Ray Concepcion beautifully captures Free Energy's "Hope Child" for Pitchfork's "Tunnelvision." Free Energy is derivative music that stylistically could fit any Almost Famous classic rock mold. On record they sound like a more populist version of the Hold Steady-like bar band which is no reason to head over to their myspace, however, the video below is worth the 5 minutes.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Gil Scott-Heron/ "Me and the Devil" Video
First thing, in I'd say about a month (check my last post date), that sparked a "I need to share"/"I need to discuss" fire in my brain.
Directors, Coodie & Chike and Michael Sterling Eaton, portray skate culture as a mysteriously deviant voodoo gang. The video captures the sweeping movement of skating within the haunting city night. Like most videos out there, "Me and the Devil" isn't exceptional or "post-worthy" because they well...are in congruent to the song or are just flat out flat. However, for me Gil Scott-Heron's voice and consequential musical track brings about powerful images of a man that has once lived, died, and now speaks to us from the beyond. (Not to say he is Jesus or anything, but, he sings like a man on the brink.) The song over shadows, but, the video compliments nicely.
Directors, Coodie & Chike and Michael Sterling Eaton, portray skate culture as a mysteriously deviant voodoo gang. The video captures the sweeping movement of skating within the haunting city night. Like most videos out there, "Me and the Devil" isn't exceptional or "post-worthy" because they well...are in congruent to the song or are just flat out flat. However, for me Gil Scott-Heron's voice and consequential musical track brings about powerful images of a man that has once lived, died, and now speaks to us from the beyond. (Not to say he is Jesus or anything, but, he sings like a man on the brink.) The song over shadows, but, the video compliments nicely.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
"Brother Sport" Video
Animal Collective continually prove they are a factory of ideas. Vision and execution pervail in this childish psyche explosion of color. Feels like a coloring book laid over/then integrated with real life images.
Pigeons/"Tendress"
Pigeons' "Tendress" is the sound of dark seduction. The echoing psyche guitar or high pitched whine of female vocals where female control projects images of sorcery and black magic. A woman winging within the hallows a dark basement huddles over your voodoo. Where will the needles land? "Tendress" can be found on the Lunettes 7" on Soft Abuse.
Pigeons:: Tendress
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