posted November 15, 2017 #

@yewknee @steveniebauer https://t.co/8TQTvx9Xdb

The best laptop ever made

posted November 15, 2017 #

this is crazy but I recently switched back to this MBP and it is wonderful. Better than my more recent laptop. bonkers.

Little Bandit, Sinking

posted November 15, 2017 #

The debut album from Little Bandit, Breakfast Alone, is filled with many heavy moments of heartbreak but none of them really hit as hard as the final track, "Sinking." Recently, Alex Caress joined forces with director Stacie Huckeba to create a video for the song that captures that heaviness.

The video debuted over on The Bluegrass Situation and Alex had this to say of the creation:

"Stacie Huckeba and I were trying to create abstract images of nature and water to evoke feelings of loneliness and freedom, simultaneously. The song is sad and hopeful and naked, and I wanted the video to feel that way, too."

It's a great track and the video is an excellent pairing. Do watch.

Audiotree Live

posted November 15, 2017 #

Are you familiar with Audiotree Live sessions? It's a repository of in-studio performances from an absurd selection of artists. Much like Daytrotter and the KEXP In-Studio performances, they capture a performance and put it out there for you. There's no catch or additional tweak to the formula, it's just another giant library to enjoy but from smaller bands and no paywall.

Looking at the Full Archive, it's easy to get lost in the amount of choice from bands you've likely never heard of. I suggest trying out Skyway Man, Penicillin Baby and Sun Seeker as enjoyable starting points.

posted November 14, 2017 #

In the song “Dyslexic Heart,” Paul Westerberg sings that because he has a “dyslexic heart,” his “heart could use so… https://t.co/9ZuFC2Iizg

Notcho

posted November 14, 2017 #

for iPhone Notch users

Coupler Happenings

posted November 14, 2017 #

The new Coupler album, Gifts from the Ebb Tide, comes out this week on my label, yk records. I'm sure to post more about this on Friday when it's streaming everywhere but I wanted to take a moment to point out a few items:

Grimey's Instore 11/14 - this doesn't mean much to anyone outside of Nashville but the band will be playing one of the cities finest record stores. I'll do my best to live broadcast it over on Facebook.
Bandcamp Weekly Podcast - the third, and title, track on the album was included in the latest Bandcamp Weekly podcast. As an enormous fan of Bandcamp, this is beyond flattering.
Edd Hurt Review - this writeup from the Nashville Scene is brief but entirely accurate.

Oh, and the vinyl is beautiful. Turned out unbelievably well.

Hunted Projects

posted November 14, 2017 #

Occasionally I run across a site that contains a plethora of artist profiles that I just want to hoard and mine for future blog post. A repository of future content, if you will, but that feels a bit greedy. Hunted Projects is one such treasure trove. Curator Steven Cox has done a phenomenal job of shining a light on artists like Evan Robarts, Mathias Malling Mortensen, Angus MacInnes, Razvan Boar and Chris Hood to name but a tiny few.

It's a lot to take in but worth a bookmark to revisit when you're looking for inspiration or just a quick trip into someone else's head.

A Piece Of Work

posted November 14, 2017 #

Abbi Jacobson, of Broad City, has her own WNYC Studios / MOMA sponsored podcast called A Piece of Work. In it, she talks with a variety of her celebrity friends like Hannibal Buress, Tavi Gevinson and RuPaul about... art. It's not a high brow discussion or inaccessible in the slightest, it's just a regular chat about what art is, the intentions of artists and the occasional appeal of naked people.

They're roughly 15-30min long each, only 10 episodes total and are decidedly pleasant. Subscribe anywhere or listen here. I've embedded the episode on Minimalism below, often the hardest topic for non-art lovers to get into.

via Jeremy.

What We Do In The Shadows, Originally

posted November 13, 2017 #

I'm a big fan of What We Do In the Shadows (and creators Jemaine Clement / Taika Waititi in general) but had never watched the original short film that preceeded the full-length. It's, obviously, not as polished as the final film but there's still a plethora of great jokes and amusing moments, not to mention terrible fake vampire teeth.

Evan Robarts

posted November 13, 2017 #

I am absolutely enamored with the vinyl tile pieces from New-York-via-Miami artist Evan Robarts, particularly the seemingly deconstructed colorful pieces. I've seen them referred to as "mop paintings" and if that's truly the technique used to create them, I like them even more.

His work exists amongst a variety of styles, from those painted tile pieces to large scale scaffolding installations to politically-bent Newspeak sculptures, all of it interesting and engaging in its own way.

There's a lengthy interview with him over on Hunted Projects if you'd like to learn more and a beautiful portfolio site to comb through.

MIRROR - Short story of similar objects

posted November 13, 2017 #

How many times it happened to find similar shapes between them which seem to have any kind of relationship? As often it happens in nature all is apparently different but essentially the basic shapes are repeated with infinite declinations. The format, puts in relation objects from similar shape that have different functions. Created by Tanello Production www.tanelloproduction.com

Patrick Savile

posted November 13, 2017 #

London artist Patrick Savile say this of his work:

Having grown up on a solid diet of weird 70s sci-fi and fantasy, I create worlds that hark back to the world of prog-rock album art and take leads from comics, as I like to create narrative in my work, however abstract it may seem.

Approaching his personal and commercial work with that in mind, it's easy to understand where he's coming from.

posted November 12, 2017 #

I have a chrome extension that makes all of trump's tweets seem like they were written in crayon. This one is just… https://t.co/pTW6jCOaXE

posted November 11, 2017 #

.@robertashley's exclusive reflections on making the rad new I Come To Shanghai album 'Low Presure' @ImposeMagazine. https://t.co/f3j3jSUzDt

posted November 11, 2017 #

Moustache May has come and gone, but I'm still at it! Donate to my #Movember efforts and support men's health: https://t.co/dowqd4C29w

/r/CatsStandingUp

posted November 10, 2017 #

Y E S

posted November 10, 2017 #

Colour picking process looking more abstract each day https://t.co/0KOUeQFKo6

Friday Videos - Nov 10th, 2017

posted November 10, 2017 #

Torn between that coffee stutter gif and the Blade Runner shrug but there's not a bad choice to be made. Then again, there's also this delightful creature, so maybe I did steer you wrong.

Joel Osteen at The Forum - Osteen impersonator makes it very deep into a legit Osteen event.
Stranger Kings - dumb dumb dumb dumb. Love it.
Artsy Fartsy - a high brow piece of work from the same genius* that made Hi Stranger.
Coffee Stirrer Performance - no judgements but I would like an mp3 of this**
Entertainment - been revisiting these Two Old Men lately and still loving it.
Walking Brooklyn as Kim Jong Un - just bringing it back around to impersonators making their way in the world.

I'm still enjoying /r/WCGW, despite the cringing nature of 100% of the videos.

* not sarcasm.
** yes, I still have mp3's.

Big Black Delta - Roost

posted November 9, 2017 #

Worth the $1.29, fer sure