- FM Belfast- "Lotus"
Animal Collective- "My Girls" (Mexicans with Guns Remix)
N.A.S.A (ft. Kanye, Santogold & Lykke Li)- "Gifted"
Bloc Party- "Mercury"
Katy Perry- "Hot n cold (LMFAO Remix)
Image courtesy of AT-AW
Jan 30, 2009
Weekend Jams: vol. 9
Animal Collective- "My Girls" (Mexicans with Guns Remix)
N.A.S.A (ft. Kanye, Santogold & Lykke Li)- "Gifted"
Bloc Party- "Mercury"
Katy Perry- "Hot n cold (LMFAO Remix)
Jan 29, 2009
Weekend Jams
Yo since today is technically my Friday these are my weekend jams. These mix tapes come out twice or so a week and it keeps my up to date on all the fresh tunes, 62 is fresh today and I have yet to listen.
Jan 28, 2009
Sick hooks, syncopated rhythms
Man, I love my hip-hop. That's why I think Brooklyn based band, Telepathe, is so fucking sweet. Well, they are not exactly hip hop...actually not really at all. Whatever, these girls are seriously boss. Along with provocative lyrics, syncopated rhythms and chant-encircled vocals (similar to that of Fuck Buttons), their indie avant-garde style seems to represent a merger between rap and pop. All they need is a fucking auto-tuner (man those things need to go...seriously). Song themes include the usual, crimes and killings, blood, dying and being in love. One bit of beef one my find about their music is that it can be described as drone music. But it sounds like the organic/electronic direction they took in their first LP, Farewell Forest, will be replaced by the percussive, syncopated and unconventionally danceable music we all know and love. Enjoy...New Video off Pitchfork... Telepathe "So Fine"
- Telepathe- "The March" (via Farewell Forest)
Telepathe- "Chrome's On It"
Telepathe- "Devil's Trident"
Telepathe's album is called Dance Mother, and is out now on iTunes; physical copies due 03/10/09 in the U.S. via IAMSOUND records.
Lock, stock, and a vase of deadly flowers...
Parisian street artist Ludo has been hitting the streets hard. His work with the blade is indeed skilled as seen with his new series of stencils titled "Nature's Revenge". The works depict plants and flowers that have evolved into nature/machine hybrids in order to defend themselves against human aggression and pollution. New on the wall is a fantastic take on Van Gogh's sunflowers.
Images courtesy of Ludo
Jan 27, 2009
Woodhands
Woodhands is dirty electronic music duo out of Toronto, Canada. You may have rocked out to two of their songs previously posted for some weekend jams, but I would like to take this time to comment further on their awesomeness. Their insanely fast beats keeps up with the insanely fast electro-synth. Their debut album Heart Attack was released last spring in 2008 and offers one dance track after another. Their music is fast fun and free. To match, their tracks frequently showcase amazing lyrics in which they grind every last bit of sexual angst they can out of their vocals.
The results of this unleashing are, for the most part, gloriously sweaty, hedonistic fun. Anyone who can hear songs like "Be Back Soon" or "I Wasn't Made For Fighting" and not instantly start moving is dead. Their songs hold an overall vibe of dirty, sweaty fun as echoed by their myspace profile...
"We are interested in emotional, sweaty dance floors. we want to make you cry while you're having sex. and it'll be the best damn sex of your life. and you'll be dancing."Enjoy...
Woodhands- "I Wasn't Made For Fighting"
Inspiration via public and private space
Jan 26, 2009
A kid named Cudi...
This Mixtape leaked early january, Props to J.D. at Hip Hop Update compiling a sick, professional mixtape for the rising star outta G.O.O.D. Music, Kid Cudi! Definitely a MUST- Download for those ears of yours out there... cuz Cudi is comin’ up in 2009! Enjoy!
Something extra:
New, Cool Kids
The Cool Kids- “Pennies”. As it usually is with these fellas, it’s fresh jam served chilled! Enjoy...
--FM Belfast--
FM Belfast started out as a pop duo in the winter of 2005 and hail from Iceland! brrrr. What was initially thought of as strictly a studio project went live in the summer of 2006 when FM Belfast performed at an art opening that took place in a cave on one of the Faeroe Islands. To have an art gallery in a cave?! That's a crazy concept. Anyway, This funky fresh band turned into an electro pop quartet later that year. Their latest project was just released in 2008, titled "How To Make Friends".They recorded, mixed, and mastered it all themselves, and the album artwork. Explore, and you shall be rewarded with wondrous tunage.
FM Belfast- "Par Avion"
Color-word orientation
The colors around us do affect the mood that we have. Red can make us excitable and blue or green pastels can calm us down, but there is more to it than that. While there are general associations with mood when it comes to color, the reaction that an individual person can have can be different than someone else. Just like everything else in life there are people who don’t fit into the ‘norms’ that society has, and the reaction to color is no exception to that. Different hues of color can also affect mood in the sense that a dark blue might have a different feeling than a light blue. It’s believed that a lot of these opinions and feelings about colors start in childhood and that people frame their opinions of color very early in life.
Color is the ultimate tool a designer has at his or her disposal to communicate feeling and mood. Cymbolism is a new website that attempts to quantify the association between colors and words, making it simple for designers to choose the best colors for the desired emotional effect.
Jan 23, 2009
Ending animal smugness and cuteness one picture at a time...
"Oh, I see what you are doing, Cat. I bet you think it is so fucking cute, because you are just laying back and resting your paws on your fat fucking belly. But guess what, Cat?
ARE YOU EVEN READY FOR WHAT I AM ABOUT TO BRING DOWN ON YOU???"
Go to Fuck You, Penguin, to see the world of shit that is dumped on cute animals.
- I lol-ed.
Pretension induces mediocrity in art and life
Photographer Christoph Morlinghaus has been living and working in New York City since 2002. The native of Hamburg, Germany captures stunning architectural and interior shots. His quick reactions and lack of planning add to the beauty of the photographs he develops. He claims in an interview that "Even if I have more time, I try to work as quickly as I can. When I spend too much time at a certain place, the images tend to be too pretentious and artsy" Amen to that. Enjoy.
Jan 22, 2009
Hahaha 2
I find everything about this so easy to laugh at and to ridicule... However I have to say that if this was released in the late 60s, early 70s, it would have been music gold... HAHAHAHA...enjoy...
Metromony
Metronomy are an electronic music group from jolly ol' England. But they are doing things to break free of the one dude and a laptop and a Roland 202. Synchronised actions and costumes with what look to be 'taplights' attached to their chests, make their performances seem lo-grade and under produced but adds to their similarly simple melodies and rhythms similar to Devo. Metronomy have toured widely throughout the UK and Europe supporting acts such as Bloc Party, CSS, Klaxons, Kate Nash and Justice. Their latest album dropped all the way back in May of 2008 titled Nights Out. They also release remixes all the time so try to keep up. Check 'em out...Sweet visual skills flexed in a neat take on the ancient art of karaoke...
Metromony- "A Thing For Me"
Banksy work reviels the dark side of art
It is said that money is the root of all evil. Well in this case it just causes someone to slice down a foot thick concrete wall to secure and attempt to sell(I think the bidding is over), a simple work of art done by the notorious Banksy. The image is of Banksy's ballon girl(below) with two figures resembling airplanes.
What this post focuses on is the trend in modern art where a piece is made for profit instead of for commentary. However, street art or (graffiti as it is called in the law books) is bringing the art back to the layman. Artists who work outside the gallery and museum system do not have the constraints that control the artist to create. But, here we have the complete opposite. Its crazy that something that was created as a free work of art, is transformed into a commodity simply because someone wills it so. I feel that because they took a saw to this wall that so happens to have a work of Banksy on it, the work loses all value an becomes null and void of any price tag or aura. This type of work is for the public.
Snagging Banksy’s “Balloon Girl”
What do you think of this?
What this post focuses on is the trend in modern art where a piece is made for profit instead of for commentary. However, street art or (graffiti as it is called in the law books) is bringing the art back to the layman. Artists who work outside the gallery and museum system do not have the constraints that control the artist to create. But, here we have the complete opposite. Its crazy that something that was created as a free work of art, is transformed into a commodity simply because someone wills it so. I feel that because they took a saw to this wall that so happens to have a work of Banksy on it, the work loses all value an becomes null and void of any price tag or aura. This type of work is for the public.
"One of the ideas was the relation to art as a commodity. I thought by doing drawings on the wall they would be non- transportable, therefore a commitment by the owner would be implied, and they could not be bought of sold easily."- Sol LeWitt
Snagging Banksy’s “Balloon Girl”
What do you think of this?
Jan 21, 2009
Space man artist
Artist David Fought His art has been compared to a single musical note being the basis for complex melodies, a part that adds to a larger whole. These sculptural moments, pieces of space and time, are created in an attempt to explore how all objects appear as they do. Utilizing lines, masses, surfaces in combination with light and shadow, as well as placement within a particular room or space, Mr. Fought strives to discover the interaction these variables have on an object. fought describes how he knows when one of his pieces is completed: "When a zenith of sculptural elements is reached the sculpture visually hums." These works offer a brief but in depth look at the engagement objects have with, or within, the physical space.
Images courtesy of David Fought
Its obama-animation
Day 1 of change... make your own obama "hope" poster href="http://obamiconme.pastemagazine.com/">here!
And some words from the guy whos art started it all...
The Oath of office and Inaugural address for your viewing pleasure.
A fantastic track. In honor of the inauguration.
Jan 16, 2009
Tight flow
Second music video release from that dude whos flow is tight...
- Curt@!n$- "The Dope Supremacy"
Minnesota group murders mainstream raps...
Music video for "Drumsticks" from the Doomtree Crew Record.
Daft Punk vs. Adam Freeland - "Aer OBAMA"
The following is a mixed-media stop motion music video and celebration commemorating the election and inauguration of Barack Obama as the forty-fourth president of these glorious United States. This gem was independently animated and directed by the progressive minds of the directing team GOLD. It features a "playmobile" like character, crudely representing Obama, flying through space and I believe doing some rave dancing. January 20th, here we come...
Jell-o
Liz Hickok is a San Francisco-based artist working in photography, video, sculpture, installation, and currently... Jell-O. She creates glowing, jellied scale models of urban San Francisco sites, transforming ordinary physical surroundings into something unexpected (and surely temporary...mmmm delish). A light from below her work is able to pass through the colorful gelatin creating something beautiful. She discribes one of her installations:
can you taste the rainbow?
"While the photographs evoke strange imaginary landscapes, the installations themselves introduce a more physical experience for the viewer involving smell, movement, and the desire to taste."
can you taste the rainbow?
Jan 15, 2009
ESPN x Grenade Glove Collaboration
ooops
The piece above is an enormous 172-square-foot, eight-ton installation hoisted to rest against the facade of the European Council building in Brussels. Titled, "Entropa: Stereotypes are Barriers to be Demolished", the peice was proudly commissioned by the Czech Republic to mark the start of its six-month presidency of the EU. But the Czechs made the mistake of hiring the satirical artist and all around art world hooligan, David Cerny to put together the project. It was intended to symbolize the glory of a unified Europe by reflecting something special about each country in the EU, however, its drawing criticism because it refines each of the 27 countries into a stereotypical vision of what each country really represents. Mr. Cerny is notorious for poking and prodding "the man". He was arrested in 1991 for painting a tank, a Soviet war memorial in a Prague square, bright pink.
Do some research next time, dum dums...
T-5...
Yesterday the Obama transition team new official portrait for the President.
It was taken by Pete Souza, the newly-announced official White House photographer (he also has some cool pics of wrigley field on his site). What is interesting about this image, is that it's the first time that an official presidential portrait was taken with a digital camera.
You can see the portrait below, or right click here to download a high resolution copy for yourself.
It was taken by Pete Souza, the newly-announced official White House photographer (he also has some cool pics of wrigley field on his site). What is interesting about this image, is that it's the first time that an official presidential portrait was taken with a digital camera.
You can see the portrait below, or right click here to download a high resolution copy for yourself.
The Boy who didnt Stop Look Listen
Here is a grim but very well animated, PSA. It gets the point across, and the little immature kid inside of us can take a page from this soccer players' experience.
Jan 13, 2009
The Mae Shi
They are The Mae Shi. Started in 2002 out in LA. They can be described as being twanggy, indie, pop, electro, due to their vocal harmonies, video game and MIDI programming and Casio produced beats. Currently they have recently released their duce+ace album titled, HLLLYH. Join them now on their journey to pop gold.
What fun...
What fun...
Weezy F
In typical fashion a few new Weezy tracks have leaked in 2009. Weezy is out with yet another collabo, this time with Pharrell. Also
Another song which bizarrely sample’s Space’s "Female Of The Species", Hmmmm.
cant believe someone dropped the ball on this find...step it up
Shove It
Sampling the same track as Jay Z's Kanye West-produced "Brooklyn Go Hard", Three 6 Mafia and Project Pat bring Santogold's "Shove It" from Brooklyn down to the dirty dirty of Memphis.Hottest rappin’ in the Chi, didn't you get the mem-o?
LA & S-Preme rip over the hot hip hop/electronica track with their undeniable verbal swag and lyrical style as they urge hip hop to wake up (maybe in light of Obamas view on the industry). All the while paying homage to the city most responsible for hip hop’s latest revival: Chicago!Jan 12, 2009
Melancholy ode
The New Year- Seven Days and Seven Nights (Airport version)- This video, for a track from The New Year's self-titled album, was directed by the band. It's good to see architecture at O'Hare Airport be put such good use.
Found Subjects, Fine Art
Julia Fullerton-Batten is truly an impressive photographer if not for her unique subjects, then for her unmatched stylistic lighting. For her personal work in the field of photography, Julia is gaining massive ground in the fine art community. Her most recent project is a series of images on the teenage girls taken over the past three years.
While earlier images in this series show girls involved in everyday leisure activities at home in the garden at the swimming pool or at the beach, more recent pictures shows subjects in a model village environment, towering above their surroundings. The project aims to capture the lives and feelings of the young girls as they change from relative innocence to a heightened awareness of their adult life.
Another unique thing about Julia is that she selects girls who are not professional models. This is truly remarkable in that it achieves the slight awkwardness in the posture of the subjects which, in turn, enhances the unusual nature of their surroundings. In a quote from the online publication, Lost at E Minor, Julia comments on her use of non professionals:
While earlier images in this series show girls involved in everyday leisure activities at home in the garden at the swimming pool or at the beach, more recent pictures shows subjects in a model village environment, towering above their surroundings. The project aims to capture the lives and feelings of the young girls as they change from relative innocence to a heightened awareness of their adult life.
Another unique thing about Julia is that she selects girls who are not professional models. This is truly remarkable in that it achieves the slight awkwardness in the posture of the subjects which, in turn, enhances the unusual nature of their surroundings. In a quote from the online publication, Lost at E Minor, Julia comments on her use of non professionals:
"I used to approach unknown people on the streets in London and ask them to take part in my photo shoots. There are so many fascinating faces accompanied with wonderful personalities around. The freshness that street cast models have, has also benefited my work immeasurably. I now don’t have the time to find the amateur models myself. But I hire a producer to source models for me."
Bark Bark Bark, good dog...
Bark Bark Bark is an "experimental, cut and paste electronic punk band" that features lo-fi vocals backed by a persistent back beat. The solo project of Jacob Cooper (aka Jacob Safari; aka Anne Frankenstein; aka OMG WTF) features a oasis from the pop-formatted songs the common indie listener encounters. Find music lovers distorted beats, whiteboy rhymes, and innovative samples spewed through a rewired Casio boombox. Haunts is the debut album by the indie rock project (I guess i'm a little behind, that was like 2+ years ago). Check them out...
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