November 15, 2011 @8:00 am
Adventures of Rose: What’s in the Box?!
We found her in a box, in our bedroom, about three seconds away from entire residential destruction by way of the Little Lamb Enchantment. Fortunately, we were able to coax her out of the box and back to safety with the old “Do you want some Gogurt?” diversion.
October 31, 2011 @11:58 pm
Halloween by Liftingfaces
Nineteen songs; varying shades of Haloweenness. You will find a range of styles here (yes, including Salem), but you will not find “Monster Mash”, sorry. Nor will there will be any Kanye West (sorry “Monster” fans), but there is one rap verse.
Enjoy, if you dare.
01. This Mortal Coil “Fire Brothers” (1986)
02. Glass Candy “Halloween” (2011)
03. The Black Angels “Young Dead Men” (2006)
04. Patsy Cline “Sweet Dreams” (1963)
05. Timber Timbre “Lay Down in the Tall Grass” (2009)
06. Buck 65 “Blood Pt. 2″ (2009)
07. This Mortal Coil “Meniscus” (1986)
08. Lana Del Rey “Kinda Outta Luck” (2011)
09. Chrysta Bell “Real Love” (2011)
10. Ween “Mutilated Lips” (1997)
11. CocoRosie “Hopscotch” (2010)
12. Salem “King Night” (2010)
13. Beach House “The Arrangement” (2010)
14. Charlie Feathers “Can’t Hardly Stand It” (1948)
15. Dead Can Dance “The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove” (1993)
16. Dead Man’s Bones “My Body’s a Zombie for You” (2009)
17. David Lynch “Pinky’s Dream” (2011)
18. Brenda Lee “I’m Sorry” (1960)
19. Angelo Badalamenti “Twin Peaks Theme” (2000)
02. Glass Candy “Halloween” (2011)
03. The Black Angels “Young Dead Men” (2006)
04. Patsy Cline “Sweet Dreams” (1963)
05. Timber Timbre “Lay Down in the Tall Grass” (2009)
06. Buck 65 “Blood Pt. 2″ (2009)
07. This Mortal Coil “Meniscus” (1986)
08. Lana Del Rey “Kinda Outta Luck” (2011)
09. Chrysta Bell “Real Love” (2011)
10. Ween “Mutilated Lips” (1997)
11. CocoRosie “Hopscotch” (2010)
12. Salem “King Night” (2010)
13. Beach House “The Arrangement” (2010)
14. Charlie Feathers “Can’t Hardly Stand It” (1948)
15. Dead Can Dance “The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove” (1993)
16. Dead Man’s Bones “My Body’s a Zombie for You” (2009)
17. David Lynch “Pinky’s Dream” (2011)
18. Brenda Lee “I’m Sorry” (1960)
19. Angelo Badalamenti “Twin Peaks Theme” (2000)
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October 10, 2011 @4:23 pm
Day 1 “Fyrsta”
Day 2 “Near Light”
Day 3 “Film Credits”
Day 4 “Tomorrow’s Song”
Day 5 “Ágúst”
Day 6 “Lag Fyrir Ömmu”
Day 7 “This Place is a Shelter”
Olafur Arnalds “Living Room Songs”
Similar to his Found Songs LP from 2009, Ólafur Arnalds has released Living Room Songs, a project recorded over the course of one week from the bedroom of his Reykjavík apartment, and released for free as each song was finished.
This time, however, he included videos of each recording to accompany the music. The album will be packaged and released in high-quality form later this year. You can pre-order it here, and receive a free postcard.
Enjoy the album on his website, and have a look at the genesis of these beautiful compositions below…
Day 1 “Fyrsta”
Day 2 “Near Light”
Day 3 “Film Credits”
Day 4 “Tomorrow’s Song”
Day 5 “Ágúst”
Day 6 “Lag Fyrir Ömmu”
Day 7 “This Place is a Shelter”
October 8, 2011 @11:33 pm
“Sheared” by Nikolas Ilic
In keeping with my farm animal theme yet again, here is a cool thesis animation from Nikolas Ilic, who recently graduated from Sheridan College in Canada.
September 29, 2011 @6:42 pm
Chipotle “Back to the Start”
Keeping my pig theme going, here’s a radical stop-motion short film set to Willie Nelson covering Coldplay. Directed by Johnny Kelly.
I almost cried. Almost.
Here’s the making of. Right up my alley…
@11:33 am
Matthew Herbert “One Pig”
On October 10, 2011, Matthew Herbert will release his latest LP entitled “One Pig.” According to his label’s website, it is an album “made entirely from recordings of a modern pig’s life cycle from birth to plate.”
I was intrigued with the concept on a number of levels, so decided to give a listen to the meaning behind the project.
I left the video not wholly convinced of his motives. I think Matthew is purposefully standing in the gray area of the matter, and it’s a win/win for him in this case.
One one hand, he has an easy out as an artist to say he is simply observing and presenting his emotional reaction to a realism he has no control over. Editorially he gets to present the life cycle of a food product typically very distant from its consumers.
On the other hand, however, he is also sensationalizing the process to a degree. Even if his money is going to charity (not sure whether it is), having an EP of Micachu remixes crop up as a PR strategy suddenly turns an austere, introspective set of field recordings into a flavor of the month musical romp through the inevitable pipeline of hipsterdom.
Still, as I said, I am intrigued. Here is one of the Micachu remixes:
And here is an iTunes link where you can preview the album and preorder if you can unearth the beauty beneath its grating tone:
Preview Album.
