Blog: Informal Flick-Thru

Check out the first track from the band's new album below, set for a September 18th release. Full track-listing. -James Godwin, June 5th, 2012 Filed under: Music Tagged: Grizzly Bear , Sleeping Ute

Stream Alt-J's debut album in its entirety below. -James Godwin, May 23rd, 2012 Filed under: Music Tagged: alt-J , An Awesome Wave , ∆

In what is now standard internet procedure (they've hired an entire team to build their creations), Google will upload its latest Doodle on Wednesday. This time, the quirky variation of the famous logo will pay homage to the electronic music pioneer Robert Moog, as he reaches his 78th birthday. Currently running only on  Google Australia , users are able to manipulate an interactive Moog Synthesizer, an instrument utilised by everyone from the Beatles  to  Radiohead . The option to multi-track and record is very much available...I give it a [...]

YouTube user  QuintonSung  has done the unthinkable (or perhaps it's what everyone was thinking), and made delightfully precise 8-bit renditions of Radiohead's most career defining albums, OK Computer  and  Kid A , in their monstrous entirety. It really is fantastic. Download links available in the video descriptions. Reminds me of this little stunner . -James Godwin, May 21st, 2012 Filed under: Music , Uncategorized Tagged: [...]

The predictably beautiful new single from Kristian Matsson's new LP  There's No Leaving Now . -James Godwin, May 17th, 2012 Related articles The Tallest Man On Earth - 'Little Brother' (flick-thru.com) Filed under: Music Tagged: 1904 , Kristian Matsson , Tallest Man On Earth , There's No Leaving Now

Probably one of the best films I've seen on contemporary art. Engaging, and funny. "The epic life of a world-class artist, jammed into six minutes." Narrated by Tom Waits. The film was commissioned by LACMA for their first annual 'Art + Film Gala', honouring John Baldessari and Clint Eastwood. -James Godwin, May 15th, 2012 Filed under: Screen , Uncategorized , Video Tagged: Clint Eastwood , [...]

Produced by FutureDeluxe & Fractured Films Directed by Andrew Jones -James Godwin, May 13th, 2012 Filed under: Music , Video Tagged: Modeselektor , Thom Yorke

The Fleet Foxes frontman is keeping himself busy with projects like this, which are quite evidently at the top of his street. -James Godwin, May 10th, 2012 Related articles Robin Pecknold - 'Olivia, In A Seperate Bed' (flick-thru.com) Filed under: Music Tagged: Fleet Foxes , Phil Ek , Robin Pecknold , Walkmen

Fresh from producing Here We Go Magic 's debum LP, Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich has formed a newband called Ultraista, and features Atoms For Peace percussionist Joey Waronker. This lilting track is titled 'Smalltalk'. -James Godwin, May 9th, 2012 Related articles mp3: Here We Go Magic - 'Make Up Your Mind' (flick-thru.com) Filed under: Music , Video Tagged: Atoms For Peace , Here We [...]

Two brand new songs from Animal Collective. Pre-order the 73 single here , and receive the mp3s now. -James Godwin, May 7th, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Animal Collective , Domino , Gotham , Honeycomb

Since illegal torrent site The Pirate Bay announced record visits of 12 million on the same day our UK courts ruled that the site would be blocked on British internet servers, perhaps you were among those rushing to grab the overtly anticipated and prematurely leaked Beach House record. For the more angelic music fan, the fantastic  Bloom  is now streaming legally in its entirety over at NPR . Beach House - 'Myth' -James [...]

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Formerly Dive.  A real penchant for heroically strong guitar riffs. DIIV's debut album Oshin is out June 26th on Captured Tracks . -James Godwin, May 1st, 2012 Filed under: Music Tagged: Captured Tracks , DIIV , Dive , Oshin

Taken from Put Your Back N 2 It. Directed by Winston H. Case -James Godwin, April 30th, 2012 Filed under: Music , Video Tagged: Dark Parts , Perfume Genius , Put Your Back N 2 It , Winston H. Case

Picasso famously stated that "every child is an artist, the problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up". So then, it's only fair, that we leave all those nancy critical pieces on one of music's most evolutionary bands behind, and cut straight to the chase. Here, in scathing honesty, a group of children critique one Radiohead's most famed compositions, 'Paranoid Android'. Do kids like Radiohead? Well, no. N'Dubz is better, apparently. "If people don't remember my name I just say dude, c'mon, my name's [...]

The next time I'm bored, I think I'll tinker with an Afro-pastoral folk opera myself. Stream the entire soundtrack for Damon Albarn's new opera  Dr Dee  below, track by track. -James Godwin, April 24th, 2012 Related articles Watch New Damon Albarn Album Trailer (flick-thru.com) Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon Play New Blur Song (flick-thru.com) Filed under: Music Tagged: Blur , Damon Albarn , [...]

All good things come in threes. Our third pick for Record Store Day 2012 is the 10-inch limited edition 'Ekki Múkk' vinyl, with exclusive b-side 'Kvistur'. Like Beach House , this won't be appearing on the forthcoming Sigur Rós album Valtari . Apparently you can play it backwards. Upwards. Inwards or outwards. Or just plain old fashioned forwards. -James Godwin, April 23rd, 2012 Related articles [...]

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Witness Youth Lagoon's one-man-army Trevor Powers perform a stripped-back rendition of 'The Hunt', from 20112s sublime debut  The Year of Hibernation . -James Godwin, April 22nd, 2012 Related articles Youth Lagoon - 'Goodbye Again' (John Denver Cover)  (flick-thru.com) Live: Youth Lagoon - 'July'  (flick-thru.com) Introducing: Youth Lagoon  (flick-thru.com) Filed under: Music , Video Tagged: Live , [...]

Along with this , here's another stamping highlight from Record Store Day 2012. After the digital release of the utterly arresting 'Myth'  in anticipation of the new album on May 15th, today sees the first physical Beach House release arriving in this exclusive 73 blue vinyl format. We've already been acquainted with  'Lazuli' , however its previously unheard b-side 'Equal Mind' will not be making an appearance on the album. Bloom will be released via Bella Union on May 15th, and [...]

To coincide with Record Store Day 2012 (today), Wayne Coyne is releasing a quirky collaborative punch of miscellaneous talents and status from both ends of the musical spectrum. You've already heard the Bon Iver cut , and now a sneak preview of the closer 'I Don't Want To Die' - which features a guest middle-8 from Chris Martin and borrows lyrically from John Lennon - has appeared courtesy of The Future Heart  for you to watch below. It's a charming glimpse into the mixing process and like the rest of the album [...]

Vampire Weekend's bassist Chris Baio is set to release a solo EP called Sunburn on May 21st via Greco-Roman - a label co-run by Hot Chip's Joe Goddard. It's well tropical, as you'd expect. -James Godwin, April 19th, 2012 Filed under: Music Tagged: Chris Baio , Greco-Roman , Hot Chip , Joe Goddard , Matias Aguayo , Vampire Weekend