Kanye’s new video for “Welcome to Heartbreak”, off the magnetic “808s and Heartbreak”, is quite the spectacle for eyes. What makes it really interesting is the strange depixelation technique, very common in low quality .avi movies. Sadly, though, it seems there was an indie video which sparked terrible resemblance to the one from bellow, released one week ago. Consequently, Kanye’s ego took over and decided to have the video taken down, as hear on Kanye’s…
The Black Key’s vocalist and axe man, Dan Auerbach, returned on national TV with a live rendition of his latest solo single, “My Last Mistake,” on the Late Night Show with Conan O’Brien. It’s really interesting to see Dan outside his usual, bluesy persona and find out there’s more to his musical repertoir than meets the eye. A lot more raw, a lot more rock. Off his latest solo LP, “Keep It Hid.” Note, the…
The follow-up to Grizzly Bear’s breakthrough album has been in high anticipation by the whole indie scene for some time now, and, while these little teasers are all fun and all, the May release date is just killing us! The most recent of these teasers, after the initial unveiling of the album name from last week, dubbed “Veckatimes”, after an uninhabited island on the Massachusetts coast, is the cover art (as seen above) and tracklist…
One of the hippest festivals of the year, the Austin SXSW art festival, is right around the corner, with only a few weeks left until it kicks off. For your convenience, so you can plan out a dreamy weekend, the good folks that handle the fest’s organization have just released the schedule for all three days, ordered alphabetically. Considering the sheer number of bands playing, though, it’s gonna be a bit hard sorting through all…
Hailed as one of the best albums of the year, albeit 2009 just started stretching its muscles a bit, “The Mountain,” the latest studio effort from Cincinnati natives Heartless Bastards, has turned a lot of heads lately and has received a lot of critical praise. Recently, the band made a huge leap forward by making its first televised appearance on national TV, once with their performance of “Lost at Sea” live on Late Night with…
One bus, one road and a bulk of totally varied individuals. All bummed up for a trip across life and time. This is how, in a few words, Marissa Nadler’s latest video for “River of Dirt” could be briefly summarized. That would totally be an understatement, though, since when Marissa Nadler’s dream folk voice collides with director’s, Joana Linda, vision, nothing evades complication. Off Marissa Nadler’s upcoming March 3rd album, “Little Hells”. “Take me back…
Not really. Seeing how I live in a totally different time zone, I preferred a good night’s sleep, than to risk loosing a few precious hours of life on a load of hip bullshit. I woke up in the morning, read Stereogum’s live blog from the event as well as a few twitters (Diplo was hilarious!), afterward I conveniently had my ham and egg breakfest. Yeah, there goes another one, I say, while I devour…
I’m European, so, like most fellow inhabitants of the old continent, I have little to nothing in common with American Football (soccer – now that’s a gentleman’s game), but the Super Bowl is something I grant myself watching from time to time. This Super Bowl, however, I skipped and I kinda regret it now. Make no mistake, not for game, but rather for Bruce Springsteen’s epic performance during half-time. The Boss just owned from multiple…
The insanely awesome satire band, Flight of the Conchords, just mapped out a North American tour, which will see the duo performing across most of the US and traditional Canadian venues. After last year’s highly successful self-titled debut, Flight of the Conchords is also prepping a new album, set for a April 14th release date, although a title has yet to be revealed. Click here for presale info (password sugarlumps). [via donewaiting] 4/6/09 Tampa Bay…
OK! Now, if this might have struck you as “somewhat” weird, wait till you check out Morrissey’s latest cover art, for his new single “I’m Throwing My Arms Around Penis Paris.” For the cover, Morrissey, along his band mates, stripped naked and put a 7″ vinyl around their modesties. The single is due February 9th, while the album, “The Years of Refusal,” is set for February 16th (UK) and 17th (US) respectively. [via Morrissey Solo]…
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