Filed under: Video of the Day Artist : Lovett Video: "Ghost of Old Highways" Highlight: "I'm not an actor, just had a great director," singer Ben Lovett tells Spinner. "I had no bag of tricks for this sort of thing but director Dan Bush knew how to get it out of me. I'm supposed to be playing different parts of myself so that's what I did." Back in February, 2011 Spinner premiered Lovett's 'Eye of the Storm' video as well as an exclusive behind [...]
En una entrevista exclusiva con NME , Ben Lovett de Mumford and Sons (acordeón, teclado, coros) ha comentado que el nuevo disco todavía no está terminado. Aunque ya haya sido anunciado para septiembre de este año, el grupo se encuentra todavía en Londres dándole los últimos retoques a las canciones que compondrán su segundo disco de estudio. De hecho, Ben comenta que todavía no hay nada grabado : Estamos acabando el disco ahora. No hay mucho de lo que hablar, seguimos en la misma fase que el año pasado [...]
With over a winter's month to mull it over our Indie 50 for 2011 are unveiled. The focus, as always, is discovering emerging acts, so this list reflects some of the best of that group, i.e. emphasis on obscurity. Most "mainstream arists" deserving of recognition are excluded from the numbered list and included in the footer. Neon Indian, who happens to win the numero uno spot, is one exception to the rule. Submit comments below and [...]
Dave Watts Communion Records , the UK record label co-founded by Ben Lovett of MumfordAand Sons , has its origin in a live-music night started in 2006 at London’s Notting Hill Arts Club. As the success of the live events grew, Lovett decided to start the label in 2009. The Communion music scene has been central to the UK new folk revival which included bands like Mumford and Sons, Laura Marling, Noah And The Whale, and Peggy Sue. When Lovett was in town with Mumford And Sons this past Saturday to [...]
Mumford & Sons' Ben Lovett didn't like the way that the world of booking and promoting musicians was being handled -- so he completely reinvented it. In the midst of the massive global success of his band Mumford & Sons -- which culminated in 2010 with the crossover critical and commercial success of their debut album, Sigh No More -- multi-instrumentalist Ben Lovett has been hard at work on another passion of his. As an artist who spends so much of his time on the road, he noticed that something was awry when it came to the setup of [...]
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Lovett has been nominated for an MTV O Music Award for Best Web-Born Artist based on a series of "passionate, blockbuster-sized" ( My Old Kentucky Blog ) collaborations with film directors, interpreting songs from his self-released album 'Highway Collection.' In the Web-Born category, Lovett is honored to be nominated alongside Odd Future, The Weeknd, Kina Grannis and MDNR. Lovett - "The Fear" video: The new awards series from MTV [...]
This is our second post about Lovett in as many months. Unsurprisingly the LA band is garnering quite the buzz of late. Their short film Ghost of Old Highways , as feature below with the instruments from the "Ghost of Old Highways" track, is the fourth in a series of colllaborations with film directors. "Lovett - The Fear" "Lovett plays a man pursued by an invading army as he hunts down previous versions of himself amidst the purgatory of a fractured consciousness. [...]
Lovett is a guy. Or it’s a band. I have no idea. But Highway Collection, Lovett’s debut record, is amazing. It’s fashionable these days to make country music pop by adding electronica or a backbeat or a punk scream—Americana on its own is not enough. Lovett is from that tradition. But unlike so many contrived albums that work too hard at this, Lovett succeeds. Ben Lovett himself is from Georgia, and he’s a reasonably successful composer of film soundtracks and record producer (he ran a studio with Danger Mouse). Here, though, he’s making songs—with the [...]
Lovett is a guy. Or it’s a band. I have no idea. But Highway Collection, Lovett’s debut record, is amazing. It’s fashionable these days to make country music pop by adding electronica or a backbeat or a punk scream—Americana on its own is not enough. Lovett is from that tradition. But unlike so many contrived albums that work too hard at this, Lovett succeeds. Ben Lovett himself is from Georgia, and he’s a reasonably successful composer of film soundtracks and record producer (he ran a studio with Danger Mouse). Here, though, he’s making songs—with the [...]
To celebrate the launch of the UK’s biggest indie club night in five new cities, Propaganda has lined up a veritable feast of indie bands and indie music lovers for guest DJ spots over the coming months. Dates include The Vaccines manning the decks at nine Propaganda nights from now until late November and Ben Lovett from Mumford & Sons will appear at five Propaganda nights in the next month. Add to that DJ sets from Bombay Bicycle , Peaches Geldof , Mat Horne and Huw Stephens [...]
COMMUNION TO LAUNCH IN THE U.S. WITH DEBUT LIVE EVENTS BRITISH INDEPENDENT PROMOTERS ANNOUNCE “COMMUNION IN THE REDWOODS” PARTIES AND DEBUT U.S. TOUR DETAILS Communion, the U.K.’s most revered live music promotions team, are pleased to announce details of their greatly anticipated move into the U.S. with a very special “Communion In The Redwoods” 3-day party and the debut Communion U.S. Tour. Communion is the brainchild of Mumford & Sons’ Ben Lovett, his close ally, Kevin Jones, and renowned producer Ian Grimble. Born out of a London basement bar in 2006, Communion very quickly became the [...]
If the troysnoise staff of one were in the LA area tonight they'd be attending Lovett 's short film debut entitled Ghost of Old Highways . With a seemingly late 18th century theme, the project developed from what was initially a simple music video into a twelve minute short. Lovett's first LP was released in late March and thankfully found its way into our studio this week. Lovett - "Ghost of Old Highways" "All The Time" is also off Highway Collection , and was recorded [...]
Wax Monsters , the lovechild of Matthew Gallagher and Luke Lovett, will take you on a dreamy, yet enjoyable trip through the statosphere. Basically just put some headphones on, play the 4 tracks off Ancosta , think about your wildest fantasy, and watch it come to life. The sound is very chilled out, but still keeps it integrity of inducing you with many different effects. Very intrigued by these guys so far. You can download the tracks below or head to the group’s bandcamp and download it from there.
My inbox is bulging with emails from various record labels, etc., and right this minute I'm not that much in love with the established musical merry go round. Sure I will step back on the treadmill pretty soon, but until then I feel more like giving a boost to those starting out on their musical journey. Kamilla Lovett is more than deserving of your time. Having studied and honed her craft at the excellent Access To Music College - responsible for helping launch Ed Sheeran amongst others - Kamilla is slowly spreading her wings. Dreaming of a career [...]
If you’re not already a massive fan of Ben Lovett’s spectacular collection of visually stunning videos for his band Lovett , such as the steampunk masterpiece for the elegant Eye of The Storm , the pacemaker-exploding beauty of Heartattack or the darkly triumphant song/storyline The Fear ; then get on it. Great music and passionate, blockbuster-sized mini-movies await you. To add to that stockpile of visual/musical goodness, MOKB is exclusively premiering Lovett’s new video for the dance-floor bouncing All The Time, filmed at Spaceland [...]
Ever wandering, Ben Lovett has made the entire United States his studio, venue and home. Over a hundred people have learned his music and played with him just in the past year, with the potential of more collaborators in the future. Yet as this composer and musician continues day-to-day in his musical journey, we learn more about his inspiration, creativity and heart. melophobe: Diving into it! What led you to music? Ben Lovett: I can’t really say that it was anything specifically [...]
So the big race is in less than 48 hours and the nerves are starting to kick in. I'm having a last minute dilemma of what tunes to listen to during the run...I guess it's better than worrying about the actual race. I previously made a mix of some training music that have helped me through the last few months but the other day I put on a mellow playlist and I felt great...zoned out but in the zone. Here are a few of those tracks. [...]
Even though it's stormed like hell so far it seems like May is going to be a great month. Allo Darlin- The Polaroid Song I'm yet to find a song by Allo Darlin' that i don't absolutely love. Such a great band to put me in a good mood and motivate me to go out and enjoy my life. Thao witht he get down stay down- bag of hammers Lovett- The Fear [...]
Music Videos: Idiot Glee – “Let’s Get Down Together” - A Cluster 1 Premier! Some trippy kaleidoscope imagery complete with dark overtones….your computer’s music visualizer can suck it. British Sea Power – “Who’s in Control” ( For No One ) - Daniel Ryan's incredibly rare and intimate video series continues. If you recall, Ryan takes some of the industry's most popular indie acts and has them play in a live setting of no one. It's raw, it's visceral, it's on Cluster 1. Alcoholic Faith Mission [...]
I got tricked into all this originally, when I somehow scored a friend’s feature film while trying to convince him I had no idea what I was doing. That was back in Athens where I first starting recording bands, giving people the impression I was an engineer simply because I’d spent my college tuition on recording equipment. From there I got into producing other people’s songs, though I had never really written one of my own. Nobody ever taught me how to play music and for some reason I never asked. I started moving around to a lot of places [...]
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