CENTRAL PARK SUMMERSTAGE: THE XX, FLAMING LIPS, CHAIRLIFT, BLACK KEYS, ST. VINCENT, HOT CHIP, HERCULES AND LOVE AFFAIR, PAVEMENT, HOLY GHOST!
Check out a preview of some shows worth checking out this summer at the Central Park Summer Stage. The Flaming Lips: (update: Sold Out!) When: Monday, July 26, 2010 at 7:00PM Where: Central Park/Mainstage Legendary for their wild stage shows, The Flaming Lips are among the most notorious and beloved rock and roll bands in […]
THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS:YOUR HANDS (TOGETHER)
The New Pornographers’s video for previously-sampled single “Your Hands (Together)” was directed by Pornographer Blaine Thurier and features Vancouver’s Hybrid Movement group providing the ninja inspired choreography. “It’s 100 percent real,” insists Thurier. “There’s no camera trickery. They are doing Capoeira. It’s this Brazilian mix of martial arts and dance. It was developed by slaves […]
THE JOY FORMIDABLE + THE DIG: LIVE ON THE INTERNETS TODAY AT NOON
Today, Monday May 10th at noon EST, The Dig and The Joy Formidable perform together for a live online concert via Livestream, followed by a chat fueled by fan questions and the bands themselves talking about the tour. Watch the broadcast on Livestream below: You can also check out what Discosalt had to say about […]
BOAT TO NOWHERE: A NEW T-SHIRT PROJECT FROM JASON WOODSIDE
Discosalt artist Jason Woodside is launching a new multi faceted project with no limits, to inspire people through art…and with some fun incentives – check the link below for details HERE To be inspired by art, you have to be able to take something from it. So Jason has created something that everyone can relate […]
MIDLAKE: THE COURAGE OF OTHERS
[rating: 5] Midlake: The Courage of Others Label: Bella Union Release date: February 2, 2010 Melancholy at its best. Dredging up decades of gloomy rock carcasses most indie bands have spend the past decade trying to bury, Courage of Others feels like an old ghost. Midlake takes it’s 60′s British progressive folk-rock sound into much darker […]
AQUALUNG: MAGNETIC NORTH
Aqualung’s first new album in 3 years, Magnetic North is out now on Verve. Matt Hales, Aqualung’s front man, thought he had it all figured out. In 2007, the British singer/songwriter told a London audience that he was retiring. “I’d had enough of it at that point and thought I might just be a teacher […]
EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE
Everybody knows this is nowhere, is the latest gallery exhibition from American photographer Ryan McGinley at Team Gallery in New York. The show runs only until April 17, 2010, so get over there before its gone. McGinley’s last exhibit featured a photo series of carefree teenagers playing in the American desert but for this new […]
TEENGIRL FANTASY: PORTOFINO
Teengirl Fantasy is the dreamy electronic love child of two Oberlin College students, Logan Takahashi and Nick Weiss. The duo create electro clicks and beeps with some Booty-Pop drone that is danceable… in slow motion, for the indie rocker dance challenged (think Fuck Buttons, Neon Indian, Beach Fossils). They have had a few small releases […]
BOWERBIRDS: NORTHERN LIGHTS
New video for “Northern Lights” off the Bowerbird’s EP Upper Air. Moving away from the existential themes of Hymns of a Dark Horse, the most recent EP, Upper Air from the North Carolina folk group is a much more confessional album. No longer are the band bystanders viewing the world objectively, but rather are fully […]
FRIGHTENED RABBIT: NOTHING LIKE YOU
Discosalt Video of the Week 2/28/10: This weeks video of the week for “Nothing Like You” comes from Scottish indie band Frightened Rabbit. Formed by the Hutchinson brothers, drummer Grant and guitarist Scott, the project started as Scotts 4-track solo project. Since then, the band has grown, adding 4 more members, building a solid touring […]
BETWEEN THE SKY AND THE SNOW
Last November, we shared a photo essay from the Land Between Here and Mountains, a London based collective of photographers held together by Jess Gough and Hannah Davis whose goal is to capture the in between moments of their journeys rather than their destinations. They recently updated their site with some new wintry mix of […]
FREE HOLIDAY DOWNLOAD: DO THEY KNOW IT’S CHRISTMAS?
Oklahoma is pretty OK. Discosalt friend and album reviewer John Whitaker turned us onto a new music label based out of Oklahoma called Nice People.Their mission is to release great music, made by nice people, for free…and they truly are nice people. They don’t even know you and they already got you a Christmas present. […]
NOVEMBER UPDATES: PAM GLEW AND SOME TURKEY TOO
It might be hard to hold a candle this month, but easy to get a hold of some new art from Pam Glew. Both a month of gathering together to gorge and a time of sowing and scattering abroad, Pam Glew is helping you out on both fronts, spreading her signature flags throughout London and […]
UPCOMING ALBUM RELEASES: NOVEMBER 2009
November 3: Morrissey: Swords Weezer: Raditude Vagina Panther:Vagina Panther Shwayze: Let it Beat Julian Casablancas: Phrazes for the Young November 17: Real Estate: Real Estate Leona Lewis: Echo John Mayer: Battle Studies Paul McCartney: Good Evening New York City (Live) Rush: Working Man (Live) Them Crooked Vultures: Them Crooked Vultures November 24: Tom Waits: Glitter […]
PARANOID PARK: SUPER 8 SKATE VIDS
Somehow I missed Gus Van Sant’s Paranoid Park in 2007 but finally got around to watching it last night. Maybe it’s my mood of late, but the slow paced guilt driven Oregon based drama coupled with Van Sants stylized super 8 cinematography and a well selected gloomy soundtrack are just the perfect storm. The LA […]
VOLCANO CHOIR: UNMAP
[rating:4] Volcano Choir: Unmap Label: Jagjaguwar. Release Date: September 22 For singer/songwriter Justin Vernon, a member of the Discosalt Artist Collective and founder of Bon Iver, the project “wasn’t planned. The goal was to hibernate.” Vernon had moved to a remote cabin in Northwestern Wisconsin where all of his personal trouble, lack of perspective, heartache, […]
WHAT I DON’T KNOW ABOUT SPACE
While discosalt.com is in the process of getting a serious face-lift, the new look might not suggest our appreciation for minimalist design…well at least not just yet. So if the site starts to give you a seizure, just try to focus on this new installation work from Ester Stocker which transforms space using minimal elements. […]
JUST BECAUSE IT’S IN YOUR HEAD DOESN’T MEAN IT’S NOT REAL
Photographer Colin Dodgson, one of the Avantguardians from Surface has a new exhibit “Just because it’s in your head, doesn’t mean its not real” opening Wednesday September 9th 6-9 pm @ 243 Broome Street (Corner of Ludlow)
I WILL NOT WASTE CHALK
Gary Simmons defined 90’s art by rejecting the video art installation trend and returning to basics. Inspired by American pop culture, cartoons and architecture, he cited youthful brashness as the norm for any artist at the beginning of his career. ”You start off trying to kick some shins…and then after a while you say, ‘O.K., […]