Down in Portland, apparently there's a band called Archers that likes to post videos by the likes of the Sound, the Chills, Chameleons, Magazine, dB's, Soft Boys and Christmas among others on their Tumbr . The building blocks are obviously there and based on this song they're building high and fast. Evil City Music is 2 minutes 45 of diving and slicing guitars, amphetamine fueled vocals that builds to a mad crescendo and then flips itself on its back flails around and sadly ends. The band have one single to date which you can get via their [...]
It's been awhile since I've heard anything from Archers, who put out one of the absolute best seven-inches last year, so to see that they've got a new song is exciting, and to have it be sooo goood is even more so. The new song, expertly titled 'Evil City Music' premiered this evening on yvynyl. [...]
Bob's Burgers on Fox (Jan 9, 2011) Last week, I mentioned a couple of interesting shows ( Portlandia and Archer ) coming to a TV near you in January, but tonight ( Sunday, January 9 ) is really when the "unofficial 2011 TV season" begins in earnest. This evening sees the premiere of three shows on Showtime ; the US remake Shamless starring William H. Macy and Emmy Rossum , Episodes starring [...]
Archer Archer is an animated, half-hour comedy that revolves around the spy agency known as the International Secret Intelligence Service (ISIS) and the lives of its employees. Although their work of espionage, reconnaissance missions, wiretapping and undercover surveillances is daunting and enigmatic, every covert operation and global crisis are actually unmitigated occasions for the ISIS staff to undermine, sabotage and betray each other for personal gains, pleasures and prosperity. Season 2 or Archer [...]
It's time for the next installment of the Best Downloadables series. You can stream all the songs in this mix using the Yahoo media player at the bottom of the page or download any of the tracks at your leisure. Listen. Downloadables: Never Learn Not To Run (mp3) by Antimagic Your Face Left Before You (mp3) by Buke And Gāss Supertoys (mp3) by Autolux [...]
It's time to listen to the tracks I have not posted recently. Here is the next NOT POSTED mix. These are some of the songs that would get there own individual posts on GIMME TINNITUS, if I only had the time. This mix starts out all indie rock and ends with electronic weirdness. Listen. Downloadables: Brussels Truffles (mp3) by Archers (Buy The 73 @ bandcamp ) Crazy Rulers of the World (mp3) by Surf [...]
ARCHERS - ARCHERS 7" Portland, Oregon's ARCHERS have four awesome songs out on a self-titled 73 (only 200 made copies so get one real soon if you want one, this one's gotta sell out). I discovered these guys thanks to Jheri Evans (aka Get Off The Coast ) - this was also posted on the newly established and not-so-surprisingly consistent Altered Zones . They caught my ear while going through the mp3s on the Altered Zones page looking for jams, and after some more mellow and electro/dance songs, 'Brussels Truffles' came blasting through my [...]
And now it's time for the next installment of the Best Downloadables series. You can stream all the songs in this mix using the Yahoo media player at the bottom of the page or download any of the tracks at your leisure. Listen... Cow (mp3) by Nikoo (d/l the whole EP @ their official site ) Latin America (mp3) by Holy Fuck Latin Lover (mp3) by [...]
Intelligence in Lifestyle magazine is the new holy grail of infographic greatness. It is a high-end Italian magazine aimed at men. The magazine is equipped with a beautiful design creatively directed by Francesco Franchi. For some of us, getting ahold of the magazine could be difficult. Francesco has archived several of the layouts from the interiors spreads and covers onto his Flickr —they make amazing desktop backgrounds as well. If in case you're wondering, the magazine utilizes Publico, a serif face that fits perfectly into the design is much less ubiquitous than say Helvetica or [...]
Archers - Door To All Marvels It takes from '90s indie guitar bands, Television and 60s pop, which is why "freewheeling" (as an adjective) doesn't feel right to describe this jam from Portland's Archers. Actually, it's perfect: angular melodies and big chunks of guitar jostle for space under the vox, possibly supplied by Chris Cantino of RQ faves Saudade (could be his bro Michael?). Like Saudade, Archers build their sound so masterfully you tend to not notice how technically accomplished these dudes are, and it's not easy to make this magnitude of [...]
Archers is an indie rock band out of PDX . What can I say? I can't stop listening to their demo. I love the way the vocals and guitar vie for attention in this song. Listen... Downloadable: Radical Opinion (mp3) If you like the track above, you might want to click over to this tweet . Chris Cantino of Archers put together this music video "in celebration of Popeye's copyright freedom " (in the EU, that is). Streamable: Brussels Truffles (vimeo) [...]
One of the very first articles I ever wrote for this blog lamented the careless proliferation of Archer, the slab serif from H&FJ. At the time, I was specifically reacting to the unfortunate redesign of the San Francisco Chronicle . That was in February of last year. Since then, the typeface has spread itself ever further, and continues to pop up just about everywhere. Lauren Adams wrote a article about this very topic over on the AIGA blog. She states, "Archer's instant stardom raises questions about its appropriateness. Can a font with [...]
The best TV show ever created. Archer is a slick adult cartoon about a suave spy who likes nothing more than to hit on women and abuse his butler. Sometimes he saves the world too.
"Karate? The Dane Cook of martial arts? No." All that and a Checkov's gun reference... I already love this series. Archer is on FX, Thursday nights.
Archer just commented on the Lykke Li post and reminded me of a feature she did with Swedish producer Kleerup. It's called "Until We Bleed," good call, definitely worth posting for everyone to hear. Kleerup - Until We Bleed (Feat. Lykke Li) Also from that album is the Kleerup & Robyn collaboration "With Every Heartbeat," an incredible love song for those able to feel it. One of the best songs from the album. Kleerup - With Every Heartbeat (Featuring Robyn)
Now that we're into the 12 days of Christmas, it's time to unleash the Christmas music . When I think of this holiday season, I don't usually think of the word brutal, unless we're talking about the crowds in the shopping malls. Thanks to my friend at work Mark, who shared this with me today. This is the funniest, yet absolutely worst idea ever! OMG, this redefines bad. Christmas songs, motorbated into death metal. Well these eleven bands got together to cover their favorite Christmas songs and [...]
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