Forget your indenti-kit ‘Drowned-In-Opinions’ review. Austin’s ‘White Denim’ is the frikin nuts …Gonzo-Garage that! You self congratulating fools. And no, they are NOT the next big thing, they are NOT following up on their glitchy, math-arranged, garage rock, debut album ‘Workout Holiday’ with a more commercial electro approach produced by Bjorg Wangstein …some 16 year old producer from Gothenburg. No, they have done more of the same awkward, rip your t-shirt off and check your guns in the mirror, while doing intense Sudoku, kind of music (make sense? …no …good!).
Their latest album ‘Fits’, does exactly that. Not only will it induce some mild epileptic fit in your leg, it also fits the bill. I’ve blasted ‘Work Out Holiday’ for quite some time now, so when ‘Fits’ dropped I was relieved to discover it well and truly did. BAM, listen here. And don’t watch that, watch this!
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“Mirrored and Reverse” by White Denim
Horror films will always be relevant. Monsters, Zombies, Vampires-people will always love the rush of a good no consequence movie scare. The hard part for the moviemakers is coming up with original hooks for a genre that has a track record of being quite hit and miss. Daybreakers, directed by the German born Spierig brothers appear to have found such a hook. Set in the not too distant future a virus has turned the majority of the world’s population into Vampires. The few people who remain are hunted down and harvested for their blood. Soon enough, with humans on the endangered species list, the blood the Vampires need to survive begins to run out. The neck biting world of tomorrow are left with a choice: create a synthetic blood substitute or save the human race.
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Few eras of industrial design have produced objects of such impeccable, futuristic desire as Art Deco. What ever the future holds for automotive transport i hope they all look as good as the Bugatti Type 57 Atlantic Concept.
Sit back and loose yourself to the soft vocals and synth pop of Brooklyn’s electro trio Au Revoir Simone. Fresh from the success of “Reverse Migration” the three piece are back to regale you with stories of past lovers, romantic intractability and intimacy. “Still Night, Still Light” is out now on Moshi Moshi.
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“Stay Golden” by Au Revoir Simone
If you like Spotify …and I do! Then Jonathan has probably already ruined your playlist. Not all people are as tolerant as others over the intermittent ad breaks. What else does Jonathan do?
Two thousand and nine is the year of Garage Rock. Vancouver based noise pop duo Japandroids (JPNDRDS) delivers catchy controlled chaos with punk’s enthusiasm and velocity. The debt LP “Post-Nothing“ is the perfect embodiment of the post-teen angst, excitement, anxiety and fuck-it artlessness. After surviving a life threatening case of a perforated ulcer back in April (which forced the band to cancel there whole North America Tour) Brian King is now back to full heath and on the road again. Signed to Polyvinyl, Japandroids is a live show not to be missed if you live in North America or Canada this summer.
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“Young Hearts Spark Fire” by Japandroids
On June 25th Michael Jackson died at the age of 50 after suffering a cardiac arrest at his Los Angeles home.
“Adventures of Star Dust Girl” is a B Movie web video to showcase the Abstracted Spring/Summer Collection from Re Reserved. Weather it was the beautiful locations, epic soundtrack, great cinematography, old school sci-fi imagery or just Lindsay Ellingson the video is nothing short of amazing. Sit back and pretend your in the cinema by watching the video here.
Josh Keyes is an artist to be envious of, he’s extremely prolific, imaginative and overwhelmingly talented, and quite handsome to. his work deals pretty much exclusively with the environment and our part in it, but he consistently finds fantastic imagery amongst similar themes. without a closer look his work could be mistaken for three dimensional models, given that the majority of his paintings feature cut out edges of streets and grass, it’s theatrical and displays the earth beneath the street again sticking to his subject.
Some of his earlier work featured some fantastic sureallist spaces full of angles, square blocks of water and perspective trickery, all with the most beautifully painted creatures inhabiting the images. he’s a personal favourite of mine, endless invention and formidable skill combined and balanced perfectly. visit his extensive website right here.
Warp Records affiliate Bleep.com have recently added a blog to their repertoire. Defiantly one for the Bookmark Toolbar. Bleep is an online digital music retailer offering single track or whole album DRM-free mp3 and FLAC downloads. It is a subsidiary of Warp Records. In November 2008, Bleep merged with Warpmart, which had been Warp’s store for physical releases.
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Words can’t really describe the magnitude of the Čhe Avče Hydroelectric Power Station in Slovenia but pictures can. Flickr set / Google Earth
The goal of this website is to open a discussion around the preservation of the historical Rietveld building for the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam.
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Today the first production still of Johnny Depp’s Mad Hatter from Tim Burton’s upcoming Alice in Wonderland hit the web. Courtesy of USA today, this scoop confirms that the image floating around the Internet last November (first reported by AICN) of Depp in Mad Hatter costume was indeed real.
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During Road Fools 1 (1998) the legendary Austin Church gap was conqured by Jimmy Levan. Seconds after clearing the huge gap at mock ten (i might add not wearing a helmet) Joe Rich states “Jimmy the man, not Jimmy Levan”. 11 Years down the line and even with all the advancement in bike technology no one has sent themselves over the infamous gap and rolled away clean. Thus even more proving how badass and legendary this gap and Jimmy are. Recently Sunday Bikes posted up a video of John Barker attempting the gap. Luckily John walked away unhurt but his bike didn’t make it.
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The new Fall/Winter 09 Reebok Freestyle “Bomb Pop” Collection takes the classic shoe and revamps it with fashion and music in mind. Parisian stylist Kristina Gisors and art director Nadege Winter teamed up with photographer Nathalie Canguilhem to create the Jealous Freekerz, a faux band to model the goods. In this collection we see Reebok take a step away from fluoro colors, and get back to basic monocromatic tones designed to appeal to the street level indie girl. A great sneaker to pair up with your ankle biter jeans or ripped up tights. In stores soon.
