Seattle psych rock band The Night Beats will be making their Philly debut tonight inside the Sailor Jerry Store. Think '60s psych a la 13th Floors Elevators with Link Wray sitting in on guitar. Here are the deets: Night Beats @ Sailor Jerry 116-118 S. 13th Street 8pm FREE 21+ over For more info, visit ...
I am still enamored by this song, and even more so after seeing the video, which is made up of scenes from the 1969 short film "Clown" by Richard Balducci. Grab a free mp3 of "Chinatown" here and pick up the band's debut album Gemini, available on Captured Tracks.
This new band on Warp Records recently caught my attention, and I am guessing will catch yours as well. The kinetic, junkyard style funk meshes well with the frantic video editing. I feel nauseous, but you know, like in a good way.
If you like the minimal wave / dark disco sound, you'll like this new one from Cosmetics instantly. {MP3} Cosmetics - "Sleepwalking" (via Altered Zones)
One of the best bands to come out of New Zealand in a long time is finally offering up a full-length album this Fall. Surf City's first single from the upcoming Kudos is a continuation of the catchy power-pop songwriting found on their EP. The kind that makes the hair ...
Cool video for a song that might make you cooler than you already are (if that's even possible). Pop-culture tid-bit: It was recently featured in the show Entourage during the ending credits. From the band's 2008 EP, available here.
And the world makes sense once again: Warp Records has confirmed that it will release a new album by ambient godfather/mega producer/art-rock legend Brian Eno later this year. Without Eno, works by some of Warp's biggest names like Aphex Twin and Boards of Canada probably would ...
Islands recently stopped by Art in the Age (makers of organic liquors ROOT and SNAP) in Philly for an awesome 3-song acoustic set featuring the debut of two new songs: "Shotgun Vision" and "Lonely Love". The former is one that I have personally been enjoying lately. Check out the videos: ...
One of the UK's most talented young musicians Mica Levi, of Micachu and the Shapes, was profiled in a recent documentary presented by 4Play. The mini-doc highlights the band's recent collaboration with the London Sinfionetta and features Mica discussing new music and her process. Embedding has been disabled (People still do ...
The newest Broken Social Scene video was created by a fan in response to this past June's G20 Summit. With a mirror-like montage of cultural defining clips and stills, it's a sensory assault that features riots, political humor and everything from Top Gun to top tech. (via TWBE)
All the tech/sci-fi nerds of the world, myself included, are waiting with baited breath for the release of Tron: Legacy, the sequel to the groundbreaking '80s film starring Jeff Bridges. In addition to the trailers we have to hold us over, thanks to Seattle's The End, we can now sample ...
Well, Bradford and gang just keep getting better... {MP3} Deerhunter - "Revival" The new album, Halcyon Digest, is out 9/28 on 4AD. (via GvsB)
During its heyday from 1986-1996, "120 Minutes" was the utimate destination to see videos from some of the most vital underground/alternative bands of the time including Lush, My Bloody Valentine, Cocteau Twins, Husker Du, and countless others. Hosts of the show included J.J. Jackson, Downtown Julie Brown (!) and everyone's ...
Do you want to know what art is? Like for real? Then watch this video from '80s Italian Electro band RUINS. It will change your life.
Photos by Julie Drexler Prior to its recent release, Laurie Anderson's Homeland, has taken on various forms over the years on the road and in the studio. In its current recorded state it's a political beast and a masterpiece of topical storytelling. In its live incarnation, it's a minimalistic, humorous ...
This Flying Lotus video directed by Special Problems is amazing.
The Diehard Battery brand recently enlisted '80s electro-pop star Gary Numan to test their car batteries by having him perform his hit single "Cars" through actual cars. Have a look. It's a cool idea, but a really cheesy execution. (via Boing Boing)
Yours truly aka DJ Vuvuzela aka DJ Double-Rainbow-All-The-Way will be joining the Hello From The Children of Planet Earth DJs Jeff Zeigler and Joe Patitucci this Sunday at KFN in Philly. Come by, it's FREE! Here's a taste:
Tim Berners-Lee? Larry Page and Sergey Brin? Mark Zuckerberg? Morons. Thankfully, one man (that man being Prince), is here to give us a much needed reality check. He explains to the Daily Mirror the fate of that little useless thing called the Internet: "You must come and listen to ...
This awesome new video from The Books does what the Internet does best -- hits you with a stream of perverse reality. Samples of kid's voices saying disturbing things a long side of manipulated video footage that could have been borrowed from Everything is Terrible's library. (via PFork)
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