Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Richard Kadrey and the Pandar Bros Web Comic
Richard Kadrey is awesome. I'm aware of but largely unfamiliar w/ the Pander Bros. I'm going to read the hell outta this!!!
The Knife - Wanting to kill
In anticipation of Shaking The Habitual (April 8th/9th), the new album from Swedish electro duop The Knife I was looking around online and found this track from the soundtrack to a Swedish film called Hannah Med H. I'd never heard of it before and really dug this track - it reminds me a bit of Vitalic. I intend to look into finding a copy of the ST.
Puna - au dial
Heard this track earlier this evening on WLUW, the Rock Sin Anestesia with Roxyo program. Good stuff.
My friend Grez recommended the Independent Music with Ken N. show, which can also be found on WLUW on Wednesdays from 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM. I keep missing that show, but looking at the track logs it's great.
M83 Scores Oblivion
This is old news by now and this first song released went up a while ago and then re-circulated earlier this week, however I'm not so much about breaking news as I am about curating the stuff I think is awesome from around the web.
I've tried to post this before, however each time there's been some issue with the embed code. I think it finally worked. Great track, as always. Not interested in seeing the film, although I suppose I don't know too much about it and it is possible that could change. I always want to be able to dismiss Tom Cruise movies but then often find myself actually liking them (Eyes Wide Shut, Vanilla Sky, Collateral, to name but a few). Plus, if you listen to people that have worked with him, he sounds like an amazingly talented guy.
Tomahawk - Oddfellows (Video)
You know, I could have swore I posted this last month when I first saw it, but apparently not. Special thanks to the always encouraging Mr. Brown who sent me a link and reminded me about it.
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Hidden Track from M83's Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
I tried to decode this one for some time, forgot about it and now ran across it on youtube. I did the work - I just couldn't get it to work.
Monday, March 25, 2013
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Big Black Delta
Pitchfork posted this earlier today. Great tune. Big Black Delta caught my ear on a mixtape (okay, it wasn't a tape but a playlist, but old terminology can die quite hard) a friend made me a few years ago. However, until about right now they had kind of fallen back into the ethers of my brain. This song has returned them (really 'him', as I believe BBD is the work of one man, Jonathan Bates)
Passion Pit
Initially I hated this song. Now I love it. Based on this picture that's been floating around the internet I think Passion Pit is probably pretty awesome aesthetically and that the radio-play is a fluke. Good for them. There's an obvious Flaming Lips correlation as far as live environment is concerned. Just looking at this makes me feel wonderful!!!
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| image courtesy of the always wonderful Brooklyn Vegan |
Anyway, I listened to a bit more of their most recent album, Gossamer, and it sounds like a cross between Junior Senior and M83. Interesting...
GUMMO
Since the first time I saw it, back in 1999, Harmony Korine's Gummo has been one of my all-time favorite films. You can say it's exploitative, disgusting, morose. Whatever. It is partly all those things. But it is also a deep and fragile beauty that I feel it is good to be reminded of, as in reminded how to find that beauty in the often ugly and disturbing world we live in.
If you've not seen it, I strongly suggest watching it. Here's a link to the entire film on youtube:
Stereophonics - Indian Summer
Somehow my wife and I totally missed that Stereophonics' new record, Graffiti on the Train, was released about a a week and a half ago. Here's a review at drownedinsound.
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Harry Howard and the NDE
Henry Rollins played a song by this band earlier this evening on his radio show and I immediately loved it. Harry Howard is of course the younger brother of the late/great Roland S. Howard. Harry and the NDE's bandcamp is located here. Drop by, it's cool. And if you don't know Rowland here's a little intro to a band he was in with a certain Mr. Cave:
Boards of Canada - Gyroscope
Watching Sinister for the 2nd time in a week made me have to post this. I loved the film anyway, but first time through the fact that out of nowhere one of my favorite BOC songs popped up was a wonderful little surprise that endeared it and the filmmakers to me forever.
Queens of the Stone Age Return in June
Of course the one day I don't check their website is the day it updates and they announce the release of their new record, apparently entitled Like Clockwork, will be in June. If you go to their website, here every time you hit the refresh you'll hear another snippet from the new record. But I do mean snippet. As in a couple of seconds worth. It's cool, but not nearly enough to get me through to June.
More info here at Antiquiet who "broke" the info last night or here at Pitchfork.
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Savages - She Will
Looks like I picked a good time to discover this band, as their new album is out in May. This is the first song they've released off of it.
4 Minutes of Ninjas fighting from GIJOE 2
Ain't It Cool News just linked this. I know the first one wasn't a "good" movie, but I dug the hell out of it. Heck, it was like they made one of the old school cartoon episodes into a live action. This one had me the moment I saw this:
They got the mask right!!! And is that Firefly in the background? WOWBOBWOW, as long as they have that I'll even forgive the lack of sexpot The Baroness.
Death Grips - Lock Your Doors (No Hands #6)
This was JUST posted on pitchfork. As always, Death Grips continues to fascinate the hell outta me. go here to read about how the video was filmed abnd watch a pitchfork clip of them discussing plans for the future.
Kaiser Chiefs - On the Run
This is one of two brand new songs on the forthcoming collection of KC's singles, Souvenir: The Singles 2004-2012
Clown on Clown Violence Has Me in Stitches
Ah, how I love Bloodydisgusting. Earlier today they came through with not only the redband trailer for British clown horror flick 'Stitches' but they posted an exclusive clip that had me laughing (and gagging! Pulling a rabbit out of the ol' hat will never be the same again in my eyes!)
Go here to watch the redband trailer - it's awesome!!!
Mojo Walker: Big Blues Done Right!!!
Full Disclosure: This is a good friend's band. However, let that not dissuade you. These guys are GOOD. I'm not really a fan of straight up Blues, but this is Blues done right. The amazing thing is this friend of mine, who is the songwriter and 'orchestrater' of the project, had never played the blues before last April, when he just suddenly woke up one day and decided, "Hmmm, I think I'm going to make a Blues band".
They play the Hard Rock Cafe in Chicago tonight, if anyone is free I personally guarantee it will be a GREAT show.
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