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8 December 2013Video Premiere: Beachniks - "Romeo Chang" (Instrumental Party Mix)
Photo by Annie Powers.
After issuing their Funky Head EP in 2009 on Captured Tracks, Brooklyn/Queens band Beachniks, featuring members of German Measles and Crystal Stilts, have finally released their first music video for a special instrumental party mix of “Romeo Chang,” originally off of their self-released debut full-length, In Color, from earlier this year.
Painstakingly animated by Daniel Fetherston, the video is a hypnotizing array of color and shapes; a visualization of the band’s own music, perfectly describing their sound better than anything else. According to the band, “From the Harlem Shake to the WTC, featuring collages by Carmelle Safdie [the band’s own vocalist and artist] and Daniel Fetherston, this video has it all!”
In celebration of the release, the band have released a free download of the song from their Bandcamp. Vinyl copies of the In Color record are sold out on their site, but a few copies are still available from Revolver and the album can still be bought digitally from the band.
4 December 2013Big Takeover #73 (Johnny Marr cover) Out Now! Great Holiday Gifts! Order - Subscribe - Renew
Good news! Big Takeover #73 Fall 2013 issue with ex-Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr on the cover is out on the stands! And there’s still time for the perfect holiday gift: Big Takeover magazine subscriptions and back issues! Plus six children’s sizes for our T-Shirts (to go with several Mens’ and Womens’ sizes) in three colors, as well as our Big Takeover Accessories (Beer Cozies, Buttons, and Magnets!) and (signed if you like) Color 30th Anniversary Festival Posters! What a way to say “Happy Holidays!”
26 November 2013Accidental Protégé – An Attempt To Clear The Confusion Over Death In June and Douglas Pearce
Death In June have been called everything from Nazi-sympathizers according critics to staunch liberals coming from their fans. In reality, the answer is lodged somewhere between the two extremes.
25 November 2013Free and legal MP3: "Sweet Face" by Dan Krikorian
This song is so peaceful and gorgeous, it makes everything OK.
11 December 2013Cereal Banter – “Sties of Pigs Flying with Flowers, Fields of Green Watered By Showers” 12” (Cereal Banter)
This unconventional, left-of-center Cleveland duo release an elaborate, freeform 22-minute single.
11 December 2013Walter Sickert & The Army of Broken Toys – Soft Time Traveler (Walter Sickert & The Army of Broken Toys)
Soft makes the case for the theatrical/visual group’s music as equally compelling home listening, too.
8 December 2013Jellyfish - Radio Jellyfish (Omnivore)
Omnivore has been good to fans of 90s alternative pop princes Jellyfish. While last year’s Stack-a-Tracks explored the band’s instinct for lush and psychedelic pop arrangements, Radio Jellyfish presents the essence of the band.
6 December 2013Glitz - It's Glitz LP (White Zoo/Grazer)
For what is very likely their first non-European release, White Zoo brings us San Francisco’s Glitz, a group who sound like they walked right out of the pages of Please Kill Me.
24 November 2013Dim lights, a carefully prepared stage: Some part of the band’s magic comes from these kinds of monumental concessions to Hope Sandoval’s shyness.
Read more...My Bloody Valentine with Variety Lights – Roy Wilkins Auditorium (St. Paul, MN) – Friday, November 1, 2013
7 November 2013A long-awaited situation.
The Sharp Things: Grand Ambition
DIY or Die; Kathleen Hanna Returns with The Julie Ruin
Dead Ending Release Second LP; Bondi Talks Punk Politics
“Rich:” Beme The Rapper in Oakland
Integrity Is The Reason: The Story of Texas Is The Reason
I'm Now Documents Mudhoney's Unique Career
That Which Does Not Kill Us Gives The LustKillers New Life
Public Enemy Celebrate Career Milestone with Two New Records
5 December 2013The audience is there simply to observe. It doesn’t matter whether they applaud every song or at the end or at all. It has nothing to do with the music. We are not on stage for them. We are there to make music in the presence of an Observer. This is all made clear if you have a fundamental understanding of Einsteinian Relativity.
Read more...An Interview with Dave Davies of the Kinks
9 November 2013Dave Davies’ lofty position in the pantheon of popular music would be secure even without the existence of a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame or the Kinks’ extensive body of work. His upcoming tour will feature songs from new album “I Will Be Me” alongside Kinks favorites. Davies discusses family foundations, sibling rivalry, and inspiration drawn from good times and hard times.
An Interview with Jacco Gardner
29 October 2013JACCO GARDNER: Everything that is beautiful is sad at the same time, just because it’s so beautiful. I think that’s what melancholy is. Even beautiful memories can make you feel really sad at the same time so it seems very natural to me to combine them.
DTCV: Class Clown Goes To Hilarious Heaven
23 October 2013We speak to the always-funny James Greer about his band DTCV’s stunning new album, Hilarious Heaven.
An Interview with Charlie Hilton of Blouse
22 October 2013We want to suck you in and take over your body!
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