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The Melvins “Electric Flower” (video)
The Melvins‘ “Electric Flower” official music video…
~Dan – np: The Weepies – Be My Thrill
030 by The Good The Bad (NSFW)
Sorry for a second NSFW (not suitable for work) music video in one week… but, well, here ya go… “030” by The Good The Bad…
Directed by Jeppe Kolstrup
Yeah, not as artistically clever as El Guincho‘s NSFW music video. What can I say. I’m a man… it’s not all about artistic expression all the time.
Back to the non-sex-fused music postings tomorrow. Tonight’s show… Dead Kenny G’s, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, and Trio Subtonic review to be posted Sunday.
~Dan – np: Metallica – Death Magnetic
sexy music video babe masturbating with a guitar
Holy F*ck – Red Lights (official video)
Holy Fuck‘s new video for “Red Lights” (their 2nd single from this year’s Latin) is adorable and dance-worthy…
Director: Brian Borcherdt & Michael LeBlanc
Production Co.: Slowlover Films
Executive Producer: Michael LeBlanc
DOP: Michael LeBlanc
Editor: Phil Prates
LATIN is one of my favorites this year. Go check it out on the Amazons.
Holy Fuck. Inspired by Kittens.
I’ll be seeing HF tonight at the Holocene in Portland, Oregon. Review with photos to be posted on Friday.
~Dan – np: Metallica – Ride the Lightning
El Guincho’s “Bombay” video (NSFW)
This came out about 3 weeks ago, but I recently got to see it. El Guincho‘s “Bombay” is entrancing, odd and heavily features nudity (thus the NSFW warning).
Directed by Nicolás Méndez.
Produced by CANADA (lawebdecanada.com)
http://elguincho.com/
http://myspace.com/elguincho
Check out their album, Pop Negro:
~Dan – np: Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey – Stay Gold
not suitable for work due to nudity, sexual content, adult themes, tits, ass, boobies, and the other stuff we all like looking at but shouldn’t while at work
Hoquiam video
Here’s the latest, lo-fi video from Hoquiam (Damien and Drake Jurado)… Zombies of the Sea:
The vinyl-or-mp3-only, self-titled debut by Hoquiam is available on St. Ives/Secretly Canadian. That release and Damien’s solo Saint Bartlett rank in my faves this year.
~Dan – np: Nellie McKay – Get Away From Me
OK GO – White Knuckles (official video)
Brilliant (and cute) new video from OK GO…
~Dan – np: Nellie McKay – Normal As Blueberry Pie
Jónsi’s Animal Arithmetic (video)
In lead up to his upcoming Fall tour, Jónsi just put out the official music video for “Animal Arithmetic” (from GO). As is common with Jónsi, this video has great aesthetics, quite beautifully shot…
I’m looking forward to seeing him again, this time in Las Vegas. Here are the Oct/Nov 2010 dates again, for those who missed the initial post…
| 15 october | 4th and b | san diego, california |
| 17 october | the wiltern | los angeles, california |
| 19 october | fox theater | oakland, california |
| 21 october | house of blues | las vegas, nevada |
| 22 october | the complex | salt lake city, utah |
| 23 october | the marquee | tempe, arizona |
| 25 october | verizon theatre | grand prairie, texas |
| 26 october | austin music hall | austin, texas |
| 27 october | verizon music theater | houston, texas |
| 29 october | voodoo festival | new orleans, louisiana |
| 30 october | moogfest | asheville, north carolina |
| 31 october | the tabernacle | atlanta, georgia |
| 2 november | the pageant | st. louis, missouri |
| 3 november | vic theatre | chicago, illinois |
| 5 november | the fillmore | detroit, michigan |
| 6 november | newport music hall | columbus, ohio |
| 8 november | 9:30 club | washington, d.c. |
| 10 november | hammerstein ballroom | new york city, ny |
~Dan – np: Charlotte Martin – On Your Shore
Tegan and Sara – On Directing
Here is Tegan & Sara‘s new video for “On Directing” from Sainthood…
Check out their album Sainthood (out in 2009):
Check out my review & photos from their April 2010 show in Portland, OR:
~Dan – np: Celldweller – Wish Upon a Blackstar Ch 3
Porcupine Tree – Bonnie the Cat (video)
Check out the new, Tool-esque video for Porcupine Tree‘s “Bonnie the Cat” from 2009’s The Incident…
click for video at Roadrunner.com
It’s weird… the song didn’t even make me think of Tool, but now watching the CGI/Adam Jones–y stop-animation video, the bass line comes through more and the song definitely reminds me of Tool. Hmmm… I’d expect a little more originality from Steven Wilson & Co… well, at least they’re copying a band for which I have a lot of respect.
~Dan – np: Susan Enan – Plainsong
Fol Chen is “In Ruins”
Fol Chen sent director Chris Wilcha (This American Life Showtime series / The Target Shoots First) to Iceland to film amidst the volcanic dust from the erupting Eyjafjallajökull for their new music video, “In Ruins.”
Two Icelandic youth wander through an apocalyptic wasteland wearing masks just to breathe and see amidst the dust. “In Ruins” is from Fol Chen’s Part II: The New December. Director: Chris Wilcha // Producer: Petur Sigurdsson // Director of Photography: Tómas Örn Tómasson //Editor: Catherine Bull // Featuring: Gudfinnur Sveinsson & Elìn Elisabet Einarsdóttir
~Dan – np: Weird Al‘s NPR Tiny Desk Concert
Jónsi and the volcano
Regardless of the travel havoc it caused, the Icelandic volcano is at least a wonderfully, gorgeous and immensely beautiful part of nature. Here is some video footage of Eyjafjallajökull paired with the song “Kolniður” from Jónsi‘s solo album Go:
Video shot by Sean Stiegemeier on a Canon 5d mkII. Jónsi is the lead singer from Sigur Rós and a musical ambassador out of Iceland. It doesn’t strike me as odd that his music mirrors the beauty of his native landscape.
~Dan – np: AutorYno – Pastrami Bagel Social Club
Glen Phillips Live on Paste
Glen Phillips plays live on Paste…
(click picture for Paste video)
He plays “Always Have My Love,” “Rise Up,” “Two Headed Boy” (Neutral Milk Hotel cover), and “Whatever I Am.”
~Dan – np: Kneebody – Kneebody
Jónsi’s “Stars in Still Water” video
The new video for Jónsi Birgisson’s “Stars in Still Water” is featured over at Paste…
Debut album, Go, comes out April 6th. North American Tour starts April 6th as well. For more info, go to http://www.jonsi.com/
~Dan – np: Tin Hat – Foreign Legion
Jónsi’s “Boy Lilikoi” video
The new video for Jónsi Birgisson‘s “Boy Lilikoi” is featured over at SPIN…
Debut album, Go, comes out April 6th. North American Tour starts April 6th as well. For more info, go to http://www.jonsi.com/
~Dan – np: Dave Holland – Pathways
Tegan, Sara & Alligator Remixes
So, Tegan & Sara are releasing a remix album on March 30 (digitally) for their song “Alligator“… video below for the T&S official music video.
The lead-off track is by one of my favorite bands, Holy Fuck. Passion Pit, Doveman, and Four Tet should also prove to be interesting…
1.Alligator (Holy Fuck remix)
2.Alligator (Passion Pit remix – 80s Mixtape Jam Flex Edit)
3.Alligator (Toro y Moi remix)
4.Alligator (Vhs or Beta remix)
5.Alligator (Doveman remix)
6.Alligator (Four Tet remix)
7.Alligator (Murge remix)
8. Alligator (Ra Ra Riot remix)
9.Alligator (Automatic Panic remix)
10.Alligator (Hi-Deaf remix)
11.Alligator (Dave Sitek remix)
12.Alligator (Sara’s Original Demo Version)
Bonus Club Tracks
13.Alligator (Morgan Page remix)
14.Alligator (Kevin St. Croix remix)
15.Alligator (Mad Decent remix)
16.Alligator (Josh Harris remix)
17.Alligator (Hamel remix)
~Dan – np: Isis – In the Absence of Truth
Bad Veins @ Extraneous Noise
Check ’em out… Bad Veins doing “Falling Tide” on Extraneous Noise Music…
Extraneous Noise Music also has videos by Royal Bangs, Hanne Hukkelberg, and more on their YouTube & Vimeo channels. More to come… http://www.extraneousnoise.com/
~Dan – np: Incubus – S.C.I.E.N.C.E.
Jónsi “Go Do” Video
Jónsi Birgisson of Sigur Rós has the debut video from Go for the song “Go Do.”
(click)
directed by arni & kinski
Tickets for his US Tour go on sale today at 10am. Check http://jonsi.com/ for more info.
~Dan – np: The Album Leaf – A Chorus of Storytellers
Fanfarlo Winter Tour // Symphony of Science
So, I missed the last Fanfarlo U.S. tour… but that’s OK, they coming through again… yippie…
U.S. Winter 2010 Tour
February 20 – El Rey Theatre Los Angeles, CA
February 22 – Great American Music Hall San Francisco, CA
February 23 – Doug Fir Portland, OR
February 24 – Crocodile Café Seattle, WA
February 25 – Knitting Factory Spokane, WA
February 27 – Urban Lounge Salt Lake City, UT
February 28 – Larimer Lounge Denver, CO
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In other news, there’s a new Symphony of Science song / video out. It is “The Unbroken Thread,” featuring Carl Sagan (yet again), along with David Attenborough and Jane Goodall, and it is biology themed. The clips used in this installment come from Carl Sagan’s Cosmos, David Attenborough’s Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life, The Life of Mammals, The Living Planet, BBC Life, XVIVO Scientific Animations, IMAX Cosmic Voyage, Jane Goodall’s TED Talk, and a clever Guinness Commercial. The themes present in this song attempt to explore the wild diversity of life on our planet, the intricacy and origin of its mechanisms, and its close relation to all other life forms.
If you don’t know what Symphony of Science is… it started with “A Glorious Dawn” with Carl Sagan (from Cosmos). It’s a brilliant auto-tuned mashup, and they also released it on vinyl (best of the year for me in 2009). You can download the mp3s of the various songs over at the SOS site.
~Dan – np: Good for Cows – Bebop Fantasy
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Goddamn Electric Bill “Ten Thousand Years”
I’ve been a fan of Jason Torbert‘s pseudonym Goddamn Electric Bill and his organic, electronic one-man bandness for a while. I bought his EP, The Only Power to Please, from the musical social ghetto that is MySpace back in 2005. I’ve been a fan of his work ever since – it fits with a lot of the organic electronic that I dig: Chroma Key, Ken Andrew’s On, The Album Leaf, Tristeza, Frog Pocket, et cetera…
Well, his new video for “Ten Thousand Years” off of 2008’s Topics for Gossip is really creative and heart warming…
(click picture for video)
Written/Directed by Drake Doremus
Director of Photography: John Guleserian
Production Designer: Theresa Avram
Edited by Jason Stewart
Starring: Jason Torbert (aka GdEB) and Zibby Allen
Crew: Eli Berg, David Meador, Tyler Graim, Scott Uhlfelder,
Armando Ballesteros, Amelia Tabullo, James Obed,
Tommy Obed, Israel Unger, and Mark Schoening
Find out more about GdEB:
~Dan – np: Melt Banana – initial t.
Digital Noise Academy is Melting Inside
So, the Digital Noise Academy dropped the “Los Angeles” from the front of their name… it’s been a while since there’s been any activity to report, but yesterday they posted their new official video for “Melting Inside“…
The DNA is Ken Andrews (coincidentally brought up in my Puscifer live show review from yesterday), Charlotte Martin (Ken’s wife), Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Sharky Laguana, Tommy Walter, Fernando Sanchez, and Jordon Zadorozny. I hope this means there’s a DNA album on the way. I think the last LADNA news was prior to Ken’s Secrets of the Lost Satellite CD (in early 2007).
~Dan – np: Greydon Square – The CPT Theorem
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