posted July 28, 2017 #
That
cover gif is just too good. Kids be clownin' for all time and I don't even care how immature it is, that's a good looking cat!
If you need something
more, enjoy 10 hours of
this.
posted July 27, 2017 #
Produced, mixed and engineered by Alex Newport
Mastered by John Greenham
"...mellow-tone garage pop songs that blend everything you loved about post-punk." - NOISEY
"...a squealing single-note riff that eventually parts the seas for a massive-as-hell chorus." - Consequence of Sound
"The anarchic sound that informed the 1990s dream is alive and well with The By Gods who tap into channels and power-chord schemes of deity-like omnipotence." - IMPOSE Magazine
posted July 27, 2017 #
"We wanted to make it easy for people to find primary source historical materials, so we created a one-stop shop that brings together material from dozens of collections from around the world."
posted July 27, 2017 #
If you've been reading this site for awhile, you may recall my mentioning the band
The Privates on
multiple occasions. They're a great band that's been dormant since 2009. So it was quite surprising to learn that filmmaker
Dylan Allen had taken the music of the band and used it as a jumping off point for a sci-fi short film named in their honor....
The Privates" premiered as a
Vimeo Staff Pick and features a rag-tag group of four friends starting a band that, literally, explode with electricity whenever they perform. It's a bit sci-fi, a bit 80's ensemble cast and quite a bit enjoyable. The Vimeo write-up on it hints at the underlying struggle in the film:
To Allen, "The self-destructive energy felt like an ideal metaphor for the frustration that all independent artists encounter while trying to do what they do when no one could care less." So why bother trying to create anything? Especially when your craft requires you to put out fires along the way? The spirit of "The Privates" and the pursuit of unknown bands everywhere answers this question perfectly. Because trying to make anything creative with friends is fun, cool, and can result in amazingly unexpected things.
Heavy handed? Maybe. But I think a quirky sci-fi film that hints at the frustrations of being a creative person, despite the odds and hurdles, works pretty damn well. Oh, and it really is a pleasure to watch.
Give it a whirl and then visit the band's
back catalog.
posted July 27, 2017 #
Nashville artist
Zach Halfhill has an enjoyable portfolio of illustrations, poster design, album art,
photography and miscellany. It's great to see a body of work with a DIY style personality but still maintain a crisp exactness to the execution.
posted July 26, 2017 #
I know this made it's way into the sidebar of posts previously but I can't stop listening to this
Faux Ferocious track,
Solvency.
It's a slow burning, Kraut rock influenced, dark mumbler of a song but, for me, it's absolutely captivating. The other tracks from the
12" release are good (there's only 2 other songs) but this one has seared into my brain for heavy rotation.
posted July 26, 2017 #
Fucking hell, America. Everything is a shit show
posted July 26, 2017 #
Fucking hypocrite. Not that it's surprising. But fuck you just the same. https://t.co/xcbuNGW1sh
posted July 26, 2017 #
Download the entire Wayback Machine archive for a given URL.
posted July 26, 2017 #
It's not often that I post about fashion lines but the Gucci Fall / Winter 2017 campaign,
Gucci and Beyond, is an ode to 50's and 60's sci-fi so it seems right up my alley. There are plenty of OG Star Trek references, Lost in Space and monster movies throughout, along with the actual line of clothes that certainly look other worldly.
HT
Pantyhouse.
posted July 25, 2017 #
“Unsorted Folder” volume VI. Last one for now.
posted July 25, 2017 #
The debut single from Smart Objects.
posted July 25, 2017 #
Artist
Natalia Stuyk seems to have a bit of prescient insight into the world of glitch videos. Her short film
Visiter (a love letter to Tokyo) has been making the rounds since 2015 and certainly helped lead the way for many other alternative and Vaporwave-y videos artists that have come since. Her work is more far more artful than what you typically consider with the genre, as it steers clear of any of the standard tropes that have emerged. It's feels odd to say that a chaotic field of pixels blipping in and out of static is a beautiful thing but she certainly made it exactly that.
Much of the rest of her work is just as engaging and progressive. I've not seen anything like
BBBB before and I'm completely entranced by
Colour Study #1, to name but a few notables from the group.
posted July 25, 2017 #
Typically, I find artists statements to be an overwrought method for creative types to explain a body of work that has no natural cohesive connection to itself but sometimes you run across an explanation that gives you an
enhanced appreciation for the work. Such is the case for
Catherine Graffam, a New Hampshire artist that works largely in figurative portraiture. This one simple statement casts the work in a different light:
Self portraiture is a way of cathartically processing my emotions, and regaining agency over my body as a queer trans woman living with a chronic illness.
A series of
self portraits can feel overly self-indulgent but not when viewed through the lens of defining one's own agency on their own life. It's a nice reminder that the artists intent
does make a difference and it's not always on the beholder to interpret the work.
Take it all in. via
Jeremy.
posted July 25, 2017 #
Enjoying the simple and concise photography portfolio of
Sanghyuk Yoon, particularly the handful of juxtaposed interior / exteriors in his
Anxiety series (as seen above).
via
melisica
posted July 24, 2017 #
There's nothing like watching a leaked trailer from Comic-Con to make you think, "Jesus Christ, what am I doing with my life?!".
posted July 24, 2017 #
I've been following the work of Jeremy Ferguson, aka
Battle Tapes Recording, for probably as long as he's been operating under that name. His Nashville based studio has produced records for the likes of Be Your Own Pet, PUJOL, and Apollo Up to name a few and he's worked the boards in
other studios for Forget Cassettes and Lucy Lucy! All that is to say, he has a massive body of work from the past 20 years and it's phenomenal to see him
featured in Tape-Op magazine. The interview they partake in with him does get a bit technical in terms of gear discussion but I love hearing people nerd out on something they're passionate about, even if the specifics are a little lost on me.
Give it a read through and then
follow him, as you should do with any interesting person you encounter.
