Pop stars live in fantasy worlds of million-dollar mansions, glamorous red carpets and weeks-long vacations in the world's most beautiful locales. So it's no wonder that when it comes to writing songs and shooting music videos, artists often look past the quotidien details of everyday and instead dip into the worlds of myth and fantasy for inspiration. Kanye West unleashed a "Monster" in his controversial My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy track; Katy Perry and Lady Gaga got intergalactic [...]
Essay Test is a segment in which we assault a band/artist with questions in an essay test format. You remember that shit, right? We let the bands roam, wander, and trail off. We encourage run-on sentences and love fragments. We may or may not take points off for spelling mistakes. Here's how More Humans did. Photo by Bryan Johns Words and questions by Brendan I somehow stumbled [...]
Song: "Dracula" Artist: More Humans With a song entitled "Dracula", you're expecting something dark and gloomy, a little goth, perhaps. Not so with this opening cut from More Humans recent Demon Station EP. Rather than focus on the sinister aspects of a dude who sucks your blood, these three guys mimic the sharpness of teeth with their signature angular guitar melodies and explore the inner turmoil of the man-turned-beast in the lyrics. Never mind that the words are sung in awesome vocal harmonies (with stellar recording, even), there's something intense (and [...]
Song: "Dracula" Artist: More Humans With a song entitled "Dracula", you're expecting something dark and gloomy, a little goth, perhaps. Not so with this opening cut from More Humans recent Demon Station EP. Rather than focus on the sinister aspects of a dude who sucks your blood, these three guys mimic the sharpness of teeth with their signature angular guitar melodies and explore the inner turmoil of the man-turned-beast in the lyrics. Never mind that the words are sung in awesome vocal harmonies (with stellar recording, even), there's something intense (and [...]
So we typically toss a video onto a post when highlighting a new band or a show preview or something and let you draw your own conclusion about it. Sometimes we throw a change-up... strike that - let’s call it a round up. Most of these videos are of bands we have previously talked about here on Draw Us Lines, so we won’t be telling you much about those bands themselves, just some musings that really aren’t worth a damn. If a picture is worth 1000 words, then a video must be worth a million. Hold on to your hats! [...]
20112s Greatest Breakups - Why Fame? Justin Bieber & Jaden Smith Sing a Duet - Anything Hollywood Beyonce, Hilary, Or Jessica: Who's Got The Best Bump? - Holly Baby A Man Tells Us Why They're Obsessed With BOOBS! - College Candy Kardashians Edit Kris Humphries To Look Homophobic - INF Daily Hugh Hefner's New Year's Resolution - Celebrity [...]
As we're naturally in a reflective mood here's my summery of 2011. It's just another opportunity for me to tell you the reader about the bands and music that meant something to me last year! January: 2011 kicked off well with a trip to Whelans to see two of my favourite artists Mark Dignam and Sean Millar perform an intimate gig to an appreciative audience. I introduced Storyfold , Autumn Long , Fox E & The Good Hands and We're Wolves onto the blog. [...]
With only 19 days left until Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1 hits theaters, new clips have been released to whet the appetite of twi-hards 'round the world. We will finally get to see the fabled wedding of Bella and Jacob Edward , as well as the impossible pregnancy and maybe even the birth. (Not quite sure where pt.1 ends and pt.2 begins) So if you're eagerly awaiting the conclusion to the film franchise on November 18th, and [...]
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Ooooo I'm excited about this band and this song! Have a listen to 'We're Wolves', download the song, 'Fan' them on Facebook and make them huge!!!! 'I Was An Ironman For Two Weeks' was self produced in and around a house in Maynooth. The band 'We're Wolves' is made up of ex members of a lot of the Dublin punk rock bands including, Homestar Runner, Born A Ghost, Jody Has A Hitlist, Starters, Little Nightmare and Awake Young Soldiers to name a few. [...]
I really can’t get enough Harry Potter ! Lately all I have done is re-watch all the films in preparation for November 19th. Then it’s on to the books… I’ll probably been done all of it before Halloween. Earlier today, eight new TV spots – YES EIGHT! – were released for Deathly Hallows . I have all of them right here for you to watch! Check ‘em out! [...]
Athens PopFest 2010 begins tomorrow in (perhaps unsurprisingly) Athens, Georgia. Founded by Mike Turner of Happy Happy Birthday to Me Records in 2003, Athens PopFest continues this year with its strongest line-up to date. Featured bands include Mission to Burma , Apples in Stereo , Circulatory System , Go Sailor , The Wedding Present , OH-OK , and many many more. And to mark the occasion there is a 2010 Athens PopFest Compilation available for free download. In two parts, it features a massive 39 tracks in all, [...]
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Michael Nhat's debut LP sounds more Angelino than Vietnamese, with humorous non-sequiturs, pent-up hostilities, portraits of hipster chicks, and admonitions about werewolves rapped and sung over tracks that sound like they were sampled right out of the air in Filipinotown or the less gentrified parts of Echo Park.
As a precursor to our impending year-end list, we've asked some of our favorite artists to select their five favorite releases of 2009. Natureboy blew my mind this year. I don't think I've spent more personal, alone time with any other record this year. So, I am humbled and gracious that Sara Kermanshahi, the brainchild, songwriter and vocalist behind the band, would share her favorite recordings of the year with us. 1. Masterface Freedom Tower Seamless, new, innovative and irie. "Excuse Me Girl" is one of my [...]
Originally howled at SomaCow.com In this, the first Sunday hour, the guys and Jamie talked about: Vampires = Gay Werewolves Teenwolf Dad Mormons Taylor and Taylor Shark Boy Lava Girl & Robert Rodriguez Fed Up Kids Books Gossip Girl 90210 Mike Jack/Pee in a jar Rhiaanna Beatdown Mike Vick vs Roman Polanski If you'd like to join us live for these episodes, come see us Sunday from 10-12 AM!
26 September, 2009 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm Who: Electric Tickle Machine , Dream Diary, Zoos of Berlin, North Highlands, Werewolves Where: Market Hotel Show Info: All Ages, doors @ 8:00pm Listen: "Part of Me" by Electric Tickle Machine
Recommended Show: THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2009 SHILPA RAY AND HER HAPPY HOOKERS @ DEATH BY AUDIO 49 S 2nd Street Brooklyn, NY 11211 $TBA, 8:00PM Ex-Beat the Devil (actually now defunct), Shilpa Ray , now leads her happy hookers in the same punk-cabaret styling we know and love. Jason recommended them when they played Solar One with Fiasco . This show is different, Shilpa and her Happy Hookers are headlining and playing in a lovely venue indoors - a very important aspect, given that it may pour tonight. [...]
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