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:
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 […]
PARTS & LABOR COVERS KANYE WEST
Parts & Labor recently participated in The Onion’s Undercover series going for gold and putting together their interpretation of Kanye West’s “Runaway” which you can watch by clicking the link. When asked why they covered Kanye P&L’s Dan Friel responds “We found your list pretty challenging… So in the end we just decided to do […]
CULTS: CULTS
[rating: 4.5] Cults: Cults Label: Columbia Release date: June 7, 2011 When something seems too good to be true, it likely is – or so goes the old adage. When “Go Outside,” the debut single from New York twosome Cults, was unearthed back in February 2010, the track elevated Madeline Follin and Brian Oblivion to […]
MY MORNING JACKET: CIRCUITAL
[rating: 4] My Morning Jacket: Circuital Label: ATO RECORDS / RED Release date: May 31, 2011 Experiencing a band in a live setting is almost certain to change your relationship with their music. Of course, the way in which it might change isn’t static. A great show could ignite a long-lasting listening binge, while a […]
KALUP & FRANCO TURN IT UP, SO THEY CAN TURN IT OUT
James Franco (Howl, 127 Hours, Milk) will soon add “pop star?” to his growing array of curious creative endeavors. Following on the tails of his General Hostpital gig, a multimedia project entitled Three’s Company The Drama and sandwiched in between making a Wizard of Oz prequel, hosting the oscars and filming the new Planet of the Apes remake, […]
THE ANTLERS: BURST APART
[rating: 4.5] The Antlers: Burst Apart Label: Fake Four Inc. Release date: April 26, 2011 One of the biggest mistakes a band can make is trying to replicate a truly monumental album. For The Antlers, Hospice represents their mecca: a singular narrative made up of equal parts beauty and emotional wreckage encapsulated flawlessly in its own unique […]
STREAM BON IVER’S NEW SELF TITLED ALBUM
(photo: D.L. Anderson) Thanks to NPR and The New York Times, you can stream Bon Iver‘s new self-titled album which is officially out June 21 via Jagjaguwar. After some curious collaborations with Kanye and Phil Collins, Justin Vernon seems back on track , making a natural transitioning follow up to “For Emma, Forever Ago.” CLICK HERE TO LISTEN
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 […]
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. CLICK THE LINK HERE demos by the band in Heaven “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 […]
STREAM THE NEW BATTLES ALBUM: GLOSS DROP
Stream the new Battles LP, Gloss Drop, at 3VOOR12 before it officially drops in North America tomorrow on June 7.
SWIMMING WITH THOUSANDS OF JELLYFISH IN PALAU
With music from Radiohead and using a Canon 5D Mark II, Simga 15mm Fisheye Lens and Aquatica Housing, filmmaker Sarosh Jacob takes us into the strange world of Jellyfish Lake, a lake located on Eli Malk island in the Republic of Palau. Twelve thousand years ago the jellyfish here became trapped in a natural basin on the […]
NEW VIDEO FROM BATTLES: ICE CREAM
Since Tyondai Braxton left the experimental rock outfit Battles to work on his solo projects, the remaining trio of Ian Williams, Dave Konopka, and drummer John Stanier, are back with a new poppy summertime video for “Ice Cream” off their upcoming album Gloss Drop, dropping June 7 via Warp. The video directed and produced by CANADA is heavy […]
TETRA TENNIS ANYONE?
Video Mapping on the tennis ground of the French Masters series in Paris Bercy / 2010 from 1024architecture. This is their third consecutive mapping on the tennis ground. Running realtime, activated with a PS3 controller, powered by MadMapper software. More info on 1024architecture.net or their blog on 1024d.wordpress.com
SXSW WEEKEND AT ROOFTOP FILMS
This weekend at Rooftop Films, is their our long-awaited SXSW Weekend. This year, for the first time, Rooftop worked with the SXSW festival to put together a weekend of films that made their World Premieres at SXSW 2011. This weekend they will be presenting the New York Premieres of The Dish and the Spoon, with star […]
FOSTER THE PEOPLE: TORCHES OUT TODAY!
Coachella hyped Foster The People’s debut album Torches is out today. The band will also make their television debut tonight on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!, followed with a spotlight piece airing on Last Call with Carson Daly on Tuesday May 24th and a performance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Wednesday, May 25th. Foster The People will […]
NEW VACCINES VIDEO: ALL IN WHITE
The Vaccines recently announced their next UK single, “All In White,” and now you can check out their new video for the track, shot in Spin and directed by Canada (Two Door Cinema Club, Scissor Sisters, etc.) The LP What Did You Except From The Vaccines? is out May 31st.
A TASTE OF WASHED OUT: WITHIN AND WITHOUT
Heres another little taste of Washed Out’s long awaited debut album Within and Without. Reminds me of the opening to David Lynch’s Lost Highway. The album is set for release on July 12 through Sub Pop in the US and July 11 through Weird World (Domino) internationally.
PALEO: FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
[rating: 2] Paleo: Fruit of the Spirit Label: Partisan Records Release date: June 21, 2011 David Andrew Strackany is an experimental folk artist who performs under the guise of Paleo. More than a poet and musician, Strackany is a road warrior, putting on more than 700 shows since 2005. The running list posted to his […]
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