Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Corrections House - Grin with a Purpose
Watch this back to back with their first video, Hoax the System.
Via the always awesome Brooklyn Vegan.
The Soft Moon - Want
How did I miss this last week? I'll admit that I'm a little taxed on drugs and violence, however the frantic nature of the way this video is lit and shot fits the 'narrative'. Plus, I really like the Soft Moon.
Monday, April 15, 2013
New Track from The Ocean's upcoming Pelagial Record
Thanks to blabbermouth.net for posting these. I cannot wait for Pelagial - The Ocean (sometimes known as The Ocean Collective) became one of my favorite bands a couple of years ago when I discovered 2004's Fluxion. After chewing on that record for about a year I dove in and bought everything else the band had done. I loved all of it and constantly marveled at the versatility with which Robin Straps and crew turned any conventions associated with heavy music on their ear without ever sacrificing the 'raging slab' factor of the art. Then in 2010 the group put out two records - Heliocentric and Anthropocentric. They are an examination of religion, but not in the typical metal fashion. Both of those records - which saw the group with a new vocalist - are absolute masterpieces that transcend any genre trappings even more than the group already had. I can't say this enough, they are amazing. Fans of Mike Patton and Faith No More may especially want to look into them (they even had the amazing packaging for both records designed by long-time Patton art designer Martin Kvamme).
New Empire of the Sun - Alive
Not really where my head is at right now, but I dig the little I've heard from these guys. Saturday night with friends and cocktails music.
Cloud Nothings live @ that place in the desert
My friend Jacob turned me onto the Cloud Nothings back in October of last year via their Steve Albini-helmed record Attack On Memory. It made my top ten records of 2012.
Sunday, April 14, 2013
SNL - Rubbish for Thatcher
I haven't watched SNL since before Phil Hartmen died. I see an occasional skit here or there though, if word of mouth is good. During a recent text conversation with Mr. Brown he suggested I'd like this one, and I do, quite a bit.
Saturday, April 13, 2013
How to Destroy Angels out in the Desert
While HTDA's first full-length release Welcome Oblivion disappointed me a bit when I purchased it and found most of the contents of their previous EP on it, I still really like the band. I love pretty much everything Mr. Reznor has ever done and Atticus Ross is just a freakin' genius, has been since I learned to spell his name back when Barry Adamson's MASTERPIECE As Above, So Below came out and I rabidly memorized the liner notes as it left its first of many deep, invigorating impressions on my soul.
Anyway...
Every image I've seen of HTDA live has been a thing of beauty - their stage lighting/set-up is nothing short of amazing and looks as though it would fit their music perfectly. Thanks to Pitchfork for linking this, hopefully more will surface.
And despite the disappointment, Welcome Oblivion is still a great piece of music.
Blur Live at that Place out in the Desert
While there's nothing I could think of that I would like to do less than attend a massive, 150+ band concert out in the middle of the desert supported by a shit-ton of corporate sponsors, I won't say I'm not going to cherry pick from the wealth of footage that is sure to arrive hot on said event's heels. A reunited Blur performing There's No Other Way is - in my opinion - a great place to start.
Thanks be to Pitchfork for linking this.
Friday, April 12, 2013
GIJOE animated Movie (80's) Intro
That last post made me think of this and so I had to look to see if it was on youtube (everything is on the youtubes - soon you will be too!).
The Cobra parts still give me chills - the Joe parts are blatantly goodie goodie. But I love the animation used here - even if the movie is pretty goofy.
"When I'm done with you their going to scrape you off the walls with a squeegee."
Sure sarge, sure.
While I'm on the topic, here's my review of Retaliation on Joup. I mean, not retaliation on Joup, but the review I published on the website I write a weekly comic book column for, Joup.
The Afghan Whigs - Love Crimes
I'm not really a fan of Frank Ocean. Nothing against him, and it could just be reaction against seeing his name EVERYWHERE for the last eight months, but when I gave the album a run through it didn't grab me. Might down the road - definitely not ruling that out. Especially after falling in love with the Whigs' version of this song, which dropped like a year ago and I'm just getting around to posting.
You should still be able to DL this on the Whigs' website here.
NEW music from The Devil's Blood is here!!! White Storm of Teeth
Yes, The Devil's Blood is broken up, however if you recall the link I posted upon learning this contained an interview with chief songwriter/guitarist Selim Lemouchi where he stated that the album they had been working on, along with a bunch of other demo stuff, would indeed be released. Well, here's the first track from the forthcoming third and final album, III: Tabula Rasa, or Death And The Seven Pillars. This is apparently a "demo" version but it doesn't sound too much like a demo - it's not super polished, but it's polished. Really dig this - reminds me a bit of a cross between Feverdance and Everlasting Saturnalia from the band's previous record The Thousandfold Epicenter. You can pre-order III here.
All this comes via a website I just discovered earlier today, a great metal site called Metal Sucks and their Senior Editor Anso DF. Really great site and they have quite a bit more info on what's coming from the The Devil's Blood here and here.
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Black Sabbath - Sabotage
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Neill Blomkamp’s Elysium
FINALLY!!! I've been waiting for this trailer for what feels like forever. Thanks be to bloodydisgusting for delivering it.
Vindsval's The Eye
Let's trace the origin of a post like this, not just because someone out there might find it interesting, but because I'll find it interesting, as I've been a pretty rabid Blut Aus Nord fan for about two years now but have never heard of Vindsval's The Eye before.
Okay, so first, as I do at least once a day, I went to the wonderful heavenisanincubator blogspot and read up one a bunch of music I'd never heard before. Good times on The Incubator - always. Anyway, I found a post about Kylesa's Vulture's Landing and was specifically interested by The Incubator's description of Kylesa's sound as containing a "shoegaze" element. I followed the embedded link to Kylesa's label Season of Mist (if I'd be really paying attention it would have dawned on me that I was onto something, as I just re-read Neil Gaiman's Sandman vol. 4 Seasons of Mist and once again it has remained a slowly disintegrating echo in my head since). I looked around Season of Mist's sight for a few minutes, noting various bands on the label and then with the shoegaze + metal thing did what it always does and triggered me to go google search Blut Aus Nord - specifically looking for their label, Debemur Morti Productions' site. No matter where I go to read about Blut Aus Nord and their principal founder/creator Vindsval I always find something new, especially on DMP's site. And low and behold there it was - news that a sequel to the above-embedded album - written and performed entirely by Vindsval from what I've been able to find - 1997's Supremacy by The Eye.
Monday, April 8, 2013
National Twin Peaks Day!!!
So I had no idea but today is apparently national Twin Peaks day. Thank You to my good friend Missi for informing me of this. To celebrate I'm sitting in a coffee shop, drinking damn good black coffee and thinking about maybe stopping at the market afterward to buy a pie. The above picture is from a website I just found called Welcome to Twin Peaks. It's pretty awesome.
Back in 2000 Mr. Brown, myself and our friends Two Foot and The Cap'm drove across country, from Chicago to the areas where the show was filmed. It was the - I believe - sixth year of the event. We got to drink and hang out with some of the stars and I watched my friend Two Foot threaten to beat Jacques Renault's ass (the guy was a dick - probably from Leo kicking his ass all the time). Some day I'll right it all down, it was pretty odd, as a Twin Peaks fest should be.
They are having a new iteration of the festival this year. You can read about it/book tickets here. I'm not one hundred percent certain this event is put on by the same folks who did the one we went to - the guys who used to publish the wonderful and strange Wrapped in Plastic magazine, but it'd probably still be a cool event to go to. Especially because Washington state is just so damn beautiful.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
The first track on this ep by GY!BE - Moya - hits me so hard sometimes I just want to collapse.
New Queens of the Stone Age Single!!!
ABOUT DAMN TIME!!! Seriously though, I don't hold the wait against the band - in fact I think the way they've played this whole thing is great. It's really not easy to cultivate mystique these days, what with the interwebs and all, but they did.
Anyway, I posted the live version that went around from Lollapalooza Brazil a couple weeks ago but here's the album version. Enjoy!
New Ghost B.C. track
So, brooklyn vegan has a new track from Infestissumam, the new album by Ghost B.C. (formerly Ghost). Go here to hear that.
Above I've posted some new stuff from the album as well. Infestissumam is out TOMORROW so if you dig what you hear, go buy it, or pre-order it on the band's website here.
Aintitcool's Bruce Campbell Q&A
Hot-off the heels of my Friday night viewing of Evil Dead - which I LOVED and most definitely is NOT a remake - I'm still reeling with all things Evil and Dead. Thus, I thought I'd post this little gem that the always awesome and informative (and fun!) Aintitcoolnews posted recently.
Moderat II
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Bauhaus - Live 1984/Shadow of Light
Fantastic set was my reaction upon initially posting this, however it's not a set - there's set footage, but this is apparently a video release I'd never seen before. The video is described on amzon thusly:
"Two previously released VHS's together on one DVD. Contains all the Bauhaus promotional videos as well as live performances recorded at the Old Vic Theatre in London in 1982"
Sandman - Wanda's Woes
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"This is the kind of night that needs a roaring log fire, a leopard-skin rug, a bottle of fine brandy, and, mm. I dunno. Rutger Hauer, maybe. And the third Velvet Underground LP in the background. Instead I've got a severed face and sleeping beauty for company." - from Neil Gaiman's Sandman: A Game of You.
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