The music is by Montreal-based le revelateur, the video is by Sabrina Ratte and appears to employ analog video feedback techniques; the aesthetic is in a similar vein to that of PNW musicians such as Brother Raven, Panabrite, or Pulse Emitter (among others). – David Golightly (Midday Veil) BLEU NUIT from Sabrina Ratté on Vimeo.
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This cover – at least the first three minutes – nearly equals the original. Certainly the yin to Sabbath’s yang. Enjoy! – Mark Erickson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpFOtZm9Fc0
Thanks to John Moe for this: Rosanne Cash backed by John Munson, Janey Winterbauer and more. Sandra Bernhard and John Moe provide background amazement in the occasional shot.
“Catching up with a so-called one-hit-wonder band 29 years down the line is a little like checking in on a former beauty-pageant winner or somebody who got kicked by the president…” – Complete review is here.
Every conversation about music by everyone over the age of 25 goes like this. “I’m with Peter Stampfel. I’d say that “Pop Music” [in the post-Beatles sense] peaked in 1966. Though I think it [and commercial radio] did enjoy a glorious last hurrah in 1984!” – Tom Kipp .
In my life, Tangled Up in Blue definitely had the early lead, but as I got older the aural suggestions of spontaneity heard on the studio version of Abandoned Love appealed to me more and more until it has finally eclipsed Tangled Up in Blue as fave Dylan jam. And here’s Tangled Up in Blue. …
By the numbers “Run the World ( Girls)” has been viewed 11.5 million times and inspired only 96,000 reviews of which 1/3 were negative. The tea leaves seem to read that Beyonce did not strike deeply into our emotional core with her inspirational vanguard on this one. The video certainly had a good budget, the …
Steve Stav has an excellent interview with musician Thomas Dolby on his website, Intermittent Signals. Stav says this interview is “in the top three” of his most interesting interviews in his 15 year journalistic career. Here are some choice excerpts: Windpower And Floating Cities – An Interview With Thomas Dolby By Steve Stav …My hardcore …
Dear London5000, I just posted the video below from the fine British Band, Enter Shikari. It’s one of the hottest vids in the UK right now. Surprisingly, since they seem so young, vital and exciting, there’s very little publicity about them on this side of the pond. Do you have a sentence or two which …
People say Skynyrd was nothing more than a bar band. My favorite rock groups were mostly all bar bands at first, which is why they became so good at playing. “Freebird” is still one of my very favorite songs, as it is pure melodic muscle, great driving lead/rhythm guitars, and a simple, everyman’s lyric, sung …
Not only do the bride and groom play Metallica’s “Master of Puppets” at their wedding reception, they smoke it: The entire wedding had a Beatles theme and bride and groom, Annette Ortiz-Diaz and Dennis Diaz, each play in OC area bands. Together they formed an all-Asian Metallica tribute band called Trapped Under Rice. As reported …
Thanks to Andrew Hamlin for this: The Paris Review has a great interview with Michael Azerrad by Dawn Chan wherein he looks back on his classic 2001 tale of 13 indie bands from 1981-1991, “Our Band Could Be Your Life.” “The most lasting significance of the eighties American indie scene might have been the way …
Reminiscent of 80s Windham Hill, this acoustic track is trending at the moment:
At almost five minutes long this video could have packed more punch if it was a minute shorter. Artistically well done with eye catching fashion and interesting dance moves that combine the show of girl power with the usual pop video sexual overtones, this video and song should quickly gain popularity. Girls will enjoy lyrics …
Thanks to Andrew Hamlin for this: Crawdaddy! reports that Alice Cooper has completed recording a sequel to Welcome to My Nightmare.
Here is a new music video from the band Longboat (Igor Keller) of their song “Beyond the Moon.” It embodies all the hopes and dreams of the post-war era. – Jim Demetre
Pitter patter snare drumming, swirling guitar, ethereal vocals and spinning counter clockwise video move you forward visually thru this dreamy tune. There is an edge, a lilting howl that moves breezily and dreamlike as faces appear and fade like so many leaves passing in the wind. Sullenly we are asked to cover our trail lest …
Our main man, Cheetah Chrome, gittin’ it DONE! – Tom Kipp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcY6A_Lt-P4&NR=1
AVClub.com has a trenchant and piece of writing about the pop cultural context of Sports, the Huey Lewis and the News album which went to No. 1 for only one week in 1984 but managed to outsell everything but Michael Jackson’s Thriller that year. Here’s a sample: “In order to appreciate Sports, you have to …
I’ve been jonesing for this song since I heard it – great to see they can rip it live too – these deserve to be MASSIVE – freshest thing I’ve heard in ……..ooooh ages…… – Mike Hughes (Catshoegazing)
The Joy Formidable have been an EPB favorite for a long time now. Here’s Mike Hughes on a recent show: “I know I’ve been banging on about The Joy Formidable for the last two years. I’ll try to be objective. Let’s do that comparison thing. The moment they walked on stage tonight at Koko, the …
The great Mike Hughes has vibrant coverage of Sufjan Stevens’ recent London gig in Catshoegazing, with amazing photos. An avid skier and budding Americaphile, Britisher Hughes refers to a US 4H Club in his essay, adding later, “The 4H building I found was in Jackson Hole, WY, Somewhere I’ve been several times, a top alpine …
Artdish is currently featuring an excellent review of the Seattle Opera’s current show, The Magic Flute: “Most of us have heard the conspiracy theory: Mozart, a lifelong Freemason, disclosed secret Masonic ceremonies in The Magic Flute and was subsequently whacked for his indiscretion at the tender age of 34. This is, of course, a load …
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Wow. Who’d’ve figured!? But Rosemary has a great, slightly smoky voice, and this song seems to fit her well, even if her delivery is a bit stiff for the type of lingo the song relies on (the lyrics require a looser enunciation). Nonetheless, it’s still a credit both to her voice and to Paul Simon’s …
In Steven Tyler’s recent memoir, “Does the Noise in My Head Bother You,” he revealed the spiritual side that “gets lost behind the stereotype of the Sex Guy, the Drug Guy, the Demon of Screamin’, the Terror of the Tropicana.” “I’ve been mythicized, Mick-icized, eulogized and fooligized, I’ve been Cole-Portered and farmer’s-daughtered, I’ve been Led …