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Kanye West  is undervalued. Yes, I’m serious – consider that he is on a run of albums (4) of such incredible output (both commercial and artisitic) that realistically the only comparisons that exist are The Beatles and Rolling Stones. No other acts I know of can lay claim to 4 number 1 albums over...
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All this good stuff just gets in the way of introducing myself … My apologies but a further episode of indie-ness has happened that begs some form of commentary: The new Arcade Fire album, The Suburbs, will be sold with eight different album covers. I’m tempted to think it must be one of the most...
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Funny story. At first this video for ‘Meet Me In The Basement’ went viral as a fan-made reaction to the riots in Toronto during the G20, but then the band saw it, approved it and made it the official video for that Forgiveness Rock Record song. It’s hard to tell exactly what the video...
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Quadron’s newest music video for the track ”Buster Keaton” featured on their selftitled debut album has now showed up on the highly visited pitchfork.tv. The video is made by ”Tracemaker” – a very cool indie-inspired illustrator/filmmaker from France, who I highly recommend you check out. His stuff is like ”Juno” and modern hipster-art having...
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We love M.I.A. for so many reasons here, but especially today. Besides being the rebel role model for all young ladies, and a hero to a lot of dudes too, Maya Arulpragasam makes some killer music and it should be coming to you soon. What makes today special is that she is has released...
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I just finished watching an incredible documentary called You’re Gonna Miss Me (2005), a film about the life and times of musician Roger “Roky” Kynard Erickson. Erikson, born and raised in Austin, Texas, was co-founder of psychedelic pioneers, The 13th Floor Elevators, as well as the leader of Roky Erickson and the Aliens. The doc’s...
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Even I get a little tired with writing about music, so here is something a little different. Thanks to my Tuesday night art lecture, I have been introduced to a visual artist that goes by the name Blu. In short, Blu is an Italian stop-motion street artist. While I let that soak in, imagine if Banksy, everybody’s...
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I’ve noticed something: I’M THE INTERNET loves nakedness. We’ve dedicated several posts to video where some favorite artists show us their business, including Girls and the Flaming Lips. I don’t think these interests sprout from any carnal desire for erotica, but perhaps some respect or novelty in the act of an artist totally exposing...
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“Logorama” is a short film, directed by H5, a collective made of François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy and Ludovic Houplain. I don’t want to ruin the movie by going into too much depth about the story. But I will reveal that logos are going to die… Logorama from Marc Altshuler – Human Music on Vimeo.
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Whether it’s treadmill madness or backyard dancing OK Go always amazes the crap out of me when they make a new video. And I don’t know if the fancy videos are compensation for lack of something on the musical side or if it’s just because they think they’re a lot of fun, but either...
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