Jeffrey Lewis is just very good, isn’t he?
I’m not a cult boyfriend, by the way. I’m probably more of a cheesy mainstream boyfriend best enjoyed ironically or drunk.
Archive for the ‘music’ Category
Sword & Sorcery EP
March 16, 2011Isn’t this trailer gorgeous and intriguing? I’m not 100% sure what it’s selling, but if it’s a game I’ll play it, and if it’s biscuits I’ll eat ‘em.
The trailer, by Superbrothers, features the music of Jim Guthrie, music created using MTV Music Generator on the PlayStation. Here’s a previous collaboration between Guthrie and Superbrothers, The Children of the Clone. I LIKE it. There’s a nice interview about the collaboration here: ifc.com
Weapons For War
March 2, 2011This is jolly. The album, Confetti, is jolly all the way through, too. It has an Annuals/Animal Collective sunny day woozy psychedelia thing going on. It hums like a drowsy bumble bee, which is nice on a cold night like tonight.
Concrete Schoolyard
February 26, 2011Well this takes me back to my time in the L.A. hip hop underground. Ah, those were the days. MCing like a river rocking lyrical flow and experimenting with harmonic convergence, dynamic vocal inflections, and fly b-boy bravado. Basically kicking it old-school with that classic rap shit. And in many ways Jurassic 5 did the same.
Sacred Animals
February 13, 2011Awful video. Terrible sound quality. Sublime song.
More Sacred Animals, including the downloadable 4-track EP Welcome Home here. So bloody good!
Heaven Can Wait
February 9, 2011There’s certainly a lot to look at in this video, isn’t there? Although maybe the most disconcerting part is realising that Beck’s head is starting to resemble a gingery lightbulb. It’s directed by Keith Schofield, and you can see more of his work on his website here: http://keithschofield.com/. I’d say his stuff has a glossy oddness to it. It’s healthy, clean-cut and safe California-style surrealism, but very pretty for all that.
His site also contains treatments for the videos, which are fascinating. For this one, he says:
Each scene will have a clear purpose. It’s just that no scene will connect to any other one. They won’t connect to anything. And I want nearly every shot to be a “WOW!” moment – a big set piece that any other video would spend 3 minutes on.
Which I’d say is pretty much what he delivers.
Shark Ridden Waters
January 30, 2011Sharks frighten me, with their grumpy faces and cold, dead eyes, like David Mitchell’s eyes, but this song is not about grumpy sharks, it’s about splitting up with a French girl. The French frighten me, with their grumpy faces etc etc…
What a gorgeous song! Blissed-out pop with lush harmonies and a dude with a beard playing a plinky-plonky solo on a toy phone. Nice work, bearded dude. From the bearded dude’s forthcoming solo album Hotel Shampoo.
Hippy Monday
January 24, 2011Because really, sometimes you need 24 hippies in quasi-military outfits singing about being excited and delighted to get your week jumpstarted in style. What are the Spree up to these days?
Bonus: The Polyphonic Spree cover The Psychedelic Furs. Everyone wins!
Eric Wareheim
January 19, 2011Eric Wareheim (I think he plays “Tim” in Tim and Eric: Awesome Show, Great Job!) makes pop videos. They’re like the most unsettling nightmares, the kind that keep you on edge for hours after you’ve woken, only set to music (and occasionally Maroon 5).
This one, for punk band Health, is the most overtly horrific thing he’s done so far (apart from making me listen to Maroon 5). It’s horrible and mesmerising. Catchy tune too!
There’s more of this sick filth here, if you’re a fan of feeling a bit wrong.
The Golden Path
January 16, 2011Because I do not believe in a heaven and hell, world in opposites kind of reality.
Caution: hippies!
