garage rock homeboys bass drum of death threw a party and turned it into their latest music video for “get found” off their “gb city” album. the video depicts todays youth culture doing kid stuff like drinking, smoking, burning shit, and having fun in slo mo and regular mo at the highest definition video fidelity.
peep the vid below. rock out with your creepy mask out…
vice mag‘s noisey venture has captured internet/blog sensations, cults, during a recent stop in san fran.
in the video, the band brags about how their “free” music model really helped propel them into the blogosphere and subsequently onto a major label signing despite not “understanding” the internet. good for them i guess.
check out the interview and catch performances of new songs “abducted,” “never heal myself,” and “you know what i mean” over at noisey: www.noisey.com/#!/view/meet-cults
colorful chillwave artist and flaming lips collaborator neon indian has dropped a black and white video teaser instrumental from the bands forthcoming new album “heart: attack”. its not neon but is it chill?
it seems that the much ballyhooed record store day turned out to be a huge bust. many record stores have been reporting massive amounts of leftover stock.
heres a sampling of tweets revealing the bleak outcome of record store day…
@stinkweeds: “We still have a ton of Record Store Day titles left. Jimmy Eat World, Television, Ray Lamontagne, Damien Jurado,… http://fb.me/Y2GPhDbj”
@lovemusicglasgo: “We still have a lot of Record Store Day titles left over if you want to have a browse. There are 2 dedicated racks in the back of the shop.”
@origamivinyl: “Record Store Day Leftovers! Check out what we have left… http://bit.ly/dEpwkC”
@notablemusicco: “@jillsobule quite a few Record Store Day items left at Silver platters DT Seattle, including 5 of these: http://twitpic.com/4mm3gu”
this is clearly a sign that artists who participated did not release anything worthy. and that digital music is clearly the future. and that the music industry still aint got a clue. and that there probably wont be anymore record store days…
the witch house artist formerly known as †‡† will henceforth be known as ritualz.
the twitter-happy artist fired off a tweet last night declaring that “ritualz” is the band name and †‡† is the logo. then he proceeded to poop on his fans saying “get with the times” (re: band name vs logo confusion).
whatever. changing the name was probably a good idea considering most keyboards and iphones lack the † and ‡ keys.
this well-timed public backtracking coincides with the release of a new remix album that featuring seven interpretations of the title track from the recently released album “ghetto ass witch” album.
download it free or throw ritualz a few bones via the “name your price” plan…
sometime in 2007, a psuedo holiday was invented called “record store day”. it was a delayed knee jerk reaction to the evolution away from physical media and general truth denial that people no longer buy stuff from music stores.
so this fake unholiday has actually gained traction over the years. with artists gathering leftover tracks, reissues, remixes, and other such throwaway low-effort goodies which probably were never intended to be released to be “exclusive” and “limited edition” record store day items, theres now a seemingly infinite new crop of musics for fans to get their hands and hard drives on. still a pretty cool deal yo.
but this idea of buying music is both costly and takes up actual space. i thought we had moved on from that? are we gonna let old ppl continue to uphold inefficient and outdated ways of consuming musics just for the sake of a nostalgia us kids have never experienced?
the “limited edition” concept never made much sense. yes, it creates the perception of value and ownership desirability. but if an artist poured his heart, soul, and livelihood into his art, why would he want only a select few to be able to enjoy it? #scratcheshead
if record store day continues to grow, maybe online retails will instate their own “legal digital music download day” holiday.
this year record store day falls on april 16, 2011. what are you buying on record store day? or are u gonna stay modern and wait for these treats to end up on the rapidshares and megauploads??
visit the official record store day site to see which brick and mortar shops are participating and for a full list of the RSD goodies: http://www.recordstoreday.com
lil drummer boi zach hill has been caught flirting with angry rapper bro(s) in a new avantgarde project called death grips. much like jon theodore who teamed up with another zack (de la rocha) for drum shit and shouty rapping in one day as a lion.
internet searches reveal little info on death grips. but based on mp3s and vidz provided, they make one day as a lion smell like one day as a timid puppy. freshest rap music since nephlim modulation systems and company flow.
and album and mixtape are forthcoming. good news since rap music has been soft like gucci manes ice cream tattoo.
peep the “full moon (death classic)” wrecker below and download mp3s over at http://thirdworlds.net/…
if u were lucky enough to snag one of them $300 coachella tickets (err wristbands), then u will be delighted to hear that each ticketwristbandthingy will include a high tech gps tracking device at no additional cost! plus each tracking device may or may not be compatible with your fancy verizon iphone 4.
not only will you have access to thee hottest festival in north america featuring some of thee hottest bands and up-and-coming buzzworthy artists, this sweet lil freebie will allow u to report your location to your fest-going buddies in REAL TIME!! so whether u are chillin in the beer garden or doing the dougie in the [sponsor] tent or trading drugs for merch at one of the merch booths or sexing it up if ur coleman tent, u will know where ur buddies are at all times.
we are really fortunate to be in these modern times where such techie toys allow us to experience music and community in ways we never could before. pretty sweet i say.
are u excited for coachella?!???!!
miami’s snakehole have carefully assembled images from someones tumblr utilizing their imovie pro and outputted it into “music video” form for their song “reincarnate”. images of satan, witchcraft, thoroughbreds, and burzum flash in a sequence-less pattern atop their unpolished lofi garage punk noise.
feast your eyes…
remember eddie vedder? our grunge-era thom yorke? well… im sorry to say hes rearing his grungy head by way of a new solo album “ukulele songs”. consisting of original tunes and covers all performed on a… ukulele, this album is sure to be a winner.
vedder has invited some friends to collaborate, like cat power and glen hansard of the frames/the swell season. perhaps im being a bit brutal. an all ukulele album with fun collab guests might actually be more interesting than yet another pearl jam snoozer or solo album consisting of pearl jam outtakes.
“ukulele songs” hits your digital music stores may 31, ok?