Miike Snow is one of the many artists that emerged in 2009 and simply would not be ignored. Although their tracks generally gain quick popularity in the clubs and blogs, it’s nice to see young bands doing things that are anything but predictable or safe.
Directed by Marcus Soderlund, ‘Silvia’ paints a bleak & dismal picture of post-economic fallout / pre-canabilism society (think The Road by Cormac McCarthy). I found Silvia wonderfully depressing. Continue reading “Watch: Miike Snow — Silvia…”
As you may or may not know, surf/skate clothing brand Insight has a reputation for killing it with their ad campaigns. This one in particular got them quite a bit of attention, but now they’re back with a new campaign comprised of two documentaries, one surf, one skate, entitled “Repeat After Me: I am Free.”
There’s limited information on the project as of now, but the films appear to be shot on film and follow their teams’ big hitters (including newly signed Jamie Thomas) as they travel around doing what they do. The films feature music from the likes of The Flaming Lips, Port O’Brien and The Almighty Defenders, and are quite enjoyable to watch, despite the presence of very little source sound.
Watch the skate film.
Watch the surf film.
I’ve been big fan of Impactist (director duo, Kelly Meador and Daniel Elwing) and their diverse film productions, designs, animations, and music projects for quite some time now. I love seeing their work and the brilliant process and sharp attention to animation and design.
This morning while peeping our Vimeo page, I noticed that Impactist released this little gem of a promo for their EP titled ‘Open Your Face And Make Words’
From Impactist:
You can make more words with your face than with your mouth. So you’ll hear more with your eyes than you can see with your ears.
Issue 6 of our good friend Nicolas Ferreira’s ever popular underground BMX zine Holeshot dropped this week and it looks outstanding! you’ll immediately notice a change in the art direction which is looking dope and that our homie Kyle Emery-Peck shot the cover with our boy Sean Ryan that I am syked about that!
Issue 6 features:
Miguel Esparza Interview, Las Vegas, Hangn Brain by Matt Gaspar, San Francisco by Kyle Emery-Peck, The Taunton Massachusetts BMX “Team”- Team Shed, Portland Oregon, Matt Plassman, plus all the little tid bits that make Holeshot what it is. Not to mention sweet photos by contributing photographers like Andrew Burton, Steve Crandall, Mike Michaud, Ted Van Orman, Mike Hines, and more. Matt Matteson returns with a “Stay Fit” Review as well.
Beautiful set of classic cycling inspired matchbox labels created by Bombo. These are so rad!! I wish they were real! (via Prolly is not Probably)
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Tonight Aquarium Drunkard plays host at Spaceland tonight Foreign Born returns home to straight HANDLE Los Angeles. For reals. Don’t act like you weren’t driving by the beach letting your hair fly out the window listening to this shit, because I was doing it too.
Joining FB is Best Coast who I am obsessed with. They sound like getting stoned in the garage.
Best Coast — Sun Was High (So Was I)
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Do not miss this shit. I wearing be wearing an obnoxiously large parka tonight but you will still love me for it. If you Say Mayday at me ill give you a pull off the whiskey I sneak in. Hit the jump for the full flyer!
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The recently released Slang Chickens LP (on their own label, Psychedelic Judaism) breaks from current trending styles in independent music. There are no synthesizers, the vocals are not laden with reverb, the guitars distort naturally via overdriven amplifiers. The record finds its roots in the punk and grunge sounds of the early 90s, while managing to weave in some fucked up approach to country music mobilized by unconventional use of the banjo. Simply stated: it rocks.
The 11-song collection isn’t all driving guitars and biting vocals, however. Songs like ‘Wild Winds’ and ‘Blues (Dripping Down My Leg)’ offer some nice breathing room in a record that’s otherwise meant to get you pumped. The record is dynamic; it experiences some sentimentality and a bit of self-exploration, but overall, this record is a pick-me-up worthy of headphone listening or jamming to at a party.
Slang Chickens — ‘Tropics’
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The vinyl record itself is also a thing to behold. The band’s lead singer and songwriter, Evan Weiss, came through and hooked us up with one, and it is beautiful. Click through the jump for a description and lots of pictures. Continue reading “Slang Chickens LP…”
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Hamburger Eyes Issue 013
Photography collective Hamburger Eyes just released issue 13 of their book, and by the looks of the preview images, it’s gonna be a good one. It’s a whopping 150 pages, hard-bound, and only costs 10 bucks. Well worth it in my opinion. The list of photographers is as follows:
ETHAN SCOTT, DANA LAUREN GOLDSTEIN, ARTHUR POLLOCK, TOBIN YELLAND, URI KORN, DYLAN MADDUX, KARNA KURATA, GAVIN STEVENS, MARK MURRMANN, DAVID UZZARDI, MATT KUEBRICH, DENNIS MCGRATH, DAVID POTES, MICHAEL TESI, MEGAN CULLEN, ALEXANDER MARTINEZ, JOHN OLIVER HODGES, SANDY CARSON, RYAN FURTADO, MICHAEL HERNANDEZ, JIMMIE ARMENTROUT III, ALEXANDER BARTSCH, STEFAN SIMIKICH, JIM GOLDBERG, DANA ULLMAN, BRYAN DERBALLA, ED TEMPLETON, CRAIG MAMMANO, DINA LITOVSKY, MICHAEL JANG, TOD SEELIE, AUSTIN MCMANUS, JAI TANJU, BILL DANIEL, FOREST KELLEY, ELENA CARRASCO, JEFF ENLOW, GREG HUNT, JESSE POLLOCK, ALESSANDRO ZUEK SIMONETTI, OSKIE MENDOZA, CARY CONOVER, MARK CROSS, BILL BURKE, DEANNA TEMPLETON, TED PUSHINSKY, TREVOR TRAYNOR, EMIL ALSBO, ARIEL ZAMBELICH, HEATHER RENEE RUSS, BRIAN DAVID STEVENS, CALI DEWITT, ROBERT M JOHNSON, JOE BROOK, RAY POTES, EMILIO BANUELOS, ZACK CANEPARI, JASON ROBERTS DOBRIN, AND WAYNE LEVIN.
Click through the jump to see selected images from the book. Continue reading “Hamburger Eyes Issue 013…”