just as a follow up to the new demo by The Fall of Troy, The Vomit Winter, heres a nice quality clip of them rehearsing the instramental to the song. It really lets you see how sick they are as musicians when you watch them play it up close. Their guitarist shreds, their drummer rages, and the bassist grooves oh so tightly. amazing.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Strandbeesten
i just want to start off by saying this must be one of my favorite posts ever. Dutch kinetic artist Theo Jansen has been working for 16 years to create what he calls "strandbeesten" or sand beast, out of plastic tubes and lemonade bottles. However, the idea behind what he has created transcends its materials. Jansen's sand beasts move, and survive beach conditions, completely on their own, using only the power of the wind. His mission is to create hundreds of them to roam the beach in packs for as long as they survive, which theoretically could be forever (although eventually they would probably breakdown). Jansen's imagination, and driven intelligence is almost as fascinating as his creation, and for some reason his ideas captivate me. I guess my point is, watch the video and enjoy.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Football Destiny
WATCH THIS BEFORE READING
the reason i feel the video should be watched before reading, is that i think the idea behind the video is best experienced when you go into it not knowing exactly what the video is building towards. When i first watched the video it wasn't until i saw each player in their college uniforms that i realized the two children in the beginning of the video were supposed to be ladanian Tomlinson and my favorite NFL player, Troy Polamalu. The video makes an interesting statement on the idea that becoming a star professional athlete is a predetermined destiny, and players are honing the skills needed for their exact positions in their sport since birth. Maybe that is what it takes to become a professional athlete, and maybe thats why professional sports can be so fascinating to so many people.
the reason i feel the video should be watched before reading, is that i think the idea behind the video is best experienced when you go into it not knowing exactly what the video is building towards. When i first watched the video it wasn't until i saw each player in their college uniforms that i realized the two children in the beginning of the video were supposed to be ladanian Tomlinson and my favorite NFL player, Troy Polamalu. The video makes an interesting statement on the idea that becoming a star professional athlete is a predetermined destiny, and players are honing the skills needed for their exact positions in their sport since birth. Maybe that is what it takes to become a professional athlete, and maybe thats why professional sports can be so fascinating to so many people.
Monday, October 13, 2008
kanye/reckoner
As a follow up to my previous post about radiohead's reckoner remix-a-thon, id like to drop this lil tasty treat for you all. About a week ago Kanye West released the instrumental and vocal stems from "Lockdown Love" tempting everyone with garage band to rip it up and piece it back together as their own lil remix, satisfying their DJ fetishes. Well as you might have figured out by now, some genius (DJ earthworm) decided to mash Kanye's jam with radiohead's ambient rock ballad creating something you can both chill and party to. He even made this sweet video to go along with it.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Guns and Ammo
Minus the Bear has released a new song for download off their upcoming ep Acoustics. The song "guns and ammo" can be downloaded here for free for a limited time. The album Includes songs from old and new albums being played acoustically obviously. the track list is as follows.
1. Guns & Ammo (new track)
2. We Are Not a Football Team (from the album, Highly Refined Pirates)
3. Burying Luck (from the album, Planet of Ice)
4. Knights (from the album, Planet of Ice)
5. Pachuca Sunrise (from the album, Menos El Oso)
6. Throwin' Shapes (from the album, Planet of Ice)
7. Ice Monster (from the album, Planet of Ice)
the album art:
1. Guns & Ammo (new track)
2. We Are Not a Football Team (from the album, Highly Refined Pirates)
3. Burying Luck (from the album, Planet of Ice)
4. Knights (from the album, Planet of Ice)
5. Pachuca Sunrise (from the album, Menos El Oso)
6. Throwin' Shapes (from the album, Planet of Ice)
7. Ice Monster (from the album, Planet of Ice)
the album art:
Monday, September 29, 2008
Reckoner
for all you Radiohead and remix fans out there, Radiohead has announced that they are again offering up spliced pieces of one of their songs, reckoner, off their newest album in rainbows, and holding a contest for people to remix it. In case you werent aware they had done this previously with the nude remix contest, and although they got tons of responses they were generally disappointed with the outcomes because they thought they would get more creative responses due to the fact the song was in 7/8 timing. However this time they simplified it for all you wannabe DJ's and picked a song in 4/4. you can check out some of the remixes or upload your own amateur masterpiece here radiohead remix. the song has already been remixed by semi-well known remix artists James Holden, and Diplo so make sure to check their versions out on the website.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
TFOT
The Fall of Troy released a new demo to some radio stations, and its what you would expect, mathematical precision polyrhythms, neck breaking breakdowns, killer screaming, and rediculous guitar shredding. The song is therefore appopriately titled the Vomiting Winter. If your a TFOT fan your gonna want to check this out. This band definitely still rocks out with new bassist frank black. There isnt a video, this was jsut the easiest way for me to upload the song, you can download it yourself here in the replies:Vomiting Winter.
The following quote about their new record was taken from wikipedia:
"...It’s going to be going back to the avant-garde feel of the band that the first two records had. Manipulator was an experiment on how many different directions we could go on one record. This one is going to be a cohesive, challenging, and for lack of a better word, epic record from our band. It’s going to bring us to a whole new level. I think there is going to be lots of chaos in the music, but definitely I think the vocals are going to be stepped up – probably times five or ten. [...] We’re getting older. I think we’re kind of getting over screaming a little bit. I know I’ve become a lot more confident of a singer in the last year of my life. My girlfriend is a jazz singer from Stockholm, so being around her a lot in the last 6 months has really lifted me to a new level with singing. I’m trying to learn as much as I can from her about it. She went to the LA Music Academy for a year and was like a really high-ranked singer. [...] Frank sings, too. Tim never sang. Tim was just a jet engine, and he was great for that. Frank has got a great scream, too. I mean, I’m not saying that we’re turning our back on screaming and that aspect of our band at all. I think the idea of song structure will be a little more prominent now. I think we’ll actually have things that will be able to get stuck in your head or maybe be around for five years instead of five minutes."[3]"
sounds awesome if you ask me.
also little known fun fact, lead singer and keyboardist Nouela Johnston from the band Mon Frere contributed on their last album Manipulator, so if you havent heard of Mon Frere you should give some of their stuff a check, its rock heavily influenced with keyboard parts.a few of their songs rock out pretty good but i suggest taking a look at RVDGS(fighting mad) and Real Ultimate Power first. good luck getting your hands on their album.
The following quote about their new record was taken from wikipedia:
"...It’s going to be going back to the avant-garde feel of the band that the first two records had. Manipulator was an experiment on how many different directions we could go on one record. This one is going to be a cohesive, challenging, and for lack of a better word, epic record from our band. It’s going to bring us to a whole new level. I think there is going to be lots of chaos in the music, but definitely I think the vocals are going to be stepped up – probably times five or ten. [...] We’re getting older. I think we’re kind of getting over screaming a little bit. I know I’ve become a lot more confident of a singer in the last year of my life. My girlfriend is a jazz singer from Stockholm, so being around her a lot in the last 6 months has really lifted me to a new level with singing. I’m trying to learn as much as I can from her about it. She went to the LA Music Academy for a year and was like a really high-ranked singer. [...] Frank sings, too. Tim never sang. Tim was just a jet engine, and he was great for that. Frank has got a great scream, too. I mean, I’m not saying that we’re turning our back on screaming and that aspect of our band at all. I think the idea of song structure will be a little more prominent now. I think we’ll actually have things that will be able to get stuck in your head or maybe be around for five years instead of five minutes."[3]"
sounds awesome if you ask me.
also little known fun fact, lead singer and keyboardist Nouela Johnston from the band Mon Frere contributed on their last album Manipulator, so if you havent heard of Mon Frere you should give some of their stuff a check, its rock heavily influenced with keyboard parts.a few of their songs rock out pretty good but i suggest taking a look at RVDGS(fighting mad) and Real Ultimate Power first. good luck getting your hands on their album.
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