Liars has become a darling of the indie world, especially after their 2006 record, Drums Not Dead—look no further than Pitchfork Media’s glowing review for confirmation. Their drum-based, drone-filled sound doesn’t make for an easy listen, and sounds nothing like the hacks that fill the indie landscape lately. Drums Not Dead is almost perfect, but [...]
Filed under: music, reviews on July 22nd, 2008 | 1 Comment »
When I saw the cover for the new Death Cab for Cutie album, I thought to myself, “hey, I’ve seen this before.”
Les Savy Fav, The Microphones, and Lamb all had similar album covers for their respective albums around the turn of the century.
The Microphones, in 2000
I would say the Death Cab for Cutie album cover [...]
Filed under: artwork, music, thoughts on July 2nd, 2008 | No Comments »
I was just driving home this evening and rain and sunset mixed together to make everything cool and yellowish. I’d already taken more than enough photos at times like these, so I thought I’d do something a little different. Music is: Lamb - “Five”.
Filed under: artwork, music, video on June 19th, 2008 | No Comments »
I shot a few bits of video during the drive from one friend’s home in Coral Gables to another friend’s home in South Miami. Here’s what came of it. Music: “Neuflex” by Two Lone Swordsmen.
Filed under: artwork, music, video on June 16th, 2008 | No Comments »
While driving home one night, I encountered a lot of road construction, and noticed that the various flashing lights were vaguely in sync with the beat of the music. Music: “Beat Connection” by LCD Soundsystem.
Filed under: advertising, music, video on June 12th, 2008 | No Comments »
The other day, I posted an unofficial video for Radiohead’s Weird Fishes/Arpeggi, and that got me thinking of one of my favorite videos, the de facto official music video for Radiohead’s Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors + Like Spinning Plates songs.
Filed under: music, technology on June 2nd, 2008 | No Comments »
This is not especially new, but definitely notable: Programmer Robert Hodgin basically wrote a program using the Processing language that became a video for Radiohead’s Arpeggi/Wierd Fishes, and the result is below. It’s reminiscent of Radiohead’s video for Pyramid Song, sans storyline:
Weird Fishes: Arpeggi from flight404 on Vimeo.
Filed under: music, technology on May 19th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
With all the headlines file-sharing garners these days, I find it interesting that old-fashioned offline methods of sharing music have essentially gone unnoticed. Instead of risking a strong-arm lawsuit from the RIAA by searching peer-to-peer sites, you can find a wealth of free music at a place from some of the tech-minded public might have [...]
Filed under: music, technology on June 16th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
In the words of one Pitchfork Media reviewer, “If you’re waiting for these guys to finally fuck-up something royal, keep waiting. They’re unbacklashable”. After all the critical acclaim of OK Computer back in 1997, no one could have imagined that Radiohead would survive the inevitable backlash. Radiohead didn’t just survive it; they came back [...]
Filed under: music, reviews on May 11th, 2006 | No Comments »
I wasn't around in the Sixties and Seventies, but I'm pretty sure that mainstream recording artists and their fans weren't too terribly preoccupied with reliving (and rehashing) music from the Fourties or Fifties. They were too busy creating a generation of groundbreaking music to worry about that. So, why, since about the time "grunge" came [...]
Filed under: music, rants on March 16th, 2006 | 1 Comment »