Sunday, June 9, 2013
Pailhead - Ballad
Pailhead - basically Ministry with Ian MacKaye of Fugazi and more recently The Evens (as well as, of course, Minor Threat and a bunch of other bands as well).
Neil Gaiman on Iain Banks' Passing
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And now he's dead.
Of course his passing affects me in a removed way, but it affects me nonetheless - in a way every human beings does when we stop to pay attention to the idea of essence slipping away and disappearing from our world. But the death of Iain Banks (aka Iain M. Banks) does not affect me as it does those who were fans, or those who knew him.
Or those lucky enough to fall into both of those categories, as Neil Gaiman so obviously does, as evidenced in this heartfelt reaction here.
Friday, June 7, 2013
A Film Based on Irvine Welsh's Filth? Yep. Trailer
This novel is incredible. It also features pages "narrated' by the lead character's tape worm. I wonder if that will make it into the movie.
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Aimee Mann & Ted Leo: #Both - Voices Carry
HOLY PETER FAULK!!! This is a thing? I just discovered #Both - a project that is Aimee Mann AND Ted freakin' Leo! And the first thing I land on when I youtube it? Ted Leo helping her play one of my favorite songs EVER!!!
QOTSA!!! Yell it from the rooftops!!!
If you're a fan and haven't bought this yet you need to. If you're unfamiliar with one of the greatest rock bands of the last decade and a half then go get Rated R and work your way up to this.
Gigwise: Interview/Performance by The Neighbourhood
Queens of the Stone Age ...Like Clockwork
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Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Insidious 2 Trailer
The first Insidious was one of the first genuinely new 'scary' movies I'd seen in a long time. This looks like it may be a bit of a re-hash, ala the Poltergeist sequels, but I'm still going to give it the benefit of the doubt. That scene in this trailer at 0:40 seconds gave me a chill.
Best Coast - Boyfriend
... and since we're talking about groups that remind me of Liz Phair. I'll admit, I like Best Coast quite a bit - like Phair's early music Bethany Cosentino has one of those vocal presences that immediately made me have a crush on her (like Phair once did). However, I've never liked anything I've heard from this band as much as I like this particular song. It all comes together here - the vocals, backing vocals and that luscious reverb-saturated guitar/drums really take me someplace.
Waxahatchee - Coast to Coast
My cousin Charles recommended this group to me recently. I perused them on Spotify but my mind's been in a million places lately (and 999,999 of those places have been QOTSA) and they didn't click. Then I encountered this video on Pitchfork this morning and was immediately taken aback by how much it reminds me of Exile in Guyville-era Liz Phair.
Pretty cool (not that I doubted it - Charles has excellent taste in music)
New Divine Fits
I'm largely unfamiliar with everyone in The Divine Fits - in spite of my wife and a lot of my friends' really liking Spoon I'm kind of on the outskirts of that - I like what I've heard of them, but have never really been moved to get into their music. That said, Mr. Brown gave me The Divine Fits record last year and I really dug it. Now via exclaim.ca here's a new song they premiered live recently.
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Lescop - La Foret
I know nothing about this artist, literally just discovered him/them via a youtube sidebar. I like the subtle introduction of the guitar in this track. Sometime I'll have to tell you my story about 24 hours in France, but right now I gotta split, drop a good friend off at the airport (tears) and go to verk.
New Moderat Single to drop 7/12...
... on Monkeytown Records.
AHHH!!!! Why must we wait until July when the album is out a month after that?
I'm being a dick. It's kind of cool that they're playing this so close to the chest, what with a lot of the advance marketing we've seen for album releases this year. I'm just REALLY looking forward to new Moderat, as I've been listening to the first album again A LOT for the last two months or so. While we wait, here's one of the tracks of said first album. This song sounds like the night:
AHHH!!!! Why must we wait until July when the album is out a month after that?
I'm being a dick. It's kind of cool that they're playing this so close to the chest, what with a lot of the advance marketing we've seen for album releases this year. I'm just REALLY looking forward to new Moderat, as I've been listening to the first album again A LOT for the last two months or so. While we wait, here's one of the tracks of said first album. This song sounds like the night:
Saturday, June 1, 2013
Friday, May 31, 2013
Thursday, May 30, 2013
The East - Behind the Scenes Featurette
Saw a trailer for this before something recently. Ever since Super Ellen Page gets my attention. Then Mr. Brown sent me an article yesterday... let me see if I can find it... here it is. As soon as I heard Brit Marling was behind this film my interest soared. This isn't an attraction thing - Brit Marling is for REAL. If you haven't seen Sound of My Voice drop what you're doing and watch it - amazing movie. Has kind of a Marcy Mary May Marlene-meets vibe going on, but there's more to it than that. Don't read anything about it, just see it. Blew me away by the end.
And now this. The girl is good.
Machete Kills - Trailer Numero Uno
A little frustrated - I've been trying to post this off and on for a week or so (when I have time - you may have noticed I haven't exactly been around lately) and it kept getting yanked. Well, it's Machete, so it's worth the wait.
Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork Live in LA
This concert was forty minutes away from me (with traffic and parking) last Thursday. I've been checking the QOTSA site off and on for weeks and still managed to miss the mention of it entirely. Of course it sold out right away, and tickets were (again) ridiculously priced compared to their shows in other cities. I'm not sure if it's the bands or the venues - me thinks a bit of both. Sorry, I LOVE Queens, but I'm not paying $75 to see anyone unless it's Joanna Newsom in a private performance. I'm posting this footage - which I believe is the new album start to finish and then some. I won't pay that tix $$ but I'll sure as hell give the boys my money next Tuesday.
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Help Fund Industrial Super Group Primitive Race
Will be comprised of - and this is an amazing line-up - Chris Vrenna, Luc Van Acker, Raymond Watts, Dave Ogilvie and Chris Kniker. Mxdwn.com* has a more in-depth article here and you can go to their campaign HQ and read it from the horse's mouth here. Let's all throw whatever $$$ we can at these guys and get this thing happening - I can't wait!!!
* and while you're on mxdwn they have some great Crystal Castles photos up.
Monday, May 27, 2013
The Trapezoid - Coma_TheTenOf3's
Narcissism day continues. This is something I did several years ago and pretty much forgot about. Put it on the youtubes this evening.
When you release things out into the ether, sometimes they come back to you in unexpected ways...
I wish I could have just embedded it but no dice. However, the entire set is worth a listen (~1:22:00 in length) - it's packed with awesome, dark ambient stuff. Follow this link and its the second entry down under the heading Mixes Albums, DJ Sets, titled Exhalation, Vol. 2
New Boards of Canada - Cold Earth
Via Exclaim.ca via Pitchfork: New Boards of Canada (reportedly) that was premiered before Squarepusher's set last night (Sunday, 5/26/13) at the Movement Electronic Music Festival in Detroit.
I can't wait for this record. BoC have figured heavily into my listening habits ever since they really hooked me back in the early oughts, and this year especially I've been going through jags of drowning myself in Geogaddi & 2000's ep "In a Beautiful Place out in the Country" - they're fantastic writing music.
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Nostalgia Works in Weird, Weird Ways My Friends
UPDATE: and it would help if I included the video I'm discussing, eh?
Okay, my 80's nostalgia might be drifitng into a dangerous place with this one. I'm sitting in a CBTL working on my novel, using the brilliance that is heavenisanincubator as a soundtrack to finally cut the bullshit and get through these two chapters that are essentially going to make up about a third of the second act of the story but that have sprawled to over 15k words and need some SERIOUS editing. Inbetween tracks the silence from my headphones reveals this song playing on the overhead - it meets with a favorable reaction from me and I linger there listening before looking it up, as I realize I have no idea who sings it.
Nu shooz? Really? Still, in the moment I find that I not only don't hate it (as I'm sure I have at some point in the past) but I'm actually liking it. And it helps me eek around a narrative corner I was until moments ago stuck on, so it gets the benefit of a post. And now that that's all done, it's back to the really good stuff.
Telefon Tel Aviv - Your Every Idol/You are the Worst Thing in the World
The first time I heard these guys it was this track. I had it in our desktop mac and didn't even realize it, had never heard it before. I took a post-work nap and as I came to, swimming in and out of the realm of dreams in the gathering twilight this faded in and stole my imagination. I've been a fan ever since.
Clip (via Aintitcool) - Drafthouse Film's "A Band Called Death"
No this is not about the band that once sang "bathe in blood of the one you've just killed." This is about these awesome, protopunk pioneers:
Thee Comic Column #38
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Saturday, May 25, 2013
Underworld - Cowgirl (Music Video)
From one of the greatest electronic albums ever - hell, one of the greatest albums ever for that matter - dubnobasswithmyheadman
Apparat & Raz Ohara - Holdon (Modeselektor Remix)
With the right subs this shakes the fookin' house mate!!!
Friendly Fires - Paris (Aeroplane Remix ft. Au Revoir Simone
This and the Shooting Stars back-to-back makes for a fantastic 13 minutes or so of music. Apologies for using the one with the heiress as the backdrop, it was that or confections and I'm not particularly fond of sweets at the moment, as I'm drinking this:
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