Now that it’s 2012, here is a look back at the past year in music. We’ve rounded up the usual suspects, sat back, reflected and squared in with discosalt Magazine’s “top 10” best albums of 2011. Twenty-two tracks of flawlessly crafted synth drenched in intrepid, day-glo, art-pop scenery, without a wasted moment. Citing Billy Corgan’s twenty-eight-track, […]
Q + A : The Hongs
Q + A with The Hongs by Discosalt Gordon Meyers (guitar & vocals) chews the fat and serves up some musical paella with Discosalt, dishing out the band’s slant on Miami’s emerging indie scene, the illusive Hong Headquarters and why the new Hong’s album Pet Scans is a bi-polar listening experience. DISCOSALT : So, what’s a […]
Q + A : Holy Hail
Q + A with Holy Hail by Rachel Covert In a slightly sweaty room, with a decrepit skylight and a drum kit, I met Kevin Cooke and Jesse Sposato of Brookyn based Holy Hail. They are one part rock, one part electronica and all parts awesome. We were there to discuss Holy Hail’s recently released […]
DRAGONSLAYER PREMIERE IN BROOKLYN + FREE PBR
Come check out the DRAGONSLAYER premiere party at Public Assembly w/ Psychic Ills and Endless Boogie w/ DJ Steve Lowenthal Nov 1. at 8pm FREE! If that’s not enough to wet your beak, there are free PBR from 9pm-10pm! DRAGONSLAYER opens at Cinema Village on November 4 and be sure to get your hands on a copy of the […]
NEW VIDEO FROM ARCTIC MONKEYS : SUCK IT AND SEE
Focus Creeps, the director duo behind Waaves “King of the Beach”and Girls ““Lust for Life” have teamed up once again to direct another Arctic Monkeys video. This time around for the title track off their new album “Suck It And See”. Interesting title, interesting American Graffiti style video, interesting nipple appearance…unfortunately not so interesting song.
HOW TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT AND HAVE A GOOD TIME TOO
Directed by Tristan Patterson and executive produced by indie-maverick Christine Vachon, DRAGONSLAYER is the Grand Jury Prize winner for Best Documentary Feature at SXSW 2011, and is the second feature to be released theatrically by Drag City following Harmony Korine’s Trash Humpers. The film documents the transgressions of a lost skate punk falling in love in […]
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 […]
THIS WEEK AT ROOFTOP FILMS: LESBIAN SPACE ALIENS + BUTT NAKED GENERALS
Friday, June 24, 2011 ROOFTOP FILMS: CODEPENDENT LESBIAN SPACE ALIEN SEEKS SAME (Madeline Olnek | New York, NY | 76 min.) Premiering on Gay Pride weekend, this playful send-up of 1950’s sci-fi follows a group of lesbian extraterrestrials banished to Earth because their feelings of love cloud up the atmosphere on their home planet. Called […]
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 […]
NEW VIDEO FROM DESTROYER: KAPUTT
Leggy women, a whale, a thirsty desert traveler and a runny nosed geek all get busy in the new video for “Kaputt” from Dan Bejar’s side project, Destroyer. The video was directed by Dawn Garcia and the track comes off the new album by the same name on Merge Records this year. What does this all […]
POPGUN BOOKING BURNT CD: JANUARY
Here’s a rad sampling of what to expect from Pop Gun Booking’s upcoming shows in January in New York. Check out the mix below: January 2k11 by popgunbooking Tracklist: 1. Smith Westerns – Weekend 2. Guards – Resolution of One 3. Bass Drum of Death – Get Found 4. Minks – Funeral Song 5. Yuck – Georgia […]
top 10 albums of 2010
At the end of yet another great year in music, team discosalt has sat back, reflected and squared in with 2010’s “top 10” best albums of the year. So turn on some tunes, read through le lists and keep the discourse going! We want your feedback. Shoot us your album picks for the year and […]
SKATEISTAN: TO LIVE AND SKATE KABUL
Skateistan: To Live And Skate Kabul is a beautifully shot film that follows the lives of a group of young skateboarders in Afghanistan. Operating against the backdrop of war and bleak prospects, the Skateistan charity project is the world’s first co-educational skateboarding school, where a team of international volunteers work with girls and boys between […]
COMPREHENSIVE DOCUMENTARY NEW GARAGE EXPLOSION!!: IN LOVE WITH THESE TIMES
Reputable purveyors of compelling niche music, Scion A/V has made it’s first foray into feature length cinema with New Garage Explosion!!: In Love With These Times, a gritty cross section of one of rock’s most exciting subgenres, garage. Produced by Scion and Vice, the film will premiere in three parts on Scion A/V’s website Monday, November 22nd, […]