Tibi PuiuAlthough written by the prolific James Shelton in the 1950’s, “Lilac Wine” was catapulted to modern day classic status not before 1994 when Jeff Buckley covered it, capturing all its splendor. Now, it’s a bit hard to tell if the Cinematic Orchestra version is a Jeff Buckley (likely) or a James Shelton cover, but even though the performance might not be stellar, the video is. Developed by one of my favorite creative agencies, Blind, this…
[VIDEO] The Black Keys – ‘Too Afraid To Love You’
Recorded during the making of the recently released bluesy sensation “Brothers”, the video for The Black Keys’ “The Afraid To Love You” surprises a glimpse of the magic that unfolds in the studio as Auerbach and Carney let it rip. Check out this black and white beau below. “Brothers” is out now via Nonesuch Records.
Gary Numan performs ‘Cars’ for new spectacular DieHard commercial
Above, you can check out the new DieHard commercial advertising their car batteries, which features Gary Numan playing his 1979 ‘Cars’ on an organ whose output consists of car horns. The result? Well you’ll just have to see for yourself. Adam Sadowsky, president of Synn Labs, writes in to explain how they created the “corgan”: We’re the same folks who built the Rube Goldberg Machine for OK Go’s music video for “This Too Shall Pass”….
Download: Jenny and Johnny – ‘Big Wave’
Separated they are Jenny Lewis and Jonathan Rice, together besides making a fine couple, they also make an awesome band – Jenny and Johnny. Their new album “I’m Having Fun Now” will be out August 31, and below you can download the second track to surface off this new record, the care free americana-indie-surf infused “Big Wave”. All in exchange for an measly e-mail address, of course. Check out Jenny and Johnny’s tour dates, slated…
[VIDEO] Animal Collective – Lion in a Coma
This just came in our inbox and boy do we love it! My name is Ori Toor and i just graduated from the shenkar school of design, majoring in illustration and animation. My final project is a stream of consciousness video for the song “Lion in a Coma” by Animal Collective, made frame by frame in flash. No script, no planning ahead.
Iron Maiden’s Final Frontier
Artwork for 'The Final Frontier' by long time Maiden collaborator Melvyn Grant.
M.I.A.’s horrid performance ‘live’ @ David Letterman
What the heck just happened? No, seriously, WHAT happened, Maya? As if it wasn’t enough M.I.A.’s new album is totally disappointing, with respect to general musical standards (If I were to compare “Maya” to her previous other two records… well, you get the idea), last night’s Letterman performance topped anything one could call pathetic. I’m still pretty shocked! Honestly, I’m not even sure if it was bad BAD or intentionally bad – you never fucking…
[VIDEO] Flying Lotus – ‘MmmHmm’
This is undoubtedly the best music video I’ve been granted to see all year long. Lush, incredible special effects and fantastic cinematography – it all comes together with FlyLo’s (feat. Thundercat) incredible ‘MmmHmm’ resulting into an almost religious experience. MmmHmm is off Flying Lotus’ recently released third full length effort, the highly recommended Cosmogramma.
NPR’s top 50 albums of 2010 … so far
We’re well beyond the mid of the year and by the end of the summer, when most of the season’s notable releases get around surfacing, we’ll also probably be able to make outselves a solid idea of what the best records of 2010 are. NPR thought about this for a while and decided to hold a poll for their readers and listeners in which people were invited to vote their favorite album of the year…
[VIDEO] Animal Collective – ‘Guys Eyes’
Finally, someone thought it would be only decent to grant my favorite track off Merriweather Post Pavilion, “Guys Eyes”, its own music video. When talking Animal Collective, it’s either extravagantly complex or in your face simple, and it’s that exact subtle mix between avantgard and AC’s straight forward, no bullshit approach to music that makes us love and cherish this band – this particular video falls on the more grounded part of the AC. The…