Incoming: The Rolling Stones, the Killers, Metallica, Los Lobos, Paramore, HIM, Built to Spill, Metz, Alice Russell, Robyn Hitchcock, Marnie Stern, Killing Joke, Chad Valley, Big Black Delta, Clinic, Vietnam, Keaton Simons, Adam Green & Binki Shapiro, Javelin, Maps & Atlases, Little Boots, Pyyramids, Os Mutantes, Lisa Germano, Armin Van Buuren, Helmet, K's Choice, Saint Motel, Sleepy Sun, Tenacious D Above: British soul singer Alice Russell released her latest, "To Dust," in February on the Tru Thoughts label, and director Steve Glashier's video for the song "Heartbreaker" features a very [...]
Buzz Track: Benny Goodman After being turned on to Los Angeles based Saint Motel , I've become an instant fan. Sure they took cues from The Black Keys and Fatboy Slim but they have a sound of their own. The band has an upcoming performance at The Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood on May 4th. Contact: info@on-the-records.com
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: She & Him, Saint Motel, Miniature Tigers Song: The Postelles - Pretend It's Love (Ft. Alex Winston) [download here ] [...]
40. Patrick Watson - Adventures in Your Own Backyard - Patrick Watson is gaining steam with lush orchestrated indie-rock / folk songs that seem to float and quiver over this excellent album that was remarkably recorded in the singer's apartment. There are vast sounds coming from every angle, and Watson uses his voice to fog over these orchestrations creating a huge sound that will delight you from every angle. Check out Into Giants, a very Simon & Garfunkel(y) sound as well as the title track that will spin your head. Listen: Patrick Watson - Into Giants [...]
Filed under: Video of the Day Artist : Saint Motel Video: "Benny Goodman" Highlight: "We didn't want something too on the nose with this music video," lead singer A/J Jackson tells Spinner. "The song is about the man himself, Mr. Benny Goodman , but his story and what he went through is universal. His perseverance and belief in himself against all odds, is something many people can relate to. We decided to loosely base our story on the Jackson 4 becoming the [...]
What a year. More than 140 Los Angeles-sired albums passed through the Buzz Bands LA headphones this year, not counting EPs, mixtapes and singles. Judging from the detritus at my desk — handwritten lists, stacks of CDs, press releases — and my unopened emails, there were a lot more out there. It came in all flavors. 2012 was a robust year for folkies and faux-folkies, hard rock and harder rock, for electro and popgazers, for scads of seemingly interchangeable garage-rockers, for radio bands and scruffy DIYers, for electronic dance music and electronic dumb music, for R&B and glitch&B [...]
This six-piece from Charleston, South Carolina does a mighty fine job of channeling the Beach Boys (with a hint of the Ruby Suns mixed in). They have a great "vintage California sound" that always seems to brighten up my day. ♩ The Explorers Club - Run Run Run [from Grand Hotel ] web // facebook // twitter // soundcloud // shows // iTunes It's been three years since Edward Droste and company [...]
ein sehr feinen track hat der noch junge singer/songwriter conan o'brien gebastelt, ein video dazu gibts als vorschau auf das im frühen januar auf domino erscheinende album {awayland} obendrauf, "the waves" mit: villagers : mit "bc" gibt es eine nachschau auf das im oktober auf dais erschienene album "love and regret", verantwortlich für die bilder zeichnet brian davila, dazu heißt es "the video is an homage to films such as the hunger, society, and night of the [...]
LA Indie Pop four-piece Saint Motel have just released this incredible feel-good video for 'Benny Goodman', taken from their equally feel-good debut album 'Voyeur', released earlier this year. Click here to view the embedded video. The video was directed by lead singer AJ Jackson and features two viral sensations combining creative forces - 7-year-old Miles "Baby Boogaloo" Brown and Derrick Tuggle. The concept for the video is inspired, like the song itself, by the tale of Benny Goodman's struggle for success," explains Jackson. "As Benny learned at the Palomar [...]
It's really hard to narrow down a list of Top Albums of 2012, especially when you have four contributors with different opinions. We gave the reins to Nathan.Lankford and Nicole Baumann on this one, since they write the majority of the album reviews, but we all have a little representation within this. Now, we do realize that our site has specialized tastes, so please realize that these are our OPINIONS . You're welcome to disagree, and, in fact, we encourage that process. Also, we're doing a Top 100 because so many records came out this year, it wouldn't be fair to narrow [...]
Today we have for you the latest video from Saint Motel . The clip for, "Benny Goodman," a song from their debut album Voyeur , was released about a week ago. The video was directed by the band's A/J Jackson and features the adorable Miles "Baby Boogaloo" Brown . If I didn't already like this song, the video would have won me over. One, it has a plot, how a Jackson 5 type group went from being a 4 [...]
Click here to view the embedded video. A child that can dance like this makes for a really fun video. The boys from Saint Motel put together this video for their standout track "Benny Goodman," off of their album Voyeur , an ode to the "King of Swing." This little guy could make the Jackson Six, it lends a fun, light-hearted story about believing in yourself to a child who is brimming with talent, but it's just unseen. Grab Voyeur from Saint Motel's Gift Shop
Nick of Time fra min hjemstavn udsendte i sidste uge dette bud på en julesang (selvfølgelig allerhelst en juleklassiker, så den kan dukke op igen og igen og...på diverse opsamlinger). En energisk rocksang (pimpet en smule med klokkeklang), som er en fin rockende hyldest til julen (måske lige bortset fra julekvalme delen)...invester et par lørdagsskillinger på iTunes , så er sangen din og Unicef en lille sum penge rigere , som kan anvendes til alskens gode formål på steder i verden, hvor julen er knap så festlig som [...]
video for Saint Motel 's B enny Goodman taken from their debut album Voyeur guess you find out who's the story about...
(...) it was at the Palomar Ballroom in Los Angeles, in his darkest hour, when his band was nearly broke, that they finally hit and Benny became the King of Swing. What could have been the end turned out to be just the beginning. So in the spirit of believing in yourself when no one else will, somehow my mind wandered to the story of the Jackson Four becoming the Jackson Five. Finding the perfect young dancer was a challenge. In my mind I had envisioned someone almost impossibly talented and young [...]
Yes! Talk about getting you in the mood for the weekend. Bonus fact! The dad is the guy from The Black Keys' "Lonely Boy" video . Can we get both of them dancing in a video next time!?
Once again, Saint Motel release a music video that tells a real interesting story. Here's what AJ of Saint Motel had to say about the making of "Benny Goodman": For the video, I wanted to play off of the messages of the song. I'm not sure if you are familiar with Benny Goodman's success story, but it [...]
L.A. indie rock outfit Saint Motel is back with a video for "Benny Goodman," the new single off their latest full-length, Voyeur . Directed by frontman A/J Jackson, the piece pays homage to the rags to riches story of legendary jazz musician Benny Goodman (who broke out while on the verge of going broke with a performance at the Palomar Theatre) through child dance sensation Miles "Baby Boogaloo" Brown. Playing off the image of a certain family of five, Brown shows that he's got what it takes to be the Michael of the [...]
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