"Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys" is not a song you'd expect Black Lips to cover, but alas here it is, on the A side of this year's Record Store Day split 73 single from Saddle Creek with Icky Blossoms . And it works very well. Originally by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson, the song is remade slightly here with what I can only describe as a slightly drunk swagger. Black Lips propel the song along nicely with a little slide guitar and a southern drawl. It's [...]
Black Lips go country... Indie rock's favourite pissin', spittin', vomitin' quartet have covered country legends Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings 's 'Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys' with the recording to be released as part of a record store day special split 7" entitled Cowboy Knights . Backing up the flipside will be Nebraskan trio Icky Blossoms with an electro-cool [...]
After being many a SXSW-goer’s toast of the weekend, Omaha’s Icky Blossoms precede the UK release of their debut self-titled album (June 3rd via Saddle Creek) with a Record Store Day split 7” with The Black Lips. They give Siouxie & the Banshees classic ‘Arabian Knights’ a lick of their hedonistic electronics, juxtaposed with a typically raw & ready take on Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings’ ‘Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys’ by Black Lips. The limited edition 7” will be available on April 20th for record store day 2013, [...]
We're big fans of Ta-ku, and though that Ghost Loft track "Seconds" is already dope, it's even better at the hands of Ta-ku. Dude's too dope. If you haven't checked out the latest stuff, do your ears a favor and click this link . Too sick. Look forward to that Danny Choi, aka Ghost Loft, debut EP later this year. His remix below of Icky Blossoms is silly nice. Keep up here so you your ears don't miss the sound. For the eyes, peep the music video for Seconds which is a buncha [...]
On April 20th, Record Store Day will take place and a new addition to the great vinyl you will be able to pick up is a split 7'' between Black Lips and Icky Blossoms . Today, we've got both of the contributions with the Lips' choice being an odd but satisfying choice. Black Lips covered Waylon & Willie Jennings classic track 'Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys' and you can hear it below. Be sure to listen to Icky Blossoms' cover of Siouxsie and the Banshees [...]
Photo by Dominick Mastrangelo Chvrches have a lovely roller rink video for their song "Now is Not The Time." Where previous roller rink videos might focus on the retro dress or mad tricks, Chvrches instead lets the lights play while skaters circle like ghosts and their synth pop song sweetly fills the cavernous space. You can also hear their KEXP studio session here . [ Stereogum ] Today a [...]
Outlaw-country gods and longtime buddies Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson recorded a veritable shit-ton of songs together, but their most famous is probably the lightweight 1975 shuffle " Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys ." Lately, Willie Nelson has been flipping the chorus around in concert, changing it to "Mammas Don't Let Your Cowboys Grow Up To Be Babies." Meanwhile, the antic beer-spitting garage-punks in the Black Lips could be described as, simultaneously, both cowboys and babies, and they would probably confuse the shit out of Waylon and Willie. For a Record Store Day [...]
Outlaw-country gods and longtime buddies Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson recorded a veritable shit-ton of songs together, but their most famous is probably the lightweight 1975 shuffle " Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys ." Lately, Willie Nelson has been flipping the chorus around in concert, changing it to "Mammas Don't Let Your Cowboys Grow Up To Be Babies." Meanwhile, the antic beer-spitting garage-punks in the Black Lips could be described as, simultaneously, both cowboys and babies, and they would probably confuse the shit out of Waylon and Willie. For a Record Store Day [...]
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Hay un policía, un elefante digitalizado, un archivo que durante 3 minutos se sigue cargando sin llegar a nada, hay dragones, helicópteros, la sirena de una patrulla, explosiones, un alién con unos pasos de baile bastante serios, y Siouxsie Sioux. Todo esto, y un par de locuras más, es lo que Icky Blossoms ha decidido incluir en estos visuales que acompañan el cover que le hicieron a "Arabian Knights" de Siouxsie & The Banshees , y me parece que fieles a su estilo, este trío no lo pudo haber hecho mejor. Este cover estará apareciendo en [...]
Icky Blossoms is one of the best Omaha bands to emerge in the last few years. Born out of Derek Pressnall and Nik Fackler's Flowers Forever, Icky Blossoms is the experimental and electro pop version of Nik and Derek's collaborations. Learn more at ickyblossoms.com . "Perfect Vision"
Omaha-based trio Icky Blossoms formed in 2011 with a mutual love for throbbing electronics and arty, lyrical romanticiscm, and upon the release of their debut record they are already boasting the production skills of TV on The Radio's Dave Sitek. Their exciting new single is entitled 'Heat Lightning' and can be heard below, with its stabbing jabs of synth and smooth, flowing vocals courtesy of singer Sarah Bohling. The band are set to rip through three sets at the forthcoming SXSW festival, and the dates can be found below. [...]
Solo han pasado un par de meses desde que Icky Blossoms puso a la venta su álbum homónimo, del que en su momento les vine a dejar dos muy buenos vídeos que presentaron para los dos primeros sencillos, y ahora ya han puesto a la venta un nuevo sencillo titulado "Village" a través de Saddle Creek , el cual viene acompañado de su respectivo vídeo oficial, mismo que pueden disfrutar después del salto y... si, en este vídeo de Icky Blossoms tampoco volverán a encontrar imágenes llenas de porno vintage como lo hicieron para [...]
Ohama trio Icky Blossoms have a real wild one on their hands with the video for their track "Village." Band member Nik Fackler wrote the song after hearing an old Native American proverb that goes, "We are at our best, in the village, when we dance." The clip, which was directed by fellow Nebraskans the Church Of Tomorrow, is a celebration of their town and the people there who express themselves outside of the book. You can see from the layers of effects, makeup, and performance that this isn't just about the idea of "the town" as a whole, but [...]
Los Angeles-based producer Ghost Loft has just released their newest track "Seconds." The track sets an ethereal mood, juxtaposing the upbeat, heavily effected chorus "baby I love you," with the downtempo, driving melody and is Ghost Loft's first release of 2013 following a busy 2012 with a number of original releases as well as remixes of tracks by The Neighborhood , Icky Blossoms and JJ . and. Ghost Loft has also released a music video , created by Daniel Iglesias and Zack Sekuler. [...]
LA-based Ghost Loft debuts his breathtaking single and video “Seconds” exclusively through Pigeons & Planes. Pigeons & Planes says, “The production has a bounce to it, but it’s a dark bounce, and with the Burial-type vocals on the chorus, the track takes on a cold tone despite the handclaps and hummable melody. In 2013, there’s certainly a place for gloomy-but-catchy pop, and Ghost Loft is doing it right.” The video for “Seconds” was put together by Ends, the same team that is responsible for The Neighbourhood’s visual output. “When we first heard Ghost Loft's music, [...]
Favorite Music Videos of 2012 (Alex) There was no way I was going to be able to watch all the music videos released this year. I liked so many different videos for so many different reasons it seemed silly to try and rank them. That's why I have presented my first year-end list (several more to come) alphabetically. The reasons I liked music videos this year was for a wide variety of reasons, ranging from the ones that might not have made the list [...]
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A veces siento que debo comenzar a reclutar gente para que me eche la mano con las actualizaciones del blog, sobretodo cuando ya no ideas para crear introducciones en eventos importantes como este, pero después me entra la 'inspiración' y aquí me tienen. Pero bueno, este fue un año en el que aparecieron un monton de debuts en solitario, entre los que obviamente se encontraron varios que dejaron mucho que desear, así como otro par que debo decir que me tomaron por sorpresa como el de esta bella chica que pueden ver en la imagen de este post, la cual [...]
En los últimos meses Icky Blossoms la ha estado pasando de maravilla, y no solo por haber lanzado uno de los vídeos mas vistos de la bloggosfera, sino que además han estado llamando mucho la atención de la gente que ha estado asistiendo a los mas recientes shows de The Faint , en donde justamente ellos se han estado encargando de abrir un par de fechas, así como Trust . Pero bueno, después de la serie de sencillos que la banda nos estuvo presentando desde que empezó el año, ya podemos escuchar de principio a fin [...]
photos by Amanda Hatfield The Faint @ T5, 12/7/2012 The Faint played all of their 2001 LP Danse Macabre at Terminal 5 on Friday (12/7), marking the half-way point for the band's East Coast leg of the US tour in support if its reissue. The Omaha crew snagged support from Trust and Icky Blossoms for the Terminal 5 show who have been out with the band [...]
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